SEJONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm, the agriculture ministry in Sejong said Monday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said that 195 cows at the farm in Boeun, 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, of North Chungcheong Province, tested positive for the [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Per capita rice consumption in South Korea hit a fresh record low last year amid rapid changes in eating habits, government data showed Tuesday. The average annual consumption of rice per person fell to 61.9 kilograms last year, down 1.6 percent from the previous year’s 62.9 kg, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The initial reports of a suspected bird flu virus came from two farms, one in Gimje County and another in Eumseong County, on November 16. Just two months later, South Korea had culled over 32 million poultry across the country, making the latest outbreak one of the worst crisis [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A special unit of the South Korean Coast Guard will soon launch, with its mandate specifically dedicated to protecting western seas off the coast of Incheon from illegal Chinese fishing operations. According to the Central Regional Headquarters Korea Coast Guard, 331 coast guard personnel will be assigned to the [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean waters have become dangerous habitat for finless porpoises, sometimes referred to in Korea as “smiling whales” for their grinning faces. According to the Ulsan Coast Guard, a total of 9,710 whales died in the five-year period from 2011 to 2015 from either illegal poaching or unintended catch in [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has established quarantine and hygiene procedures, allowing for fresh eggs to be imported from the United States in order to stabilize soaring egg prices stemming from the worst outbreak of avian influenza, the government here said Monday. “The government announced the removal of import tariffs on eggs [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Skyrocketing egg prices resulting from Korea’s record bird flu outbreak are now affecting the diet of 640,000 soldiers, with egg supply plummeting in recent weeks. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, Nonghyup, is currently responsible for all eggs provided to the military, but had to reduce its supply by roughly [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will selectively open the fish farming business to conglomerates and set up a third management agency to guard the country’s southern waters from illegal Chinese fishing, the oceans ministry said Friday. In a policy goal report for 2017, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year’s floods affecting key soybean producers in Latin America, including those in Argentina, led to a drop in the soybean harvest, which is now crippling the supply of business-to-business cooking oil in Korea – further pressuring food businesses that are already suffering from soaring egg prices from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – According to recent data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the average egg price in Korea is up to 2.8 times higher than in overseas markets, posing a threat to bakeries and confectioneries. The ministry compared the wholesale prices of eggs in the United States, Spain, [...]