Soaring Consumer Prices Impact Street Snacks

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular Korean snacks in the winter are rising in price, further discouraging consumer spending in South Korea. As recently as last year, 1,000 won (US$0.70) was enough to buy three fish-shaped buns, called “bungeoppang” in Korean, in downtown Seoul. Now, 1,000 won buys only one or two of them. [...]