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Last year, the price of shopping carts rose a lot, and from the first day of the new year, the price of daily necessities such as detergent and shampoo and food has been rising one after another.
Although the price of raw materials has risen, there are voices saying that the burden is not easily passed on to consumers.
This is reporter Kim Gwan-jin.
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From the first day of the new year, the price of a 350ml can of coke increased by 5.2% from 1,900 won to 2,000 won.
Frozen dumplings weighing 415g went up 10.4% from 4,800 won to 5,300 won.
As the price of crude oil rose by 49 won per liter, the price of milk and dairy products also rose, and one company raised the price of its daily necessities such as detergent, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush by up to 18%.
Common people respond that shopping is scary.
[Hwang Eun-joo/Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul: It has risen so much that it is burdensome to buy, especially snacks.
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That's scary.
Wages don't go up, only prices go up, how to live...
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[Lee Jeong-ah/Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul: I bought a little in the past and it came out at 100,000 won, but if you buy it these days, it's 200,000 won, or the price range is different.]
Instant rice, ham, dumplings, flour, sugar, tuna, coffee, etc. Vendors are raising prices several times, citing cost increases.
Unlike in the past, when consumers were arguing over who would raise the price first after seeing consumer responses, they raise prices in a chain, and do not lower prices just because the cost has dropped.
[Jeong Ji-yeon / Secretary-General of the Consumer Federation of Korea : There seems to be a problem with the part that goes beyond external factors and tries to pass it on to consumer prices too comfortably.] The
government set this year's inflation rate forecast at 3.5% As predicted, the perceived cost of living is expected to continue to rise this year.
(Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, VJ: Kim Sang-hyeok)