retail sales-tallyRetail sales up 5.7 pct in H1 on lifting of anti-COVID-19 curbs SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Retail sales in South Korea rose 5.7 percent on-year in the first half of this year amid eased antivirus curbs and people's growing outdoor activities, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The combined sales of 25 major offline and online retailers came to 85.4 trillion won (US$66.76 billion) during the January-June period, compared with 80.8 trillion won a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.

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