SEJONG, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Exports of South Korea-made instant noodles, or ramyeon, are expected to hit a record high in 2016 on the back of rising popularity in China, customs data showed Thursday. The total value of ramyeon exports stood at US$175 million in the first eight months of the year, up 26.5 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Once a diet staple, rice consumption is rapidly declining in Korea. Over the past 30 years, Korea’s rice consumption per capita has more than halved, dropping from 128.1kg in 1985 to 62.9kg in 2015, with Koreans adopting Westernized diets seeking alternatives like wheat or bread. Amid the changing food [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will introduce its traditional food to Indonesians this week in a fair designed to promote its charm and taste worldwide, a government ministry said Wednesday. The four-day event, titled “2016 Indonesia Jakarta K-food Fair,” is to open on Thursday at a local hotel, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – “Collaboration” is the latest trend in Korea’s food industry, as companies are now joining hands to develop new products. Dongwon F&B is among the more active food product manufacturers seeking such relationships. The company recently launched Denmark Drinking Yoghurt Green Plum, a joint product developed alongside Woongjin Foods, by [...]
SUWON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi Province’s efforts to encourage food truck businesses will soon expand to “food bicycles” or “food bikes”. The province has been encouraging food truck enterprises in its cities as part of its endeavor to create more jobs for youth and those in the lower income classes. Following the province’s [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A festival of traditional Korean food, known as hansik in Korean, will take place in Seoul next week under the government’s campaign to promote hansik in the global community, government officials said Wednesday. The 2016 World Hansik Festival featuring cooking shows by celebrity chefs, a K-pop concert and Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Lunch boxes sold at convenience stores have grown increasingly popular in the past year, roughly tripling in sales and reshaping the lunch culture for employees and students in Korea. Lunch meals sold at convenience stores come relatively cheap, ranging between 3,000 won (US$2.66) and 4,000 won, with the quality [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Ediya Coffee Co., a local low-cost coffee franchise operator, has the most shops in South Korea amid rising demand for cheap take-out coffee, government data showed Monday. There were 1,577 Ediya Coffee franchise outlets across the country last year, followed by 821 Caffe Bene stores and 813 Angelinus shops, [...]
HANAM, South Korea, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Shinsegae Group is set to open South Korea’s largest shopping theme park in Hanam, southeast of Seoul, on Friday to offer a wide variety options for shopping, leisure and culinary experiences. “Starfield Hanam” is a three-story building with four underground floors, covering an area spanning 460,000 square [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Outbound shipments of South Korean beer hit a record high last year on the back of its popularity in Asian and other countries, government data showed Tuesday. The data compiled by the Korea Customs Service showed that exports of South Korean beer reached US$84.4 million in 2015, up 15.4 [...]