SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will launch the Ramen Duction campaign using its BESPOKE induction cooktop in collaboration with instant noodle maker Nongshim Co. As part of the campaign, the two companies will launch a variety of souvenir events and showcase a jointly developed SCanCook simple cook function. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean instant noodles called ramen, spotlighted in the Oscar-winning Korean film “Parasite,” are gaining attention in the global market as more consumers are looking for non-perishable food during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) and Korea Agricultural Trade Information reported that ramen exports [...]
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, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean instant noodles are making a strong comeback as the Chinese ramen market, after a recent stalemate, has been regaining vitality. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) reported on Saturday that Chinese ramen imports surged from US$83.8 million in 2014 to $240 million last year. Imports of Korean instant [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korean-made instant noodles, or “ramyeon,” surpassed the US$300 million mark for the first time ever on the back of strong popularity in China, the United States and Southeast Asian nations, government data showed Tuesday. Shipments of ramyeon reached a record high of $380 million last year, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Ramyun (Korean noodle) lovers who struggle over a too spicy bowl will soon be able to pick and choose what matches their palate courtesy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, which announced its intent to pass an addendum to the Korean Industrial Standards on October 25 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Just like the phrase ‘Netflix and Chill’ has become an inseparable part of the modern dating culture in the West in recent years, the lexicon of dating has been expanding on the other side of the world in South Korea also. The newly coined phrase ‘You wanna eat ramen before [...]
SEJONG, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans have turned out to be the biggest consumers of instant ramen noodles in the world, feasting on an average of 76 packs of instant ramen noodles every year. Despite the declining growth of the domestic noodle industry, the ramen market has continued to expand, reaching a $180 million export [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Nongshim’s ‘Zha Wang’, the ‘it’ item of the first half of the year, will be making its debut in America. As Zha Wang’s popularity online exploded, the company was flooded with purchase orders from the U.S., forcing Nongshim to send out 15,000 boxes of Zha Wang upfront. The company [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Usually, the most popular kind of ramen in the summer is cold spicy noodles, but this year, Jajang ramen is in high demand. Due to its popularity, sales of ramen noodles, which have dropped over the past few years, are rebounding. According to Emart, even when the domestic market [...]