In December last year, South Korea's new car registrations fell 14.5 percent month on month and were up 35.3 percent year on year to 10,663 units, according to the data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).
Meanwhile, in the whole of 2012 South Korean new car registrations rose by 24.6 percent to 130,858 units compared to 2011.
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