Produce prices spike ahead of Chuseok holiday
Published: 26 Aug. 2024, 16:41
![A shopper selects a pack of salad leaves at a market in downtown Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/26/e05150f5-ff31-4aa9-831e-1f3673a55d1d.jpg)
A shopper selects a pack of salad leaves at a market in downtown Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]
A shopper selects a pack of salad leaves at a market in downtown Seoul on Monday.
Vegetable prices are rising ahead of the Chuseok harvest festival holiday, running from Sept. 16 to 18 this year. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the price of a 4-kilogram (8.8-pound) box of spinach at Garak Market on Monday stood at 152,455 won ($114.97), having dropped significantly from a price of 273,700 won on Sunday but still over three times higher than the 48,827 won per box on the first day of the month.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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