Wils Ginseng roots up for auction on South Korean site
Published April 25th, 2007
A set of wild ginseng roots has been put up for sale on the South Korean Internet auction site Gmarket Inc., the company said Wednesday.
The estimated price of the package of five 120-year-old roots was 70 million won (US$75,500), Gmarket said.
Wild ginseng is highly valued in South Korea because many people believe it can improve one’s health or even help cure diseases.
Gmarket is South Korea’s biggest Internet auction site, ahead of Internet Auction Co., owned by U.S. online auctioneer eBay Inc.
