Expensive greens
Published: 04 Jul. 2023, 18:43
![A customer picks up a lettuce bundle at a traditional market in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. The price of vegetables such as lettuce and spinach soared amid frequent rain during the monsoon season. The price of four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of lettuce rose 27.4 percent from the previous week to 24,920 won ($19.15) this week, according to Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation on Monday. Spinach prices soared 32.2 percent. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/07/04/88a5d030-8c2b-43cc-9ec5-1a8619f5855c.jpg)
A customer picks up a lettuce bundle at a traditional market in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. The price of vegetables such as lettuce and spinach soared amid frequent rain during the monsoon season. The price of four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of lettuce rose 27.4 percent from the previous week to 24,920 won ($19.15) this week, according to Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation on Monday. Spinach prices soared 32.2 percent. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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