SEOUL, May 6 : South Korea's consumer prices rose in April at the steepest pace in nearly two years, as expected, on a surge in oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict. The consumer price index rose 2.6 per cent in April from a year earlier, after rising 2.2 per cent in March, government data showed

SEOUL, May 6 : South Korea's consumer prices rose in April at the steepest pace in nearly two years, as expected, fuelled by a surge in oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict. The consumer price index rose 2.6 per cent in April from a year earlier, after rising 2.2 per cent in March, government data