SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant nod to the growing global popularity of Korean instant noodles, Indonesia’s leading noodle manufacturer has unveiled a new Korean Ramyeon product line featuring K-pop sensation NewJeans, as international companies increasingly capitalize on the K-food phenomenon. Indomie, a subsidiary of Indonesian food giant Indofood and one of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles jumped 17.7 percent on-year in the first seven months of 2023 to reach the highest figure for the period ever amid the growing popularity of Korean culture, data showed Friday. The country exported US$522.03 million worth of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Innocean Worldwide Inc., a major South Korean advertising agency, said Wednesday it will open an instant noodles pop-up store featuring “ramyeon” (Korean instant noodles) at Siam Discovery in Bangkok, Thailand. The pop-up store will operate for five weeks, from now until July 31, and will showcase a selection of [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles jumped 14.3 percent on-year in the first three months of 2023 to reach the highest figure for any first quarter ever amid the growing popularity of the Korean culture, data showed Sunday. The country exported US$208 million worth of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles reached an all-time high in 2022, boosted by the global popularity of Korean food and culture, data showed Thursday. The country exported US$862 million worth of noodles, including instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, and udon noodles, last year, up 12 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the price of ramyeon (Korean instant noodles), a popular food among common people for its affordability, moved up sharply amid high inflation, the low-price private brand (PB) products developed by major retailers are enjoying rising popularity. E-Mart Inc. said it sold more than 1 million packs of its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles hit a fresh all-time high in the first half on the increasing popularity of Korean pop culture and a rise in demand for home-cooked food amid the pandemic, data showed Sunday. Exports of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, came to US$383.4 million [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles soared 20 percent on-year in March on the global popularity of Korean pop culture amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy exported US$71.58 million worth of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, last month, up from $59.62 million a year [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of instant noodles reached an all-time high in the first 11 months of 2021 on their global popularity amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy exported US$607.9 million worth of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, in the January-November period, up 10.6 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The prices of instant noodles in South Korea grew at the fastest pace in about 13 years last month, data showed Sunday, raising worries that such steep price hikes could increase inflationary pressures. According to the data by Statistics Korea, the price of instant noodles, or “ramyeon” in Korean, [...]