SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is facing growing calls to introduce stricter GMO labeling laws. Over 200,000 people have now backed a petition on the official Blue House website calling for stricter GMO labeling and a ban on the use of GMOs in schools. With 202,010 people on board as of Monday afternoon, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s trade ministry said Monday it has filed an appeal against a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on its import restrictions on Japanese seafood after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan officially lodged a complaint at the WTO in 2015 to challenge South Korea’s import bans [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s IT firm SK Broadband Inc. said Monday it has joined forces with popular chain Domino’s Pizza to allow users to track locations of orders using Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. SK Broadband said the delivery drivers of Domino’s will be given a device that connects to the ordering systems [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hite Jinro Co., a major South Korean liquor maker, on Friday said that one of its soju products will hit store shelves in the Philippines in the coming days as it strives to expand into the vast Southeast Asian market. Jinro Light, which has an alcohol content of 17 [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Imports of lamb topped a new record high last year on the back of rising demand for the meat in South Korea, official data showed Friday. The country’s imports of lamb hit US$109 million, up 81.5 percent from $60 million tallied in 2016, according to the data compiled by [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of South Korea’s major chicken franchises rose in 2017 from the previous year amid a growing number of affiliated outlets going out of business due to intense competition, industry sources said Tuesday. Fried chicken and beer, called “chimaek” in South Korea, is one of the most popular foods [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food companies are introducing low calorie ice creams, instant noodles and other products to meet demand from the growing number of health-conscious consumers, industry sources said Monday. Binggrae Co. recently began marketing its “Beauty Inside” ice cream, which has 50 percent less sugar and 80 percent less [...]
SEJONG, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic sales of soju, a distilled Korean liquor, rose slightly last year, while those of “makgeolli,” a traditional rice-based alcoholic beverage, contracted for the sixth year in a row, government data showed Sunday. A total of 1.31 million kiloliters of soju was sold last year, up 0.5 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s convenience store chains are introducing private-label (PB) products that combine the features of best-selling items to entice clients seeking new products at lower prices, industry sources said Friday. 7-Eleven’s PB Yoghurt Flavored Jelly, a combination of yogurt and jelly, has gained popularity since its debut in 2016 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Ha-neul, a 28-year-old Seoulite, has landed a new kind of job where he tastes, parses and recommends a material that is essential to life. That material is neither wine nor coffee, but water. Kim is one of South Korea’s 10 most active water sommeliers. In 2014 when the [...]