Korea Forest Service Chief Checks Forest Product Supply at Traditional Market

Domestic Forest Products and Other Goods Donated to Social Welfare Facility

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By Park Hee-yoonhypark@sedaily.com
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Korea Forest Service Minister Park Eun-sik (third from right, front row) visits Jungni Traditional Market in Daejeon on the 22nd to check price trends for forest products and other goods and to make purchases himself. Photo courtesy of Korea Forest Service - Seoul Economic Daily Society News from South Korea
Korea Forest Service Minister Park Eun-sik (third from right, front row) visits Jungni Traditional Market in Daejeon on the 22nd to check price trends for forest products and other goods and to make purchases himself. Photo courtesy of Korea Forest Service

DAEJEON — Korea Forest Service Chief (Administrator) Park Eun-sik visited Jungni Traditional Market in Daejeon's Daedeok District on the 22nd to review supply and price trends for domestically grown forest products such as chestnuts, jujubes, shiitake mushrooms and dried persimmons, as well as farm produce including apples and pears. Park also bought goods at the market to help promote consumption of Korean forest products.

Park delivered the ritual offerings and other goods purchased at the market to Pyeonggang House, a social welfare facility in Daejeon.

Original reporting by Park Hee-yoon for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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