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![Jeju Heukwoo, Chikso and Hwangwoo beef are presented at a Hanwoo Board tasting event on Sept. 24. [HANWOO BOARD]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11774183.jpg?imageId=11774183&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Shoppers flock to a Nonghyup Hanaro Mart in Yangjae-dong of Seocho District, southern Seoul, to buy Korean beef on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10628806.jpg?imageId=10628806&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A model and a mascot promote Nov. 1 as a day to eat Korean beef at Korea House in central Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10747213.jpg?imageId=10747213&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Hanwoo, otherwise known as Korean beef, is on sale at a supermarket in Seoul, ahead of the Chuseok holiday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11962366.jpg?imageId=11962366&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Online community users uploaded sightings of Kanye West, otherwise known as Ye, entering a restauraunt in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Monday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12219248.jpg?imageId=12219248&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A cow vaccinated against lumpy skin disease eats cattle feed at a farm in Daejeon on Wednesday. [JOONGANG PHOTO]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11817715.jpg?imageId=11817715&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Hanwoo, or Korean beef, is on display at a livestock market in Majang-dong, eastern Seoul on Wednesday. Average wholesale prices for the beef have rose over 10 percent within a week, after reports of the lumpy skin disease outbreak among cattle came to light. It was sold at an average wholesale price of 20,053 won ($14.85) per kilogram on Tuesday, a 13.1 percent increase from last week's price of 1,7230 won per kilogram, according to livestock retail data from the Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10517714.jpg?imageId=10517714&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A cow is vaccinated against lumpy skin disease at a farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong, on Monday amid growing concerns over the nationwide spread of the viral disease that affects cattle. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11720670.jpg?imageId=11720670&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Customers stand in front of hanwoo, or Korean beef, displays at Hanaro Mart in Yongsan, Seoul, on Sunday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Nonghyup announced a sales promotion on Sunday, selling hanwoo products at prices 20 percent lower than the nationwide average throughout the year. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11540866.jpg?imageId=11540866&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)