Breaking the rice
Published: 03 Sep. 2025, 19:22
Updated: 03 Sep. 2025, 19:24
![The average retail price of a 20-kilogram (44-pound) bag of rice has surpassed the symbolic psychological barrier of 60,000 won ($43), reaching 60,294 won as of Sept. 2, according to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. This represents a 17.2 percent increase compared to the previous year. Pictured here is a rice aisle at a hyperstore in Seoul on Sept. 3. [YONHAP]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2025/09/03/b38ba72b-788b-4a63-86bd-e11e73e749b5.jpg)
The average retail price of a 20-kilogram (44-pound) bag of rice has surpassed the symbolic psychological barrier of 60,000 won ($43), reaching 60,294 won as of Sept. 2, according to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. This represents a 17.2 percent increase compared to the previous year. Pictured here is a rice aisle at a hyperstore in Seoul on Sept. 3. [YONHAP]
The average retail price of a 20-kilogram (44-pound) bag of rice has surpassed the symbolic psychological barrier of 60,000 won ($43), reaching 60,294 won as of Sept. 2, according to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. This represents a 17.2 percent increase compared to the previous year. Pictured here is a rice aisle at a hyperstore in Seoul on Sept. 3. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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