SUNCHEON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 2,600 people gathered at Suncheon Bay National Garden on Thursday to make kimchi for the winter. Participants teamed up to make 37 tons of kimchi from 20,000 cabbages. The cabbages were purchased by a fund that was prepared by members of various organizations and institutions, including City [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean temple kimchi has received positive reviews in Britain, where there are many vegans. The World Institute of Kimchi held a two-day kimchi exhibition and tasting event in London last week. Monks stick to vegan food to keep their health and mental performance together. As a result, ‘temple kimchi’ [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to hold a global promotion event to tell the world about kimchi. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Sunday that it will hold Korea Kimchi Festivals in the United States, France, Vietnam, and Japan between September and November. The government explained that [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service said on Wednesday that it has recently cracked down on 132 manufacturers and distributors of pork and kimchi that have violated rules on country of origin labeling. Out of 10,732 vendors that handle pork and kimchi across the country, the agency found [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of kimchi shot up 20 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, hitting an all-time-high of US$97.5 million, the country’s agricultural ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said the growth was the strongest upswing since it started compiling such data in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Embassy in the U.K. has decided to join hands with the World Institute of Kimchi, a government entity that falls under the Ministry of Science and Technology, to promote a better understanding of the Korean staple. The Korean Embassy revealed yesterday that it was holding various events [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Institute of Kimchi announced on Aug. 30 that it had discovered lactic acid bacteria that are effective in preventing and treating eczema, also known as atopic dermititis. This bacteria, labeled Weisella Sakei WiKim30, is the institute’s second finding after Weisella Cibaria WiKim28 last April. The latest study [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans traveling abroad take local food, such as instant noodles and condiments, with them, a poll showed Thursday. According to the poll conducted by major online shopping mall Gmarket on 1,119 people, 58 percent of the respondents said they purchased Korean food to supplement [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s deficit in kimchi trade reached US$47.28 million last year, up 11 percent from the year before, as cheap products from China flooded in, customs office statistics showed Wednesday. Last year’s deficit is the largest since the Korea Customs Service began to track data in 2000. Data showed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has found fermented foods with lactic acid bacteria such as kimchi can help fight the flu. The joint study conducted by Korea University, the World Institute of Kimchi, and Daesang Corporation revealed that traditional fermented foods with lactobacillus can help control flu viruses, according to the [...]