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S. Korea's KDIC launches up to $235 mln KEPCO selldown - source

HONG KONG, Oct 9 (Reuters) - State-run Korea DepositInsurance Corp (KDIC) launched on Tuesday an up to $235 millionshares selldown in Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), a source with direct knowledge of the plan said.

KDIC is offering KEPCO shares in a range of 25,900-26,950Korean won each, added the source, who was not authorized tospeak publicly on the matter.

(Reporting by Elzio Barreto; Editing by MuralikumarAnantharaman)

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Keywords: KDIC KEPCO/SELLDOWN