Rakuten Insight on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak in April 2020, around 15.4 percent of South Korean respondents said they had engaged in panic buying. The main reason people bought goods in bulk was they were afraid supermarkets or shops would run out of certain items soon.
According to a survey by Share of people engaged in panic buying due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Share of people engaged in panic buying due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120949/south-korea-panic-buyers-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. "Share of people engaged in panic buying due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120949/south-korea-panic-buyers-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Share of people engaged in panic buying due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120949/south-korea-panic-buyers-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. "Share of People Engaged in Panic Buying Due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) in South Korea in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120949/south-korea-panic-buyers-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight, Share of people engaged in panic buying due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120949/south-korea-panic-buyers-after-coronavirus-outbreak/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Share of people engaged in panic buying due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea in 2020 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120949/south-korea-panic-buyers-after-coronavirus-outbreak/