SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rice paddy area decreased 2.6 percent in 2023 from a year earlier amid a reduction in domestic consumption, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice cultivation area came to 708,041 hectares, compared with 727,054 hectares tallied a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. South [...]
GOESAN, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A masterpiece by one of the most representative painters of the Joseon Dynasty has been replicated across a rice field. In May of last year, the Agricultural Technology Center in Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province, planted rice in five distinct colors — white, green and red — within a [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will reduce rice paddy areas and implement various measures to promote the consumption of the staple grain in a move to prevent rice prices from falling and stabilize the market, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. The government set the target price for harvested rice at 200,000 won [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s rice paddy area inched down 0.7 percent in 2022 from last year as farmers opted to grow other crops due to falling prices of the staple grain, data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice cultivation area came to 727,158 hectares — slightly more than half the size of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s rice output is expected to increase 9.1 percent in 2021 from a year earlier due largely to favorable weather conditions and a rise in the cultivation area, data showed Friday. The country’s rice production is likely to come to 3.83 million tons this year, compared with a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s combined area of rice paddies moved up 0.8 percent on-year in 2021, data showed Monday, with the country expected to maintain a stable supply of the staple grain despite heavy rains. The combined size of rice paddies is estimated at 732,000 hectares — slightly more than half [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total arable land dropped 0.9 in 2019 from a year earlier as some rice paddies gave way to residential areas and public facilities, data showed Monday. The country’s arable land totaled 1.58 million hectares last year, down 15,000 hectares from the previous year, according to the data [...]
GOESAN, South Korea, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – These are not crop circles. They are rice paddy artworks created by planting various colors of rice plants. The project first took off in 2008, and was spearheaded by local governments in North Chungcheong Province to promote the region and its produce. The Chungju Agriculture Technology Center [...]
CHANGNYEONG, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A new rice paddy has appeared in Jumae village, Changnyeong County, North Gyeongsang Province. But it’s not just a rice paddy for farming. It’s going to be a habitat for crested ibis, an endangered species of migratory bird that once flourished in Korea. Crested ibis are also designated as [...]
JEONJU, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – “If a frog can live in this rice paddy, the rice that grows here is naturally safe to eat.” An event to release leopard frogs at rice paddies to grow eco-friendly rice has been held in Jeonju. Children were able to let go of the frogs, releasing them into [...]