Retail prices of key agricultural and seafood products in South Korea rose ahead of the Chuseok holiday. Spinach reached 2,216 won per 100 grams ($7.30 per pound) on Aug. 28, up 64.39% from a month earlier, according to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation. Napa cabbage increased 34.05% and radish rose 25.59% over the same period. Fresh large squid climbed 15.4% from a year earlier to 5,210 won per squid. Fresh squid was displayed at a supermarket in Seoul on Monday, in a scene photographed by NEWS1 and published Aug. 31, 2026, at 7:19 p.m.