Eating-out costs, food prices jump over past year
May 23, 2018
Eating-out expenses and prices of processed foods in South Korea have risen significantly over the past year, data showed Wednesday, in an additional burden to local consumers.According to the data from the Korea Consumer Agency, six out of the eight dishes most favored by South Koreans when eating out saw their prices go up over the past year.A bowl of cold noodles, or "naengmyeon" in Korean, carried a price tag of 8,692 won ($8.01) in the Seoul metropolitan area in April, up 9.7 percent from t