-- South Korea's inflation climbed 2.6% year on year in April, accelerating from a 2.2% rise in March amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, data from the country's Ministry of Data and Statistics showed on Wednesday.
The headline print was in accordance with the median estimate of 2.6% in a Bloomberg survey.
The increase was driven by higher costs across all categories, with transport gaining the highest at 9.7%, according to the data.
Meanwhile, core inflation, which measures prices of goods excluding food and energy, remained steady at 2.2% in April.
On a monthly basis, core inflation rose to 0.3% from 0.1% in the preceding month, while headline inflation rose to 0.5% from 0.3%.