South Korea's consumer prices declined for the first time on record in September and exports continued to fall, adding pressure on the central bank to ease monetary policy.
Consumer prices fell 0.4 percent year-on-year in September after staying flat in August, data from Statistics Korea showed Tuesday. Prices were expected to drop 0.3 percent.
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