Seoul: Online shopping sales in the Republic of Korea increased by 2.5 percent in April compared to the previous year, primarily due to an uptick in demand for food products and related services, recent data revealed.
According to Emirates News Agency, online shopping transactions reached a value of 21.69 trillion won (approximately US$15.73 billion) in April. This marks an increase of 535.2 billion won from the same period last year, as reported by Statistics Korea.
A significant contributor to this growth was the rising demand for food services, which experienced a 13.9 percent increase on-year, amounting to 3.9 trillion won, according to Yonhap News Agency.