October Consumer Prices Rise 2.8%... Petroleum Product Prices Up 14.9%, 'Still Soaring' [1-Minute Brief]

[At a Glance]
1. [Markets] Consumer prices rose 2.8% in October... processed food and petroleum product prices continued to climb
2. [Commodities] International oil prices plunged more than 7% on hopes for U.S.-Iran talks... WTI near $95 a barrel
3. [Defense] North Korea is threatening with drones... South Korea's military has far too few drones

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Top3 NEWS

- October inflation at 2.8%, slowing for the second straight month... processed food and fuel prices remain high

- Consumer price trends from the Ministry of Data and Statistics
- Vegetable prices down 11.2%... fuel prices up 14.9%
- Government to allocate 64 billion won for Kimjang measures

- Iranian leadership delegates some negotiations to government... international oil prices plunge 7%

- Iran's new leader Mojtaba Khamenei delegates some negotiations to the government
- Netanyahu presses Trump to resume the war
- Uncertainty persists after the U.S. midterm elections

- North Korea poses a drone threat... South Korean military has far too few drones

- Some drones are effectively useless due to aging and other issues
- Acquiring new drones also takes an average of six years, as officials get bogged down in procedures
- "Urgent institutional improvements are needed, including deploying essential weapons first and simplifying procurement procedures."

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