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Korean convenience stores selling gold bars in vending machines

UPI

By Kim Ji-woo & Kim Tae-gyu, UPI News Korea
 

 

SEOUL, June 16 (UPI) — The popularity of gold bars is surging at convenience stores around South Korea as the value appreciates amid strong inflationary pressure across the globe.

GS Retail confirmed Friday that sales of gold bars at its convenience stores totaled $19 million in the past nine months ending in May.

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