Consumer inflation in South Korea picked up in July, driven by supply-side pressures and bad weather, breaking three consecutive months of decline. The consumer price index climbed 2.

South Korean inflation edges upward amid supply-side pressures and weather anomalies

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has fired both his top economic policymakers and replaced them with people already in the government, his office said on Friday, a move widely seen as intended to reinforce his controversial policies.

South Korea's Moon sacks economic policy chiefs, replaces with insiders

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South Korean inflation edges upward amid supply-side pressures and weather anomalies

South Korea's Moon sacks economic policy chiefs, replaces with insiders