S.Korea’s Moon sacks top economic aide for raising rent amid home price uproar
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SEOUL — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday fired his top economic policy advisor for raising the rent on an apartment he owns in Seoul’s affluent Gangnam district amid public furore over skyrocketing home prices. Kim Sang-jo raised the rent by about 14% in July, two days before a 5% cap on rent increases […]