The country's largest convenience store chain, CU, has been collaborating with the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation to offer customers mini gold bars.
Aside from ramen and sausages, South Korea 's convenience stores have a new popular item on the menu — gold bars.
People in their 30s were most active in purchasing these gold bars, accounting for over 41% of the total sales since their launch.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The country's largest convenience store chain, CU, has been collaborating with the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation to offer customers mini gold bars — and they're selling like hot cakes.weighing between 0.1 gram and 1.87 gram have been up for sale at CU outlets since April. A 1.87 gram bar sells for 225,000 won and a 0.5 gram bar sells for 77,000 won., according to local news reports.
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