SEOUL – South Korean banks' household lending rebounded last month owing to strong demand for mortgage loan, central bank data showed on Monday.

Debt owed by households to deposit-taking banks expanded 5.1 trillion won ($3.7 billion) from a month earlier to 1,103.6 trillion won ($805.1 billion) at the end of April, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).

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