SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online food market jumped more than 35 percent to touch an all-time high in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The value of online food transactions in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 58.5 trillion won (US$48.8 billion) last year, up 35.3 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online food market jumped more than 45 percent in the first half of the year from a year earlier due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Thursday. The value of online food transactions in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 27.8 trillion won (US$24 billion) [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online food market posted explosive growth in 2020 from a year earlier due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The value of online food transactions in Asia’s fourth-largest economy came to 43.4 trillion won (US$39.2 billion) last year, up 62.4 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular South Korean food products are gaining ground in the Chinese online food market. Online direct purchasing, where customers buy products directly from sellers rather than through agents, is becoming extremely popular among Chinese consumers interested in Korean food products. The Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corp. (aT) announced [...]