SEOUL, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – Traditional Korean foods that emphasize both taste and health have been introduced to members of the United Nations. The Korean Council for College Education (KCCE) hosted a dinner featuring traditional Korean food, dubbed ‘An Evening of Art and Korean Cuisine’. Sixty guests including ambassadors staying in New York and dignitaries [...]
SEOUL, Nov.10 (Korea Bizwire) - With uneasiness spreading ever since the WHO announcement that processed meat such as ham and sausages contain carcinogens, there is hope for meat lovers as sesame leaves, chives and kimchi have been identified as health boosters that can lower the risk of cancer. The Korean Dietetic Association (KDA) and the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of kimchi refrigerators have shown a sharp uptick in the past year. The appliances, which have a typical replacement period of 10 years, are in high demand with an increase in the number of people moving due to soaring rental costs. According to Emart, total sales of kimchi [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has suffered a growing deficit in the trade of kimchi, the traditional Korean side dish, in the past few years due to the influx of Chinese products, data showed Sunday. The deficit stood at US$84.09 million over the past five years in April, according to the statistics [...]
Hwasun, Korea, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean researchers have developed cpKimchi, a new form of Kimchi which has proven to be cancer-preventive following animal tests. A team led by professors Ham Gi-Baeg from Cha University and Park Gun-Young from Busan University will present the results at the 2015 CRI (Seoul National University Cancer Research Institute) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In time for kimjang season, Korean traditional process of preparation and preservation of kimchi, Dongbu Daewoo Electronics rolled out its new kimchi refrigerator Smart Klasse to get a head start in the competitive kimchi fridge market right after the Chuseok holiday. Koreans usually prepare kimchi for the winter season [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Generally, “slow food” refers to fermented foods like soybean paste, soybean source, Kimchi and so on. In recent days, however, “slow food” has found its renewed meaning among the local processed foods market. Many food brands — from milk and ramen to baked goods — rush to introduce their own [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 06 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Gimjang: making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea’ is now added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), according to a decision made by Intergovernmental Commission for Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection in December, 2013. Now [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 15 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics launched a commercial of its DIOS Kimchi Refrigerator featuring the popping sound of lactic acid bacteria multiplying. In order to show a hypothesis that the bacteria indeed make popping sound like fizzy drink when kimchi ferments well, the company held a public experiment in which hundreds of housewives [...]