South Korea’s inflation picked up pace in July on high prices of fruits and petroleum products, though it stayed below 3 percent for the fourth consecutive month, data showed Friday.

Consumer prices, a key

The opposition-led National Assembly voted Friday to impeach Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Chairperson Lee Jin-sook, just two days after she took office.

The impeachment motion passed in a 186-1 vote with one abstention and

South Korea’s inflation picked up pace in July though it stayed below 3 percent for the fourth consecutive month, data showed Friday.

Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2.6 percent on-year last

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.124 3.137 -1.3

2-year TB 3.041 3.061 -2.0

3-year TB 2.939 2.976 -3.7

10-year TB 2.976 3.010 -3.4

2-year MSB 3.004 3.043 -3.9

3-year CB (AA-)

A State Department spokesperson on Thursday criticized North Korea’s sending of trash-carrying balloons to South Korea as a “reckless” and “destabilizing” act amid growing concerns about their impact on public safety in the South.