Packets of rice are stacked at a large discount market in Seoul on Tuesday. Rice prices soared by 15.3 percent on year based on Monday's price of 59,733 won ($54.42) per 20 kilograms (44 pounds) according to data from Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food
Packets of rice are stacked at a large discount market in Seoul on Tuesday. Rice prices soared by 15.3 percent on year based on Monday's price of 59,733 won ($54.42) per 20 kilograms (44 pounds) according to data from Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. [YONHAP]
![Packets of rice are stacked at a large discount market in Seoul on Tuesday. Rice prices soared by 15.3 percent on year based on Monday's price of 59,733 won ($54.42) per 20 kilograms (44 pounds) according to data from Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. [YONHAP]](https://img1.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202101/12/koreajoongangdaily/20210112191402412ihwb.jpg)