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World Business Watch: South Korea’s inflation hits 9-year high as commodity prices jump

South Korea's consumer inflation has accelerated to a more than nine-year high in May, reinforcing calls for gradual monetary tightening, though the increase was mainly due to a low base effect and rises in oil and agricultural prices.