Rice price spike
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Published: 12 Jan. 2021, 19:13 Updated: 12 Jan. 2021, 19:18

Rice price spike

 
Packets of rice are stacked at a large discount market in Seoul on Tuesday. Rice prices soared by 15.3 percent on year based on Monday's price of 59,733 won ($54.42) per 20 kilograms (44 pounds) according to data from Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. [YONHAP]

Packets of rice are stacked at a large discount market in Seoul on Tuesday. Rice prices soared by 15.3 percent on year based on Monday's price of 59,733 won ($54.42) per 20 kilograms (44 pounds) according to data from Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. [YONHAP]

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