SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food companies are rolling out not-so-spicy ‘mild kimchi’ products to increase their presence in the American and European markets. Daesang Corp. recently invested 20 billion won (US$16.5 million) to set up a manufacturing plant in Los Angeles capable of producing around 2,000 tons of kimchi every year. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. embassy in Seoul on Friday celebrated the passage of a new bill in Virginia’s assembly to designate November 22 as the day to commemorate kimchi, a popular Korean fermented side dish. “We would like to ask for the best way to celebrate Kimchi Day!” the U.S. embassy [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year’s Korean Wave fever led to record-breaking kimchi exports, data showed Monday. The Korea Customs Service and the food industry reported that last year’s kimchi exports reached US$159.9 million, up by 10.7 percent from the previous year. Kimchi exports have been increasing for the past six years. In [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new website is going to teach the history of kimchi, its benefits, and Korea’s ‘kimjang’ or kimchi-making culture to Canadians. The Korean Cultural Center Canada recently set up an English website to teach and invite visitors to try out Korea’s kimchi-making culture. The website will be open until [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi hit an all-time high last year thanks to its growing popularity, data showed Sunday. Outbound shipments of the spicy Korean traditional side dish came to a record US$159.9 million in 2021, resulting in a trade surplus of $19.2 million in the sector, according to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The favorite Korean food among foreigners turned out to be Korean-style fried chicken. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korean Food Promotion Institute conducted a survey of 8,500 individuals from New York, Paris and 15 major cities around the world to ask them about the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean Kimchi festival took place in California on Monday (local time). In celebration of California’s first Korean Kimchi Day, some 200 people including city officials, politicians, business leaders and diplomats gathered at the Korean consulate in Los Angeles to experience the Korean kimchi-making process. South Korea passed new [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The second kimchi-themed cook-off was held at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia, a so-called “food lover’s paradise” in California’s Napa Valley, a famous wine-producing region. Carlota Bradley won the first prize with her creative culinary art called Jonggkim Rice Stack, a dish made with kimchi and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi climbed nearly 14 percent in the first eight months of 2021 on growing overseas demand for healthier food amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. Outbound shipments of kimchi reached US$111.5 million in the January-August period, up 13.8 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — California’s legislature has passed a new resolution to celebrate kimchi, a popular Korean fermented side dish, to promote the consumption of healthier food, industry sources said Tuesday. Under the bill led by Californian Assemblyman Steven Choi, which was passed on the previous day, the U.S. state of California plans [...]