S. Korea to hike transport fares, ban some plastic bags
- 5 years ago
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Koreans will experience several changes in 2019.
For starters, public transportation fess will rise across the nation.
Plastic bags will be prohibited at large supermarkets.
Yoon Jung-min explains how they would affect our daily lives.
Public transportation fares in South Korea are rising with the start of the new year.
At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, basic taxi fares in the cities of Daejeon and Ulsan... went up from around 2-and-a-half U.S. dollars to 2 dollars and 95 cents.
Fares in the southwestern city of Gwangju will also rise later in January,... while the capital Seoul will see fares rise either late this month or in early February... by about 70 cents to 3 dollars and 39 cents.
Fares are also going to rise for buses, including long-distance, local and those in between.
Exactly how much they'll rise hasn't been decided yet, but it's expected they'll go up by as much as 10 percent to adjust for inflation.
Higher transportation costs are likely to raise overall consumer prices, and will especially affect people in the lower income brackets.
There are other new rules, too, that'll affect people's daily lives.
Starting New Year's Day, plastic bags cannot be sold or given to customers in supermarkets bigger than 165 square meters.
Shoppers are advised to carry their own reusuable or paper bags instead.
There will also be tax benefits for drivers who replace their old diesel cars.
For cars registered before 2008, the government will reduce consumption taxes by 70 percent if the owner buys a new car and scraps the old one.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.
Koreans will experience several changes in 2019.
For starters, public transportation fess will rise across the nation.
Plastic bags will be prohibited at large supermarkets.
Yoon Jung-min explains how they would affect our daily lives.
Public transportation fares in South Korea are rising with the start of the new year.
At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, basic taxi fares in the cities of Daejeon and Ulsan... went up from around 2-and-a-half U.S. dollars to 2 dollars and 95 cents.
Fares in the southwestern city of Gwangju will also rise later in January,... while the capital Seoul will see fares rise either late this month or in early February... by about 70 cents to 3 dollars and 39 cents.
Fares are also going to rise for buses, including long-distance, local and those in between.
Exactly how much they'll rise hasn't been decided yet, but it's expected they'll go up by as much as 10 percent to adjust for inflation.
Higher transportation costs are likely to raise overall consumer prices, and will especially affect people in the lower income brackets.
There are other new rules, too, that'll affect people's daily lives.
Starting New Year's Day, plastic bags cannot be sold or given to customers in supermarkets bigger than 165 square meters.
Shoppers are advised to carry their own reusuable or paper bags instead.
There will also be tax benefits for drivers who replace their old diesel cars.
For cars registered before 2008, the government will reduce consumption taxes by 70 percent if the owner buys a new car and scraps the old one.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.