Vegetable prices climb amid monsoon season
Published: 07 Jul. 2024, 15:38
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- JIN EUN-SOO
- jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr
![A woman browses packaged vegetables at a hypermarket in Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/07/07/67a631be-8d79-4432-a9c1-80a547caab8f.jpg)
A woman browses packaged vegetables at a hypermarket in Seoul on Sunday. [YONHAP]
A woman browses packaged vegetables at a hypermarket in Seoul on Sunday.
The price of red lettuce rose by 17.3 percent as of July 5 compared to the previous week, according to data from Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. The prices of other vegetables such as cabbage, perilla leaves and spinach are also on an uptrend due to monsoon season in Korea.
BY JIN EUN-SOO [jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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