Price of rice boils over

Bags of rice are displayed at Hanaro Mart in Yangjae-dong, Seocho District, southern Seoul, as rice prices continue to rise. According to data from the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the average retail price of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of rice stood at 36,214 won ($24.15) as of March 18, up 23.1 percent from a year earlier and 25.8 percent higher than the seasonal average. [NEWS1]
Bags of rice are displayed at Hanaro Mart in Yangjae-dong, Seocho District, southern Seoul, as rice prices continue to rise. According to data from the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the average retail price of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of rice stood at 36,214 won ($24.15) as of March 18, up 23.1 percent from a year earlier and 25.8 percent higher than the seasonal average.

Bags of rice are displayed at Hanaro Mart in Yangjae-dong, Seocho District, southern Seoul, as rice prices continue to rise. According to data from the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, the average retail price of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of rice stood at 36,214 won ($24.15) as of March 18, up 23.1 percent from a year earlier and 25.8 percent higher than the seasonal average. [NEWS1]