SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of ramyun instant noodles decreased for the first time in three years in 2017 with the overall market size falling after posting steady gains, market data showed Sunday. Industry sources, citing figures released by Nielsen Korea, said total sales of the country’s leading ramyun manufacturers — Nongshim Co., [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans swapped rice out for noodles once every five days in 2016, per a government study on last year’s noodle consumption. The “noodle” term used in the study does not include “ramyeon” – packaged instant noodles for which the market is so big it is regarded as its [...]
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, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of South Korean ramyun instant noodles, beer and dried laver to China have surged despite the diplomatic row over the deployment of an advanced anti-missile system here, government data showed Monday. According to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Rural Affairs exports of the three products [...]