Gas falls below $2 per gallon in S. Korea

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Gas falls below $2 per gallon in S. Korea
By Ashley Rowland, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, November 28, 2008

SEOUL — AAFES customers in South Korea are getting an early Christmas present Friday: The price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline was to drop below $2 for the first time in years, officials announced Wednesday.

Unleaded gas was to plummet from $2.74 to $1.98 on Friday at Army and Air Force Exchange Service stations on the peninsula. Premium unleaded also dropped 73 cents to $2.26 per gallon, and the cost of diesel dropped by 23 cents to $2.76 per gallon.

"It’s a nice surprise, and it’s so much better than even a few months ago," Felicia Warner said Wednesday as she cleaned out her car at U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan’s AAFES gas station.

Warner’s husband is stationed at Yongin, but she lives in Seoul with their four children. The couple had to cut back on weekend trips to see each other when gas prices were highest. In July, AAFES was charging $4.19 for regular unleaded in Korea.

"This makes me more likely to drive," Warner said.


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