South Korea: Chuseok seafood gift set promoted despite controversy over Japanese contaminated water

The composition of advance stockpiles is highlighted and anxiety appears to have decreased. Despite the controversy over the discharge of contaminated water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, sales of Chuseok seafood gift sets at large supermarkets were found to be doing well this year. According to Homeplus, from the 10th to the 31st of last month, when pre-orders for Chuseok gift sets began, sales of seafood gift sets increased 49% compared to the same pre-sale period last year. Sales increased in almost all product categories, from the relatively inexpensive seaweed (58% ↑) to the expensive gulbi (24% ↑). Lotte Mart also saw a 35% jump in seafood gift set sales during the same period. Sales of convenient seafood such as frozen tilefish, gulbi, and cutlassfish increased the most (50%↑), while dried seafood such as seaweed (30%↑) also showed strong growth. An official at Lotte Mart's seafood corner said, "There has been no change in sales since the ...