South Korea: Vegetable prices soar amid heat wave; cucumbers up 37% and Cheongyang peppers up 56%

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Seon-mi = Vegetable prices are rising amid the nationwide heat wave. As this kind of weather is expected to continue for the time being, voices are growing louder among consumers about 'heatflation' (heat + inflation), where prices are rising due to poor agricultural crops caused by the heat wave. Accordingly, the government is strengthening agricultural product growth management and supplying additional stockpiled agricultural products to the market to prevent a sharp rise in prices. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) on the 11th, as of the 9th, the price of zucchini rose 9.6% in a week to 2,940 won per piece. It is 19.1% and 21.0% more expensive than the average price a year ago and last year, respectively. The average price is the three-year average from 2019 to last year, excluding the highest and lowest prices. The retail price of 10 tadagi cucumbers is 13,269 won, which is 36.9% higher than a year ago and ...