SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry and environment ministry will be starting a trial project on Thursday to sell onions separately at 96 stores in 17 cities for seven days. Despite increased demand for onions sold individually with the rise of single-person households in the country, most stores continue to sell [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of onions grew more than fourfold in the first two months of 2021 from a year earlier, as the long rainy season and a series of typhoons have dealt a harsh blow on the production. Imports of onions came to 13,715 tons this year through Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean unit of U.S. retail giant Costco Wholesale Corp. has stopped providing free diced onions at its food courts. Online commentary has suggested that the move is a natural consequence of overindulgence on the part of Korean consumers, and that Costco customers had it coming for stealing [...]