SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver and Daum, the top two portal sites in South Korea, listed kimchi defined as “pao cai,” a non-Korean dish from China’s Sichuan Province, in their Chinese dictionaries, a civic group here said Thursday. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) reported that Naver’s Chinese dictionary defines kimchi as [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans consumed 1.86 million tons of kimchi in 2019, a survey showed Thursday, with around 42 percent of households here making the traditional side dish at home. Of the volume, the demand from households accounted for 1.06 million tons, while 800,000 tons were consumed at restaurants and schools, [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the U.S. minor league teams is wearing a new uniform designed with Korean characters. The Montgomery Biscuits, the Tampa Bay Rays’ Double-A affiliate, announced via their official website that the team would “play as the Montgomery Kimchi on July 16 in celebration of Korean Heritage Night,” revealing [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A national promotional agency has published a book on kimchi and how it is perceived around the world amid a continued cultural feud over the traditional Korean staple. “Kimchi in the Eyes of the World,” released on Tuesday, explores the culture of kimchi through stories of foreigners who have [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As kimchi fever is sweeping across Poland, prompting the launch of a number of kimchi-producing companies, the Polish people are attracting media attention by coming up with a variety of dishes made with kimchi. The Korean Cultural Center in Poland held an online kimchi cooking competition on Instagram from [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi advanced a whopping 35 percent on-year in the first four months of 2021, data showed Tuesday, on the growing demand for healthier foodstuffs amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Outbound shipments of kimchi reached US$61.1 million over the January-April period, according to the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi touched an all-time high in the first quarter of the year thanks to its popularity amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday. Overseas shipments of kimchi came to US$46.57 million in the January-March period, up 54.3 from a year earlier, according to the data [...]
GWANGJU, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that kimchi, the most well-known traditional Korean dish, can alleviate symptoms caused by the coronavirus. A joint research team from the World Institute of Kimchi, the organization under the state-run Korea Food Research Institute, and the University of Montpellier Department of Respiratory Diseases in [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Kimchi is making frequent appearances in major media outlets in Latin America. On March 4, an article titled “Kimchi, Food that Comforts the Soul,” was featured on the front page of El Sol de Mexico, a Mexican daily newspaper. The article talks about how many South Korean households own [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Cultural Center in Turkey announced the launch of a new promotion project aimed at providing accurate information on the Korean traditional dish kimchi and kimjang, the traditional culture of making and sharing kimchi. The center, together with Haberturk TV’s food show “Tadinda Hikayeler,” produced a program under [...]