SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With Japan poised to release contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, the radioactivity tests for incoming fishery products are not being conducted quickly enough for the results to be available before the products are sold. The National Fishery Products Quality Management Service is [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising consumer prices have led to the rising popularity of “ugly” fishery products, attracting consumers with their competitive pricing. SSG.com, the online mall arm of South Korean retail giant Shinsegae Group, introduced “ugly” fishery products like South Korean squid and Argentinian shrimp at the newly opened misfits market for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports of farm and fishery products surged more than 15 percent on-year to touch a new record high in 2021, government data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments of agricultural, livestock and fisheries goods came to U$11.36 billion last year, up 15.1 percent from a year earlier, according to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of fishery products grew 20.5 percent on-year in the first 10 months of this year, data showed Sunday. Outbound shipments of fishery products reached US$2.24 billion during the January-October period, compared to $1.86 billion tallied a year earlier, according to the data by the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it plans to develop new ready-to-eat products utilizing local fishery goods to take advantage of the rising demand for processed food items as more people refrain from dining out amid the new coronavirus pandemic across the globe. Under the plan, the country will join forces [...]
WANDO, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With seaweed gaining popularity as an effective solution for fine dust, agricultural and fishery products from Wando, South Jeolla Province are being brought to the spotlight. Wando produces 150 kinds of agricultural and fishery products, as well as beverages and liquor. The county is most famous for its 100 [...]