Flour prices soared, hitting kalguksu restaurants.””””It’s hard to even get 10,000 won.”””” Both the customers and the owner were in tears.

The price of kalguksu, a representative ‘common people’s food’, is rising rapidly. This is the result of an increase in the price of wheat due to the rise in exchange rates. Consumers are complaining about the burden of spending, and merchants are sighing that it is difficult to keep up with the rising cost of goods.