[Photo by Yonhap]The prices of vegetables and other products have surged in South Korea following a recent series of heavy rains, raising concerns about the volatility of living costs, which seemed to have stabilized recently.According to data released by Statistics Korea on Monday, the consumer price index for living necessaries rose by 2.3 percent last month from a year earlier. This is the lowest increase in 27 months since March 2021 when it was 2.1 percent.The cost of living index is composed of 144 items that consumers purchase frequently and is closer to the perceived inflation rate compared to the overall consumer price index.

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