In May this year, South Korea's new car registrations rose 0.7 percent month on month to 13,411 units, increasing by 14.5 percent year on year, according to the data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).
In the first five months of 2013, South Korean new car registrations rose by 19.4 percent to 51,661 units compared to the same period of 2012.
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