[Photo] Egg Prices Soar High

On the 3rd, citizens were shopping at a large supermarket in downtown Seoul. According to the July consumer price trends announced by the Statistics Korea on the same day, prices of agricultural, livestock, and fishery products rose 9.7% compared to a year ago. In particular, eggs surged 57.0%, marking the highest level in four years since July 2017 (64.8%). /Reporter Mun Ho-nam munonam@