Updated : 2026-01-28 12:54:10 KST
On the domestic front. South Korea unveiled a series of financial support measures aimed at stabilizing livelihoods and easing inflation pressures ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday in February. The measures were announced on Wednesday by the Ministry of Economy and Finance at a meeting of economy-related ministers. To curb holiday grocery prices, the government will supply a record two-hundred-70-thousand tons of key items, including apples, pear and cabbage and roll out record discounts.
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livelihood 생계 (수단), (=living)
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The package also includes new holiday funding for small merchants and SMEs worth around twenty-seven-point-four billion U.S. dollars, along with support worth forty-point-four billion dollars for loans and guarantees. To boost local spending, the government will issue regional gift certificates worth approximately two-point-seven billion U.S. dollars with higher discounts and purchase limits.
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SME 중소기업(Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise)
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