[Economy 365]
In the second quarter, household debt surpassed 1,869 trillion won, breaking a new record high.
As of the end of June, the Bank of Korea announced that the balance of household credit stood at 186.9 trillion won, the highest since 2003, when statistics began to be compiled.
Compared to the end of the first quarter, it increased by 6.4 trillion won, but compared to the tens of trillions of won in each quarter of last year, the increase has narrowed.
Rising interest rates and slowing home sales were analyzed to have had an impact.
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The Korea Consumer Agency revealed that as a result of a survey of 1,150 users of the top 4 second-hand trading apps, 24% responded that they had experienced damage.
The overall satisfaction level was an average of 3.48 out of 5.
Considering that the average score for all service areas was 3.61, it was found that the satisfaction level was relatively low.
By business operator, Lightning Market had the highest score of 3.63, followed by Carrot Market, Hello Market, and Jungjungnara.
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LG U+ has launched a 5G intermediate plan with 31 gigabytes of data usage for 61,000 won per month.
Earlier, SK Telecom introduced an intermediate rate plan that could use 24 gigabytes of data for 59,000 won per month, and KT introduced a plan that provided 30 gigabytes of data for 61,000 won per month.
The government, which has been inducing the launch of 5G intermediate rate plans to ease the burden of telecommunication costs for the common people, said that it will continue to discuss and request the launch of a new data usage section rate plan with mobile carriers.