SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Robotics Co. said Friday it has joined hands with fried chicken franchise KFC Korea Co. to automate the chicken cooking process. Under the preliminary deal with KFC Korea, Hyundai Robotics, a unit of global shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. (HHIH), will develop the automation [...]
DAEGU, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daegu Metropolitan Government said Monday that about 2,000 foreign tourists will visit Daegu during the city’s famous Chimac Festival, held from Wednesday to Sunday. The word ‘chimac’ is a compound of the words chicken and beer in Korean. The tour groups will hail from various countries, including Australia [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — With more chicken joints in Korea starting to charge for delivery, a survey found that most consumers have strong negative feelings about this phenomenon. According to survey of 1,000 men and women between the ages of 15 and 58 by market research firm Embrain, 65 percent of respondents who [...]
DAEGU, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s Daegu Chimac Festival kicked off yesterday with the English slogan “Be Together! Be Happy!” as K-pop groups Mamamoo and Ulala Session performed at Duryu Baseball Stadium for fried chicken and beer enthusiasts from across the nation, with the event scheduled to run through to the end of the [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean fried chicken franchises are widely beloved. Fried chicken has become the most celebrated night time snack for Koreans, and chicken franchises have a wide range of offerings, from simple ‘original’ fried chicken to recipes as sophisticated as ‘Oak Tree-Smoked Chicken’. However, a recent study conducted by the Korean [...]