SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean imports of Japanese seafood sank more than 30 percent last month, data showed Monday, amid concerns over Tokyo’s planned release of contaminated water from its crippled nuclear power plant. South Korea imported 2,129 tons of fishery products from the neighboring country in May, down 30.6 percent from [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean imports of Japanese seafood swelled nearly 21 percent in the first quarter of 2023 despite concerns over Tokyo’s planned release of contaminated water from its crippled nuclear power plant, government data showed Tuesday. Seoul imported US$48.6 million worth of fishery products from the neighboring country in the [...]
BORYEONGL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) —Three seafood vendors have been arrested by the Boryeong Coast Guard Station for falsely labeling Japanese red sea bream as domestic seafood. The vendors were suspected of violating the Country of Origin Labeling Act, and anyone who falsely labels the origin of a product can face up to seven years [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The value of South Korean imports of Japanese seafood hit a 12-year high in 2022 on a surge in imports of expensive live fish, government data showed Thursday. Seoul imported US$174.2 million worth of fishery products from the neighboring country last year, up 12.2 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is not considering lifting a ban on imports of Japanese seafood to win Japan’s support for joining a mega free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region, Seoul’s oceans minister has said. South Korea is working to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday welcomed the World Trade Organization’s decision to rule in favor of Seoul’s import restrictions on Japanese seafood in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and said it would keep the ban in place going forward. The WTO appellate body overturned several points of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s trade ministry said Monday it has filed an appeal against a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on its import restrictions on Japanese seafood after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan officially lodged a complaint at the WTO in 2015 to challenge South Korea’s import bans [...]