WANDO, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With seaweed gaining popularity as an effective solution for fine dust, agricultural and fishery products from Wando, South Jeolla Province are being brought to the spotlight. Wando produces 150 kinds of agricultural and fishery products, as well as beverages and liquor. The county is most famous for its 100 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government apologized Friday for the recent outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country and vowed to make all-out efforts to tackle the spread of the highly contagious virus. “We have promptly taken countermeasures including immediate culling and issuing travel regulations as soon as we received reports [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Consumer Citizens’ Group has announced that five out of 50 black pigs sold at 44 Seoul restaurant and retail outlets were found to be white pigs, not Iberico pigs. As it was recently revealed that some of the Spanish Iberico black pork imported to South Korea was [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Wednesday it has won approval from its Australian counterpart to ship Korean Kyoho grapes there starting this year. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it has paved the way for South Korean farms to ship Kyoho grapes, which are normally larger [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Per capita rice consumption in South Korea dropped to a record low in 2018, data showed Monday, although the rate of decrease slowed compared with recent years on the back of the popularity of ready-to-eat meals. According to the data by Statistics Korea, the average annual consumption of rice [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The average price of onions sold in South Korea fell sharply in January from a year earlier despite a decreased amount of imports due to the expanded supply from local farms, data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by the state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp., the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Agriculture-related stocks rallied on Thursday as famous American businessman and legendary investor Jim Rogers mentioned agriculture as an area of interest. On the same day, shares of ASIA SEED Co., which produces seeds such as cabbage and sweet pumpkin, soared 29.92 percent to closed at 9,770 won. Jim Rogers [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural and fish products from North Jeolla Province have, for the very first time, surpassed US$300 million in exports last year, one-third of which were attributed to the province’s signature seaweed. North Jeolla Province reported US$318 million in agricultural and fish exports last year, which was a 41.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (NAQS) announced on Monday methods of distinguishing the country of origin of agricultural products with Lunar New Year’s Day ahead. Light brown jujubes with fewer wrinkles, chestnuts with thick inner peel, and dried persimmon with rounded tips are all agricultural products from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean exports of farmed seafood products grew 2.5 percent on-year to a fresh all-time high in 2018, despite a drop in output, data showed Wednesday. Overseas shipments of dried laver and other farm-raised seafood stood at US$2.38 billion last year, compared with $2.32 billion a year earlier, according [...]