Convenience store daily necessities 'sparkling up' after martial law announcement..."It's stable now".

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Sales of canned goods and other items temporarily increased as surprised citizens bought daily necessities after Yoon Suk Yeol's president declared a midnight emergency.

However, retail prices such as large discount stores are not much different from usual today.

Reporter Oh Dong-gun reports.

[Reporter]
10:28 p.m. when the president of Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law.

The anxiety felt by citizens was confirmed at convenience stores.

In the case of convenience store A, canned goods sales more than quadrupled from 23:00 to 4:00 compared to a week ago, and ramen sales also increased 3.5 times.

The same goes for other convenience stores.

At the same time, sales of daily necessities such as instant rice, bottled water, and ramen all increased from the previous day.

[Mr. A / Convenience store official: People in their 50s and 60s visited and saw the daily necessities....]

However, at 4:27 a.m., as President Yoon accepted the National Assembly's demand and declared the lifting of martial law, retailers such as convenience stores and marts returned to their usual appearance.

[Mr. B/A supermarket official: Customers visited the store as usual after opening, and there was no special phenomenon such as hoarding.]

Emergency martial law for the first time in 45 years.

There was some demand for daily necessities due to anxiety, but there was no significant "panic consumption phenomenon" such as sweeping hoarding.

This is YTN Oh Dong-gun.

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