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![Food menus are displayed outside a restaurant in Myeongdong, Jung District, central Seoul, on Jan. 27. According to the Korea Consumer Agency’s price information portal, prices of eight dining items including gimbap, samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly), and jajangmyeon (black bean noodles) rose by more than 5 percent from 2024. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10805249.jpg?imageId=10805249&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Shoppers browse the fresh produce section at the Yangjae Hanaro Mart in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on July 20. Concerns regarding a sharp rise in vegetable and fruit prices are growing following a heat wave and flood damage. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10343573.jpg?imageId=10343573&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Chocolates at a large supermarket in central Seoul on June 8, amid a surge in processed food and coffee prices. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12109603.jpg?imageId=12109603&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A shopper walks past an aisle where cooking oils are displayed at a discount mart in Seoul on Sunday. The prices of oils and fats drove up the the global food price index with an on-month hike of 8 percent. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11830782.jpg?imageId=11830782&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Wildfires started on Mar. 4, in Uljin, North Gyeongsang, spread to other areas including Okgye-myeon in Gangneung, Gangwon. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10618105.jpg?imageId=10618105&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Leafy greens are displayed on the refrigerated shelves of a discount store in Seoul Sunday. The continued heavy rain in Korea is pushing vegetable prices up. The wholesale price of leafy greens, such as cabbage, lettuce and spinach, spiked by 60 to 107 percent compared to last month, according to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation on Aug. 6. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11641791.jpg?imageId=11641791&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)