Up to 50% off everything from kimchi-making ingredients to mackerel at MOF’s “Korea Seafood Festa”

[Financial News] A discount event is being held for the kimchi-making season, offering up to 50% off ingredients such as sea salt, salted shrimp and oysters, as well as seafood such as mackerel and squid.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) announced on the 27th that it would hold the “Korea Seafood Grand Sale – Korea Seafood Festa” from the 28th through the 29th of next month. The event will be held in conjunction with the “2026 Korea Grand Festival,” a pan-government discount festival involving about 40,000 companies, which runs from the 29th through the 15th of next month.
Discounted items include key ingredients for making kimchi, such as sea salt, salted shrimp, anchovy fish sauce and oysters, as well as popular seafood products such as mackerel, squid, largehead hairtail, dried anchovies and dried seaweed. The selection has been expanded to ease not only the burden of preparing for kimchi-making but also the cost of everyday grocery shopping. Farmed seafood, including whiteleg shrimp, freshwater eel and abalone, is also eligible for discounts to help producers bring their products to market.
A total of 56 businesses will participate, including 24 offline outlets nationwide, such as large supermarkets, and 32 online malls. The MOF will invest 20 billion won to provide a 20% discount on purchases, capped at 10,000 won per person. With additional discounts offered by the businesses themselves, consumers can buy seafood at up to 50% off. Details of each business’s event schedule and discounted items are available on the Korea Seafood Grand Sale website.
Hwang Jong-woo, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, said, “We have organized this discount event with the retail industry so people can buy salt, salted seafood and other essentials for making kimchi at lower prices,” adding, “I hope it will help reduce the public’s kimchi-making costs and give seafood consumption a boost.”
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