Koreans will experience further restaurant price increases after Chuseok.

Even inexpensive meals like gimbap are seeing price increases after the Chuseok holiday, and with inflation showing no signs of slowing down, South Koreans will undoubtedly face greater financial hardship when dining out.

According to data from the Korea Consumer Agency, the average cos...

BELIEF THAT COVID-19 TALLY WILL RISE AFTER CHUSEOK COMING TRUE

• Korea's daily COVID-19 tally was 69 on Wednesday, returning to double digits after spiking over 100 the previous day.
• While many people began showing passing relief that more mass infections following the Chuseok holiday may no longer be a worry.

Several m...

COME CHUSEOK! TIME FOR SPLENDID REVELRY AMIDST FAMILY

• Chuseok is Korea’s principal holiday, a time for sharing the year’s bountiful time with family.
• It is the most happening time to offer gifts to family elders, business partners and anyone you wish to make your friends or just be pally with.

SOUTH KOREA TO RELAX SOCIAL DISTANCING IN VIEW OF CHUSEOK

• The Seoul metropolitan area will now swiftly undertake physical distancing measures of lower magnitude for the next two weeks and enforce 14 days of a stricter scheme, the government said Sunday.
• Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun, who heads the government’s COVID-19 task forc...