SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seegene Inc., a major diagnostic assay maker in South Korea, said Tuesday it has exported more than 10 million coronavirus test kits in just two months. Seegene said its Allplex novel coronavirus test kit has been sold to more than 60 countries, including the United States, Germany, Italy and [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s horse racing authority said Wednesday it will beef up exports of its racing systems and diversify its trade portfolio by penetrating deeper into other Asian countries. Exports of South Korea’s horse racing systems are expected to reach 5 billion won (US$4.29 million) in 2020, vastly up from [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of ginseng reached a new fresh high in 2019 on the back of increased shipments to China and Vietnam, data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments of ginseng products advanced 12.4 percent on-year to reach US$211 million in 2019, according to the data compiled by the Korea Agro-Fisheries [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has resumed exports of persimmons to Vietnam after the two countries reached an agreement on terms over quarantine conditions. Exports of persimmons to Vietnam have been stalled since 2015 when Vietnam adopted a new quarantine regulation that called for tougher examinations for possible disease [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to become the third-largest cosmetics exporter in the world by 2022 through extensive investment in research and development (R&D) and concerted marketing efforts, the government said Thursday. The country’s makeup products are globally competitive, with growth buoyed by popularity of the Korean Wave and the growing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean exports of electric vehicles (EVs) more than doubled in the first 10 months of this year on brisk demand from advanced markets, data showed Monday. The country’s overseas shipments of EVs were valued at US$2.57 billion in the January-October period, up a whopping 103.3 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s OLED panel exports to Japan more than doubled to hit a record high last month, data showed Wednesday, bucking the trend of weakening global demand for displays. South Korea’s shipments of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels to Japan totaled US$13.2 million in June, skyrocketing 129.2 percent from [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw a significant rise in used car exports in the first quarter of this year, with Libya becoming the largest importer of South Korean used cars. South Korea exported 107,321 used cars in the first quarter, which was a 42.9 percent jump from the same period last [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 87 literary works by acclaimed South Korean authors ranging from Hwang Sok-yong to Han Kang will be issued in foreign publishing markets this year, according to a literary translation agency Friday. The selected 87 novels will be translated into 22 languages and published overseas on a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of its traditional chicken soup to China shot up in 2017 from three years earlier thanks to the dish’s growing popularity in the world’s most populous nation, data showed Monday. Exports of chicken soup, called “samgyetang” here, to China came to US$100,339 last year, up 22 [...]