In South Korea, cherry is half-priced while the sale of crab is doubled

'Cherry blossoms' and 'snow crab' are becoming popular products for merchants and restaurant vendors in Noryangjin Fish Market. In line with the recently eased social distancing, the number of people who want to see cherry blossoms is increasing, and people are lining up to try the snow crab, which has dropped in price by half compared to the previous year. An official from Noryangjin Fish Market said, "It's hard to get a seat at a restaurant if you don't make a reservation on Friday, Saturday and Sunday." "The year-end and New Year atmosphere is being created." There is usually a reason why the price is so good. Exports became difficult due to Western sanctions on Russia following the situation in Russia and Ukraine, and as major cities in China such as Shanghai were blocked due to the spread of Omicron mutation, Russian snow crabs, whose export routes were blocked, flowed into Korea. 40% of the snow crab caught in Russia goes to China via land, and Korea digests that amount. In ...