S. Korea's consumer prices grow 1.5 pct on-year in Jan.

South Korea's consumer prices grew at a faster pace in January from a month earlier, but the gain remained in the 1-percentage range for the third straight month, a government report showed Friday.

The country's consumer prices index rose 1.5 percent in January from a year earlier, compared with a 1.4 percent on-year gain in December, according to the report by Statistics Korea. From a month earlier, it grew 0.6 percent.