The finding comes as overseas direct purchases by Korean online shoppers have been growing fast, from 5.1 trillion won ($3.74 billion) in 2021 to 5.3 trillion won in 2022 and 6.8 trillion won in 2023.

When we buy things from abroad and bring them home, we import them and we’ve been importing and exporting goods between countries for hundreds of years, buying and selling goods like this is ...