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Since the beginning of the new year, the price of daily necessities has been rising one after another.
Prices of milk, frozen dumplings, detergent and shampoo have risen.
Even if you understand that raw material prices have risen, there are voices saying that it is too easy to pass on the burden of increased production costs to consumers.
Reporter Kim Gwan-jin reports.
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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 rose 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%.
The 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.
That's scary.
Wages don't go up, only prices go up, how to live...
.] [Lee Jeong-ah/
Eunpyeong
-gu, Seoul: I bought a little in the past and it was 100,000 won, but if I buy it these days, it is 200,000 won.
They have raised their prices several times because of 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 clear 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)