Korea all-out to secure medicinal herbs amid soaring price

Medicinal herbs, such as Angelia, Cornus and Schizandra, are turning into rare commodities in the domestic oriental medicine market as their prices have gone up to 100-200 percent from a year earlier.

The shortages are forcing the government to rely on imports from China.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to import 100-400 tons of 13 medicinal herbs from China under consultation wi...