SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A uniquely designed farm on the southern resort island of Jeju will be designated as a cultural heritage. The Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) announced that the Ctesiphon-style housing at Jeju’s St. Isidore Farm will be designated as a national cultural heritage. St. Isidore Farm, located in the mountainous region [...]
HWASEONG, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A farm that eventually slaughtered its chickens after having resisted the government’s mass cull order resulting from the occurrence of highly pathogenic bird flu at a neighboring farm has finally brought in new chicks and resumed operations. Sanan Village Farm, located in Hwaseong, GyeonggI Province, said Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will temporarily ease rules on the employment of foreign seasonal workers in the agriculture and fisheries sectors to cope with the labor shortage aggravated by the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Justice said Monday. Under the temporary deregulatory measure, foreigners who are staying here without a [...]
CHUNCHEON, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A local government has created a direct cultivation complex that sprays rice seeds into rice paddies using drones to ease the shortage of rural workers due to South Korea’s aging population. If rice seeds coated with iron are put into a drone dispenser and sprayed immediately, the seedlings and [...]
HAENAM, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus outbreak is dealing a significant blow to farming and fishing villages across South Korea. While foreign workers are responsible for 80 to 90 percent of the labor force in these villages, there is a marked shortage workers this year as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the globe, prompting [...]
TAEAN, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Bananas and papaya, representative tropical fruits, are being cultivated on a farm on Anmyeon Island in Taean County, South Chungcheong Province. Bananas produced at the farm are sweeter than imported ones due to large daily temperature differences and abundant sunshine. In addition, the yield per tree has reached 50 [...]
SEJONG, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Korean urban households moving to rural areas jumped more than 10 percent in 2015 from a year earlier as the return-to-farm movement is becoming notable in the country, government data showed Thursday. A total of 11,959 households living in the countryside came from cities last [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A growing number of South Koreans are opting for a life on the farm as more urban dwellers grow tired of stress from the city and pursue a slower, simpler life, data showed Thursday. A total of 44,586 households relocated to farms or the countryside from urban areas last [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 18, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Two out of three farm households are earning less than 10 million won a year from crop sales, which implies that there are fewer and fewer farming families relying entirely on agriculture alone for their income. According to a report “2013 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery Survey” published [...]
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 2, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - Gardeners in search of more sustainable ways to grow tastier vegetables and more vibrant flowers are finding inspiration from their country cousins. For decades, chickens have played an important role on farms, providing families a sustainable source of delicious food, organic fertilizer and natural pest control. [...]