online shopping-August tally Online shopping rises 6.1 pct on travel demandBy Kang Yoon-seung SEJONG, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Online shopping in South Korea moved up 6.1 percent on-year in August from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, on the back of stronger demand for travel services. The value of online shopping transactions amounted to 19.1 trillion won (US$14.13 billion) in August, compared with 18 trillion won tallied a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. The growth was mostly led by travel and transportation services, which shot up 29.

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