A woman lays out "garaetteok," a Korean rice cake stick, just churned out of a rice cake machine at her shop at a traditional market in Seoul on Feb. 2, 2021, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, which falls on Feb. 12 this year. Demand for the product has been falling sharply, as health authorities have tightened restrictions on private gatherings to help stem the spread of the new coronavirus during the holiday, when Koreans travel across the nation to meet their family members and relatives. Garaetteok is a staple food used to make a traditional soup of sliced rice cake eaten during the holiday. (Yonhap)
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