Korea

Food and Nutrition Assistance Policies in Korea: Focus on Food Voucher Program

Yong Jee Kim, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT The outbreak and spreading of COVID-19 have worsened food and nutritional inequality in most countries. Korea is not an exception from the case. The food expenditure difference between the low-income group and the non-low-income group is also increasing, as well as the food insecurity...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Analysis of COVID-19 Relief Program: Focus on Food Services Stimulus Program of South Korea

Junghwan Kim, Yong Jee Kim, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT The South Korean government had implemented dining business stimulus programs to cushion the damage by COVID-19. The dining discount coupon was distributed as one of the stimulus policies. This study analyzed the effects of food services stimulus program on food service expenditure with...
Country: Korea Topic: Agribusiness
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The Achievements and Limitations of the Public-purpose Direct Payment Program in Korea

Jongin Kim
ABSTRACT In the past, the direct payment program in the agricultural sector was concentrated on rice, and problems such as fairness with other crops, overproduction of rice, and limitations in terms of improving public function have been raised. So the Korean government promoted the...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Sales-Weighted Online Agricultural Commodity Price Index: Using Sales and Price Data web-scraped from Online Grocery Stores in South Korea

Jinho Jung, Yong Jee Kim, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT This study tries to develop a new type of consumer prices index by utilizing price and quantity data of food items collected daily from online grocery stores via web-scrapping, E-CPI. The E-CPI introduced in this study is developed by weighing prices by quantity sold collected for...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural e-commerce
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Food Desert, Purchasing Refugees, and Cooperatives in Rural Areas in South Korea

Namhoon Kim
ABSTRACT In this study, we present how cooperatives help the elderly in the "food desert" and how it runs businesses with lower profits. We introduce a special cooperative, Dong-Rak-Jeom-Bbang (hereafter DRJB) which runs the business in a small village in South Korea. The food desert is...
Country: Korea Topic: Rural development
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