The Korea Times
Park, a woman in her 50s living in Seoul's Yangcheon District, said she recently scaled back her egg purchases as prices continue to climb. "When I went grocery shopping at Costco last weekend, customers were limited to two cartons per person, and there were barely any left on the shelves," she said. "I originally planned to buy two cartons for my family of five, but the prices had risen so much that I ended up buying just one." Consumers across Korea are increasingly feeling the impact of soaring egg prices and tightening supplies. Posts on online communities point to empty egg shelves at major discount stores and shortages at online grocery platforms such as Coupang and Kurly. According to data from the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., the average retail price of a 30-egg carton of large eggs stood at 7,413 won as of Saturday, up 8.6 percent from March. By region, Gyeonggi Province recorded the highest average price at 7,957 won per carton, nearing the 8,000 won ($5) mark. The sharp rise in prices has largely been attributed to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza last
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