South Korea's producer prices declined for the ninth consecutive month in June, largely due to a drop in prices of agricultural and fishery products, the central bank said Wednesday.The producer price index, a barometer of future consumer inflation, edged down 1.4 percent in June from a year earlier, after dipping 2.6 percent on-year in May, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).On a yearly basis, the producer prices fell for the ninth straight month last month. In April, the index fell at the fa

July 17, 2013

Ven. Haemin’s thought-provoking book topped Kyobo Book Centre’s bestseller charts in the first half of this year, the country’s biggest bookseller said in a press release Thursday. The Buddhist monk’s book titled “The Things You See When You Look Back” has been enjoying strong sales for an extended period, setting fresh records. The book’s popularity is partly boosted by local readers’ preference for essay collections focused on “healing” by a handful of established authors. Kyobo said total sal

Books July 4, 2013