SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Monday it plans to launch an information and price comparison platform for agricultural products that is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) next year as part of its broader effort to adopt AI-based public services. At the inaugural meeting of a new government consultation group consisting of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of coffee beans jumped sharply from a year earlier in 2024, with imports this year widely expected to reach an all-time high, customs data showed Thursday. Imports of coffee beans, including both raw and roasted products, came to US$1.24 billion last year, up 13 percent from $1.1 billion the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is facing intensifying “agflation,” as surging agricultural prices add new pressure to household costs and expose deep structural weaknesses in the nation’s farming and distribution systems. Consumer prices for agricultural, livestock and fisheries products jumped 4.8 percent in August from a year earlier, the sharpest increase in [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Honeybee populations on Jeju Island are collapsing at alarming rates, with local officials and beekeepers warning that climate change has left colonies increasingly vulnerable to disease and pests. According to data released Tuesday by Jeju Province and the Korea Beekeeping Association, a 2022 survey of 157 apiaries [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will establish a public-private task force this week to help commercialize Atlantic bluefin tuna, whose catch levels off the country’s east coast have soared in recent years due to warming seas, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said on Tuesday. The council, set to launch Tuesday in [...]
JEJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bid to modernize one of South Korea’s most iconic agricultural industries, the Jeju Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced Friday it has formally introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D modeling system to predict tangerine harvests more accurately. For decades, yield forecasts for Jeju’s signature citrus crop relied [...]
JEONJU, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A fully automated dairy farm powered by robots and artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be established in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. The Jeollabuk-do Livestock Research Institute announced on Monday that it will launch the “Robot and AI-based Animal Welfare Future Farm and Joint Research Project,” aiming to revolutionize dairy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bold fusion of diplomacy and pop culture, South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has drawn attention online by promoting an upcoming global food security summit with a viral video inspired by a hit Netflix animation. The ministry’s spokesperson, Jeon Han-young, dressed as “Abby,” a lion [...]
Project aims to detect stress at genetic level before visible symptoms emerge SUWON, August 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Gyeonggi Provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services has launched an ambitious initiative to develop an artificial intelligence-based system capable of predicting crop stress caused by extreme weather and pest outbreaks before symptoms are visible. Announced [...]
SEJONG/ SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top trade negotiator said Friday that further opening of the Korean rice market was not discussed in the recently concluded trade deal with the United States, refuting Washington’s claim on the politically sensitive issue. Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol, who doubles as deputy prime minister for economic [...]