IMSIL & SAMCHEOK, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – November 22 marked Kimchi Day in South Korea, with major agricultural regions hosting festivals to honor the country’s iconic dish and support local farmers. In Jeollabuk-do’s Imsil County, the 9th Imsil Crunchy Kimchi Festival transformed the Imsil Cheese Theme Park into a hub of kimchi-making activities. Visitors prepared [...]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A resolution on the designation of Nov. 22 as “Kimchi Day,” named after a Korean traditional side dish, will be brought to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for its adoption in December, a Korean American heritage museum said Wednesday. The House Committee on Oversight and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A district in the southwestern part of London will designate Kimchi Day for the first time in Europe. The Royal Borough of Kingston, the district with the largest Korean community in Europe, announced on Monday (local time) that it will designate Nov. 22 as Kimchi Day and celebrate it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. state of Georgia has declared Nov. 22 as Kimchi Day. A ceremony to Georgia State’s Kimchi Day took place at its capitol on Wednesday (local time), with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Korean-American representatives in attendance. Kimchi Day was first introduced in South Korea in 2020 with the [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Washington D.C. introduced “Kimchi Day,” which stipulates that kimchi originates in South Korea. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. announced that the D.C. Council had passed a resolution for the designation of Kimchi Day by consensus on Tuesday (local time). Kimchi Day, set on Nov. 22, was first [...]
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, 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 [...]