IMSIL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Imsil N Cheese Festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has shattered attendance records, drawing over 580,000 visitors to this small county in North Jeolla Province. Local officials reported that the four-day event, held from October 3 to 6, saw a surge in attendance, with approximately 20,000 more visitors than [...]
IMSIL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The “Cheese History Museum” has opened in Imsil County, the birthplace of South Korean cheese located in the southwest of the country, the local government said on Monday. Covering a total area of 1,683 square meters, the museum houses a hall, an exhibition hall, a cheese-making and fermentation workshop, [...]
JEONJU, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A memorial hall will be built in Imsil County, North Jeolla Province to honor Father Ji Jeong-hwan, or Didier t’Serstevens, a Belgian priest and pioneer of Korean cheese, who passed away in April at the age of 88. The county announced on Wednesday that it will invest 5 billion [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2018 Imsil N Cheese Festival hosted by Imsil-gun in North Jeolla Province will be held at the Cheese Theme Park and Cheese Village from October 6 to 9. The theme of this year’s festival is “Love for Cheese, Love for Imsil.” Over 80 different programs will be available [...]
IMSIL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The birthplace of South Korea’s first domestically produced cheese is undergoing a makeover. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that Sangsung Village in Imsil County, North Jeolla Province was selected as the recipient of a three year, 600 million won investment that will begin next year. In [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumption of cheese and butter has increased steadily in South Korea in recent years as a growing number of people consume Western food, data showed Wednesday. Consumption of cheese rose to 140,769 tons last year from 132,593 tons in 2015, 117,827 tons in 2014 and 107,558 in 2013, according [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of high-fat products are soaring with Korea’s recent frenzy over low-carb high-fat (LCHF) diets. In a nutshell, these types of diets cut down on carbohydrate consumption while replacing it with high-fat food, allowing the body to burn fat, both stored and consumed, as a principal fuel source. According [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The quantity of milk that is left unsold is increasing every year. Along with the popularity of imported dairy products, the Korean dairy industry is facing more difficulties. According to the Korea Dairy Committee (KDC), as of March 2016 the quantity of excess raw milk converted to powdered milk [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The spread of western eating habits is introducing Koreans to a new world of cheese. Once thought of as the greasy and smelly ingredient that made western food ‘western’, cheese is now being integrated into the lives of Koreans, creating new types of dishes as well as new opportunities [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of dairy products have risen at an annual average rate of 14.9 percent over the last three years, fueled by local demand, government data showed Friday. According to the data by the Korea Customs Service (KCS), imports of such products as cheese, powdered milk, cream and [...]