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![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)
![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)
![Customers line up to buy gift sets ahead of the Chuseok holidays at a discount store in Jung District, central Seoul, Sept. 24. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11775917.jpg?imageId=11775917&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Beef is displayed in a butcher shop inside the largest meat market in the country, Majang Meat Market, in Seong-dong-district, eastern Seoul, on May 19 [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11375518.jpg?imageId=11375518&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)