SEOUL: South Korea’s inflation rate remained way below the central bank’s target range in May as low crude oil prices depressed consumer price gains, government data showed son Tuesday.

Inflation stood at 0.5 percent from a year earlier, Statistics Korea said, adding to fears of deflation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

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