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S. Korea Stands Firm on Fukushima Seafood Import Ban

SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will stick to its ban on seafood imports from Japan’s Fukushima region regardless of Tokyo’s reported decision not to file an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the import ban, a senior official said Wednesday. Park Ku-yeon, the first deputy chief of the Office for [...]

Seafood Imports Grow by 12 Percent in First Nine Months

SEJONG, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of seafood rose in the first nine months of this year on the popularity of shrimp and salmon, and a poor squid harvest, the oceans ministry said Tuesday. South Korea imported $3.97 billion worth of seafood from January to September, a sharp 12 percent gain from [...]