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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hoped for greater cooperation with Saudi Arabia -- including on its $500 billion

The sharpest-ever raw milk price hike has not only resulted in a rise in milk prices, but also caused worries over additional increases in the prices of dairy products, such as cheese, flavored milk, ice cream, bread and coffee. Binggrae, for example, announced on Friday that its flagship Banana-flavored Milk in a 240-milliliter plastic bottle will be sold for 1,700 won ($1.30) at convenience stores, up 13.3 percent from its previous price.

A team of special investigators has raided the headquarters of the Seoul police force, a move that comes as authorities released records of frantic emergency calls warning that crowds of partygoers were growing dangerously large in the hours before a crush that killed at least 156 people.

Top South Korean officials said a lack of proper crowd management was likely a factor behind a deadly surge of people that left at least 156 dead, with

Purmil CEO Shin Dong-hwan, second son of company founder Shin Jun-ho, took office in 2018, which is when Purmil started to see its business performance decline. The dairy firm showed 257.5 billion won ($180.5 million) in sales for 2017, but sales decreased every year to reach 180 billion won as of last year.