SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry said Thursday it has forged agreements with water bottling companies across the country to supply label-free water products to local government offices and transportation service providers. The deals call on nationwide water companies to provide label-free water products to six metropolitan city government offices and 22 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s bottled mineral water market is enjoying a boom thanks to an increase in household demand on the back of the prolonged ‘stay-at-home’ trend resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The first half sales of Jeju Samdasoo, a brand of mineral water produced by Jeju Province Development Corp. (JPDC), [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — How delicious is the tap water in Seoul, known by the name Arisu, and how different is it from the bottled water sold everywhere from convenience stores to large retailers? When comparing Arisu with the top two bottled water brands in the market, there was no difference between the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts on North Korea say that an increasing number of citizens of the secluded state are buying bottled water for their personal consumption. One explanation for the increase in demand is attributed to the lack of clean water and proper water purification facilities. But another reason for the newfound [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s bottled water market was valued at 740 billion won (US$656 million) last year, up 15.5 percent from the previous year amid the increase in the number of one-person households and demand for clean water, industry data showed Wednesday. According to the data from Nielson Korea, some 640 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Some South Korean producers of bottled water and milk are struggling to meet the rising consumer demand as an unprecedented heat wave has affected the supply chain, industry officials said Thursday. Sales of bottled water have sharply surged this summer as more people drank water to fight the scorching [...]