Rice price's long slide
Published: 15 Aug. 2024, 18:28
Updated: 15 Aug. 2024, 18:37
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- JIN EUN-SOO
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![Shoppers browse through rice products at a hypermarket in Seoul on Thursday. Rice prices have seen a continuous drop despite the government's effort to curb the trend by purchasing 150,000 tons of rice. The price of a 20-kilogram packet of rice was 44,619 won as of Aug. 5, a three percent drop compared to the previous month, according to the Agriculture Ministry. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/15/992c7842-3fc0-4078-8fc2-eaa1547f97b8.jpg)
Shoppers browse through rice products at a hypermarket in Seoul on Thursday. Rice prices have seen a continuous drop despite the government's effort to curb the trend by purchasing 150,000 tons of rice. The price of a 20-kilogram packet of rice was 44,619 won as of Aug. 5, a three percent drop compared to the previous month, according to the Agriculture Ministry. [NEWS1]
The price of a 20-kilogram packet of rice was 44,619 won as of Aug. 5, a three percent drop compared to the previous month, according to the Agriculture Ministry. [NEWS1]
BY JIN EUN-SOO [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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