SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A food festival held in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi aimed at creating awareness of Korean food ended in great success with over 200,000 people flocking to the event. The K-Food Fair kicked off on June 9 for a two day run. The fair’s success is mainly attributed to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Exports of South Korean-made instant noodles, or ramyeon, nearly tripled over the past decade, as their popularity has been spreading beyond China and Asia to the United States, Middle East and Europe, industry agencies said Monday. The nation’s ramyeon exports totaled US$290.4 million in 2016, up 32.7 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will hold a series of events on its traditional food in two major Japanese cities, Osaka and Tokyo, later this week in a bid to revitalize food product exports to the neighboring country, a government ministry said Tuesday. The 2016 K-Food Festa will start on Wednesday for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will introduce its traditional food to Indonesians this week in a fair designed to promote its charm and taste worldwide, a government ministry said Wednesday. The four-day event, titled “2016 Indonesia Jakarta K-food Fair,” is to open on Thursday at a local hotel, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — From instant noodles to bread and beef broth soup, Korean food is gaining interest overseas from consumers outside of the usual group of Korean residents and a handful of Korea followers, a leading trade body said Monday. South Korea’s instant noodles, ramyeon, ranks second after Taiwan in the Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Londoners will now have the chance to taste Korean foods such as ramyun (also known as ramen in Japanese), kimchi, bulgogi and Korean alcohol soju at Tesco stores by December 2. The 4th Korean Food Exhibitions are being held at 62 Tesco stores in Britain until December 2nd, and [...]
Jeonju, Korea, August 01 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeollabuk-do will be hosting the ‘K-Food World Festival’ at Ilwon from August 12th to 17th. The international Korean food competition was planned in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will be held in Jeollabuk-do, the mecca of Korean food. 10 contestants from around the world will be invited to [...]