A customer passes by a section displaying Chuseok holiday gift sets at a discount store in downtown Seoul on Sunday.
Rising prices and falling incomes are giving rise to new holiday trends.
Major department stores including Hyundai, as well as Shinsegae and Lotte, have started pre-orders on gift sets for the Korean thanksgiving holiday Chuseok, which is only a month away.
Models introduce gift sets for the upcoming Chuseok harvest holidays at an Emart store in Seongsu-dong, eastern Seoul, on Tuesday.
Senior citizens exercise social distancing while waiting in line to receive gift sets containing ginseng chicken soup and fruit. The handouts were provided at a welfare center for seniors in Dalseo District, Daegu, on Thursday.
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