Red pepper powder, dried pepper and gochujang (hot pepper paste) are on sale in Gwangjang Market in Jongno District, central Seoul on Wednesday.
Red pepper powder, dried pepper and gochujang (hot pepper paste) are on sale in Gwangjang Market in Jongno District, central Seoul on Wednesday. According to the Korea Agro‑Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the price of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of red pepper powder was 37,583 won ($33.70), up 44 percent from a year earlier. [YONHAP]
![Red pepper powder, dried pepper and gochujang (hot pepper paste) are on sale in Gwangjang Market in Jongno District, central Seoul on Wednesday. According to the Korea Agro‑Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the price of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of red pepper powder was 37,583 won ($33.70), up 44 percent from a year earlier. [YONHAP]](https://img3.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202106/09/koreajoongangdaily/20210609191613465owkp.jpg)