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    What You Need to Know Visiting a Traditional Market in Rural South Korea for the First Time

    January 7, 2021 /

    Should I be shopping at traditional markets in rural South Korea? Do you like saving money? Do you live in a small city and near-ish a traditional market? Then, hell yes! You should be shopping at your local traditional market. Two of us spent six months shopping only in the traditional markets because we were broke as a joke. We spent 70,000 won a week on groceries to fill our fridge. That means our monthly grocery bill was only about 280,000 won and we ate crazy healthy. Our diet was…

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    Lanae Rivers-Woods, MAIT

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