3월 온라인 쇼핑 역대 최대...미세먼지 영향<br /><br />The total value of online shopping in Korea hit a record high in March.<br />The rise was mainly on sales of electronics and home appliances, but also food and beverages.<br />Our Seo Eunkyung has the details. <br />The total value of online shopping in South Korea edged up to a new record high in March, reflecting the growing trend of people choosing to buy online. <br />According to data released by Statistics Korea for March, South Koreans bought goods worth a total 11-point-8 trillion won online,... or about 9-point-6 billion U.S dollars. <br />That's up 18-point-6 percent on-year and renews the all-time record high previously set in December.<br /> It was mainly driven by the rising demand for electronics and home appliances... <br />According to Statistics Korea, the 40-point-1 percent sales increase in such items mainly came from air purifiers as well as clothes dryers. <br />The country's statistics agency attributed the rise to Korea's worsening fine dust air pollution.<br />Another contributor that drove online sales was the food and beverage sector, which jumped 89-point-8 percent compared to March last year. <br />The demand was fueled by sales promotions and wider consumer choices of food delivery services. <br /> Online shopping proved especially popular on mobile phones. <br />The value of mobile shopping stood at about 6-point-4 trillion U.S dollars in March, up 27-point-9 percent from the same period last year. <br /> The rise increased the proportion of mobile shopping from 58-point-4 percent to 63 percent of all online purchases. <br />Seo Eunkyung, Arirang News. <br />
