An anti-Japan boycott is turning into a "buy Korean instead" campaign, as South Koreans turn away from Japanese products in the wake of a trade row over Tokyo's export curbs.
Student Seo Min-jae, 16, said she feels uncomfortable using Japan-made Jetstream pens and is "ashamed" to use Japanese cosmetics. Her friend Jeong Da-min, also 16, said she is replacing Japanese items with those made in South Korea instead.
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