[Photo] Traditional Markets Offer Cheaper Lunar New Year Goods Than Large Retailers

Prices for traditional holiday table offerings are rising ahead of the Seollal Lunar New Year. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), which surveyed 28 essential Seollal items at 17 traditional markets and 27 large retail stores nationwide on the 21st, the average cost was 263,283 KRW at traditional markets and 362,680 KRW at large retail stores. This represents a 14.0% increase from 230,972 KRW last year at traditional markets and a 14.1% increase from 317,923 KRW at large retail stores. On the 24th, citizens were shopping at Mangwon Market in Mapo-gu, Seoul. / Reporter Moon Honam munonam@