SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Wednesday that eggs from four more farms in the country have been found to be contaminated with harmful pesticides, escalating the health scare over tainted egg products here. Some eggs at a farm with 55,000 hens in Cheorwon, 80 kilometers north of Seoul, were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Nongshim Co., the country’s top instant noodle maker, said Wednesday its best-selling instant noodles are now sold at every Walmart store in the United States, as it attempts to expand its presence in the global market. Nongshim said its Shin Ramyun is now being sold at 4,692 Walmart stores [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Some egg products in South Korea have been contaminated with a potentially harmful pesticide, the government said Tuesday, amid a growing health scare in Europe over tainted egg products. Some eggs at a farm with 80,000 hens in Namyangju, east of Seoul, were found to contain the pesticide fipronil [...]
GIMHAE, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean robotics company has revealed an unmanned barista that is capable of all stages of coffee making from taking orders and making coffee to serving customers, a device that some speculate could replace coffeehouse workers in the near future. The coffee-making robot, which makes coffee and serves [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With the sweltering summer heat showing no signs of relenting, an increasing number of South Korean farmers in inland areas such as Chungju are taking advantage of the extreme weather and turning their attention to growing tropical fruits. In the past, tropical fruits such as passion fruit, which originates in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Uber Technologies Inc. launched its food delivery service in South Korea on Thursday, joining the country’s heated delivery service app market. The mobile application UberEATS allows users to select food from registered restaurants and deliver the dishes by its delivery partners, its local unit Uber Korea said. “Food delivery [...]
SEOUL/CHEONGJU, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A hamburger from McDonald’s was found to have an excessive level of a bacteria known to cause food poisoning, a local consumer agency said Thursday, as the U.S. fast-food giant is facing troubles here with a series of complaints filed over its patties. After conducting a survey on the [...]
CHUNGJU, South Korea, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A regional court on Thursday dismissed an injunction request filed by the local unit of McDonalds seeking to stop the disclosure of a consumer report on hamburger patties, amid controversy over allegations that it served undercooked meat and caused some kids to get sick. The Korea Consumer [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – British American Tobacco (BAT) will begin sales of its new tobacco heating device in South Korea next week, its local unit said Thursday, joining the race to better grab the expanding market. The new gadget glo is shaped like any other battery-powered cigarette devices, except tobacco sticks called Neostiks, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The founder of South Korean retail giant Lotte lost his last remaining board member seat at the affiliate of the conglomerate, effectively leaving the management scene, the business group said Wednesday. The board of directors of Lotte Aluminum Co., a packaging material firm, decided not to extend the term [...]