WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Embassy in Washington said Wednesday it will soon release a documentary on kimchi, the most well-known traditional Korean dish that is also part of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The first of the three-part documentary, “Kimchi Universe,” will be released next Friday, Lunar New Year’s Day, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Chinese ambassador, as well as a famous food blogger in China were shown on social media making Korean kimchi, rekindling the Korea-China debate over the origin of kimchi. Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Zhang Jun posted a photo of himself holding up kimchi on his Twitter account [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Global consumers picked kimchi as their most preferred Korean dish, a poll showed Thursday, amid the growing popularity of traditional Korean food, known as hansik, in line with the boom of the country’s pop culture around the world. Nearly 34 percent of the respondents said they preferred eating kimchi, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi reached an all-time high in the first 10 months of 2020, data showed Wednesday, on the back of growing global demand for healthier foodstuffs amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Outbound shipments of kimchi over the January-October period of last year came to US$119 million, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi rose sharply in the first 11 months of the year thanks to its growing popularity, data showed Sunday. Overseas shipments of kimchi came to US$132 million in the January-November period, already surpassing last year’s total, according to the customs data. Kimchi is a traditional [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Institute of Kimchi announced Wednesday that the Kimjang Project, a website created to promote “kimjang,” the whole process of making kimchi, for the winter in Europe, has been listed on the UK Web Archive. The British Library’s UK Web Archive is composed of professional curators and archivists [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris learned how to make kimchi from a renowned chef Tuesday, calling the fermented cabbage dish “uniquely Korean, world-renowned food.” The kimchi-making event at the Habib House, the ambassador’s official residence in Seoul, came amid Chinese media’s claim that Beijing led the development [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Harry Harris on Thursday described South Korea as the “original home” of kimchi, amid a controversy over Chinese media’s claim that Beijing led the development of a global standard for the staple Korean dish. Harris made the remarks in a tweet, unveiling his plan to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese media report has sparked controversy over the origin of kimchi. The Chinese state daily tabloid Global Times has angered South Koreans after claiming that China’s recent International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification humiliated South Korea. The South Korean government, in response, retorted that the debate had ended [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Institute of Kimchi has developed a starter culture system that can improve the taste and quality of kimchi and shared it with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for free. The institute said Wednesday it supplied the starter to 23 kimchi-making SMEs under the auspices of the Ministry [...]