Vice President Tae-yong Ahn of SEMAS Requests Eradication of Overcharging in Traditional Markets

Visit to the National Federation of Merchants in Jung-gu, Seoul

The Small Enterprise and Market Service (SEMAS) has requested the National Federation of Merchants to strengthen price transparency and hygiene management in response to repeated controversies over overcharging and hygiene issues in traditional markets.

On the 19th, Tae-yong Ahn, deputy director of the Small Enterprise and Market Service, conducted on-site communication with the National Merchants Federation to enhance customer trust. Small Enterprise and Market Service

On the 19th, SEMAS announced that Vice President Tae-yong Ahn visited the National Federation of Merchants in Jung-gu, Seoul, and requested cooperation to ensure price transparency and improve hygiene standards for products sold in traditional markets.

Recently, issues such as overcharging and insufficient hygiene management have been repeatedly raised in some traditional markets and shopping districts, shaking consumer trust. In response, SEMAS has made restoring customer trust and improving the image of traditional markets its top priority, and is strengthening on-site preventive activities.

SEMAS is continuously conducting on-site training and campaigns for merchant associations and related organizations aimed at eradicating overcharging, encouraging friendly service, and ensuring food hygiene management. Awareness-raising activities are also being carried out in parallel to create a market environment that consumers can trust and visit with confidence.

In particular, SEMAS recently sent another official letter to the National Federation of Merchants and associations of traditional market merchants following a previous communication in March, requesting cooperation to enhance customer trust in traditional markets and shopping districts. SEMAS also informed the associations that if such negative issues occur repeatedly, they may face disadvantages, such as point deductions, during the selection process for government support programs.

At the meeting held that day, Vice President Ahn requested that the National Federation of Merchants play a central role in creating "safe traditional markets that customers can trust and visit."

In response, Lee Chung-hwan, President of the National Federation of Merchants, said, "We will actively communicate these matters to all provincial and city branch presidents and affiliated merchants, and will work to strengthen voluntary management to establish a healthy market culture and enhance customer trust."

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