BANGKOK, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean food is garnering positive responses at the United Nations office cafeteria in Bangkok, Thailand, marking the first time Korean cuisine has been featured in a cafeteria of a major international organization. Since September of last year, the cafeteria at the UN Conference Center (UNCC) in Bangkok has been offering Korean [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is a food lover’s paradise. And there are a wide range of delicious dishes in every corner of the country to suit every taste as its people enjoy various culinary delights anytime, anywhere. Among other things, South Korea has a wide variety of noodles on offer, including [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning last month from seven weeks of compulsory working from home due to the pandemic, Kim Min-ju, a 41-year-old office worker, was at a loss to find a safe place to have lunch. Back to her office life in the busy business district of Gwanghwamun in central Seoul, she [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Consuming Korean traditional cuisine, known as “hansik,” on a daily basis is effective for weight loss and lowering cholesterol levels, a study showed Wednesday. In an experiment conducted on participants who were strictly provided either hansik or western dishes, the average cholesterol levels of participants given hansik decreased 9.5 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Buoyed by South Korean soft power, Korean cuisine is becoming more palatable to the tastes of hungry diners all over the globe. As foreign taste buds have grown more accustomed to Korean dishes, more restaurants, 24,246 in four more countries to be precise, have popped up in the last [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The most beautiful Korean woman would have the eyes of Kim Tae-hee, the nose of Han Ga-in and the lips of Song Hye-kyo according to 290 South Koreans. Pharmaceuticals company Hugel teamed up with members of university hospitals to survey 290 individuals, 72 of them medical professionals, and diclosed [...]
HANOI, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Thang Long University in Hanoi said Thursday it will offer an undergraduate course in Korean cuisine in cooperation with South Korea as part of its efforts to develop Korean dish experts, starting from this year’s autumn semester. It marks the first time for a Vietnamese university to open such [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A French cooking school will offer courses in Korean cuisine and open its branch in South Korea later this year, a local foundation said Sunday. The Mir Foundation said Ecole Ferrandi will include Korean cuisine, known as “hansik,” as part of their regular school curriculum and establish its branch [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea opened a Korean food information center to showcase Korean cuisine and food culture and promote culinary tourism among foreign travelers, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday. The “K-Style Hub” opened in the previous headquarters of the state-run Korea Tourism Organization in downtown Seoul. The KTO relocated to Wonju, [...]
SEOUL, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the number of foreigners visiting Korea every year is reaching 20 million, five star hotels in Korea seem to be neglecting hansik, traditional Korean cuisine. According to industry analysts, among the 20 five star hotels located in Seoul, only three hotels had Korean restaurants – the Sheraton Grand Walkerhill, [...]