SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea BIzwire) — The high-risk alcohol consumption rate, which waned in prominence during and shortly after the pandemic, has been steadily rising since last year due to the lifting of quarantine restrictions. According to a study conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the rate of high-risk alcohol consumption among [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — With more Koreans drinking alone at home in the pandemic era, a new study showed that drinking a small amount of alcohol every day raises the risk of cancer in the digestive system by 39 percent. A joint research team from Seoul National University Hospital and Samsung Medical Center [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ spending on liquor and cigarettes reached an all-time high in the third quarter of 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak, central bank data showed Tuesday. Local households spent 4.3 trillion won (US$3.96 billion) on alcohol and cigarettes in the July-September period, up 6.2 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As the end of year approaches, a growing number of South Koreans are expected to either drink alone or have drinking parties at home as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. conducted [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean beer brands have been gaining popularity in Iraq. Korea’s beer exports to Iraq between November and January increased 194 percent to US$ 1.23 million compared to the same period in 2014, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) on March 16. Although drinking is prohibited under Muslim [...]