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Urgent: S.Korea freezes interest rates at record low of 1.75 pct

Xinhua, May 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korea's central bank on Friday froze its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1.75 percent, keeping a wait-and-see mode for two straight months amid expectations for further rate cuts. Endi