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(Jangsu=Yonhap News) Reporter Baek Do-in = Jangsu County, Jeollabuk-do, announced on the 17th that the region's representative festival, the Hanwoo and Apple Festival, will open on the 18th at Yiam Park. The event, which will last until the 21st, is themed around "Falling in love with color and intoxicated by taste" and will feature 58 experience and performance events. Major experience events include "Red Food Cooking Creation" where participants make dishes using Hanwoo, apples, tomatoes, and omija with experts, "Red Food Temple Food Creation" with master Jeong Hyo, "National Hanwoo Gimpo Carrying Competition," and "Search for Red Food." Other activities include Jangsu apple pounding, making apple and tomato keychains, pony riding and feeding horses. The festival will also feature opening concerts and romantic concerts with famous singers, a Red Music Concert, and an orchestra performance. A tasting event to find the best Jangsu Hanwoo and apples will be held, and a discount sales booth selling local agricultural products at low prices will be set up. A Hanwoo yard where visitors can buy Jangsu Hanwoo on the spot and grill it, and a local food street featuring local restaurants will also be set up. Now in its 19th year, the festival aims to promote the region's specialty products such as apples, Hanwoo, omija, and tomatoes. County head Choi Hoon-sik said, "We have prepared for the most enjoyable and rich festival ever" and "We hope that families will come together to fully enjoy the taste, excitement, and fun unique to Jangsu." doin100@yna.co.kr

[Reporter Eu-jeong Lee, Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Council's Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Committee has proceeded with the revision of ordinances to reflect agricultural issues and enhance the efficiency of ordinances, as well as the establishment of an ordinance to foster the future apple industry. On the 12th, at the 340th Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Council's extraordinary session, the 2nd Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Committee reviewed and passed the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Social Agriculture Promotion and Support Ordinance (entire revision ordinance proposal), the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Livestock Manure Resource Recycling Activation Support Ordinance (entire revision ordinance proposal), the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Apple Promotion and Support Ordinance, and the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Agricultural Workforce Support Activation Ordinance (partial revision ordinance proposal).

In August 2025, prices for most products noticeably increased compared to the same month last year, according to data from the State Statistics Service. The price of apples soared the most over the year – by 148.2%: if last year a kilogram of this fruit cost 28.3 UAH, then in August this year it was already 70.3 UAH. Eggs increased in price by 77.4% – from 31.4 to 55.8 UAH per dozen. Meat and poultry prices rose by more than a third: chicken fillet by 37.5% (to 264 UAH), pork by 36.8% (to 249 UAH), chicken carcasses by 35.9% (to 118 UAH). Beef prices increased by 22.9%. The increase in bread prices, depending on the type, amounted to 20.9% for premium wheat bread and 19.4% for rye bread. Cereal prices also rose: barley increased the most by 37.8% (to 23.5 UAH) and semolina by 29.6% (to 29.4 UAH). Milk prices increased by 21.1%, soft cheeses by 20.8%, and sour cream with up to 15% fat content by 23.5%. The price of butter increased by almost a third – by 31.5%. Sunflower oil ...