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[Graphic News] Online food market soars 45% in H1 amid pandemic





South Korea's online food market jumped more than 45 percent in the first half of the year from a year earlier, due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed.

The value of online food transactions in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 27.8 trillion won ($23.5 billion) in the January-June period, up 45.4 percent from a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Korea and industry sources.

It was the largest half-year tally, breaching the previous record of 24.1 trillion won registered in the second half of last year. (Yonhap)







By Nam Kyung-don (don@heraldcorp.com)
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