(3rd LD) consumer prices-June (3rd LD) S. Korea's consumer prices up 2.7 pct in June, slow for 5th month(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 2 paras)By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer price growth slowed for the fifth straight month in June, falling below 3 percent for the first time in 21 months, data showed Tuesday. Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, rose 2.7 percent last month from a year earlier, compared with a 3.3 percent increase tallied in May, according to the report from Statistics Korea.

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