Beer is stacked up at a supermarket in central Seoul on Nov. 25. With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing and people spending more time at home, Korean households on average spent 19,651 won ($17.76) per month on alcohol during the third quarter this year, an all-time high since Statistics Korea started collecting the data in 2003.
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![Beer is stacked up at a supermarket in central Seoul on Nov. 25. With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing and people spending more time at home, Korean households on average spent 19,651 won ($17.76) per month on alcohol during the third quarter this year, an all-time high since Statistics Korea started collecting the data in 2003. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11468888.webp?imageId=11468888&width=960&height=642&format=jpg)
