Shoppers pick out fruit at a grocery store in Seoul on Tuesday. Recently, there have been growing concerns about inflation as consumer prices have been rising rapidly. Egg prices have surged 70 percent.
Consumer prices rose 2.6 percent in May, the fastest pace in nine years, adding to concerns about inflation in the wake of the pandemic.
According to Statistics Korea on Tuesday, consumer prices in April rose 2.3 percent year-on-year, the sharpest increase since August 2017's 2.5 percent.
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