SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A resident of Chilgok, North Gyeongsang Province, experienced a rare surprise on January 10 when they cracked open an egg to find it contained four yolks. This event, reported by Yonhap News on January 15, is considered even more unlikely than winning the lottery. After making the discovery while preparing fried [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will extend a temporary removal of tariffs on imported eggs by six months until the end of the year in a bid to stabilize their high prices. The Cabinet approved a revised regulation that will allow local firms to import 36,000 tons of fresh [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of eggs in South Korea may jump by up to 68 percent in the March-May period this year, as the spreading avian influenza is expected to further exacerbate the supply shortage, a state-funded think tank said Sunday. In the three-month period, the supply price of a large-size 10-egg [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it plans to temporarily ease precautionary measures against bird flu as the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza has slowed. The country plans to destroy the same kind of poultry within a 1-kilometer radius of infected farms for the next two weeks, when bird flu [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Wednesday it plans to temporarily remove tariffs on imported egg products to resolve a supply shortage sparked by the outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu here. The move, which is set to be finalized next week, would allow local companies to import up to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of young South Korean women who have yet to give birth have the intention to preserve their eggs through ‘egg freezing,’ a method used to save women’s ability to get pregnant in the future, regardless of whether or not they plan to get married in the future. [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With a surge in the number of single-unit households and as interest in health and diet by the public grows, ready-to-eat eggs are becoming more popular as they do not require cooking for consumption. According to Lotte Mart, sales of the pre-cooked eggs grew 16.7 percent between January and [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is set to import eggs from Denmark and Thailand to curb a continuing price hike here stemming from a supply shortage in the wake of the bird flu outbreak late last year, it said on Thursday. South Korea has been dealing with rising egg prices [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Major South Korean baking and confectionery companies will begin using powdered eggs instead of fresh eggs for their products starting next month, industry officials said Thursday. According to the officials, they plan to import a combined 400 tons of powdered eggs from China and the United States in February. [...]
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 [...]