SEOUL: South Korea's consumer price rise slowed to below 3 percent in April despite the still high price for farm goods, statistical office data showed on Thursday.

The consumer price index gained 2.9 percent in April from a year earlier after staying above 3 percent in the previous two months, according to Statistics Korea.

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