SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s yearly per capita consumption of seafood has reached nearly 60 kilograms, making the nation one of the world’s largest consumers of natural sea products, ahead of Norway and Japan. These numbers were reiterated by the Norwegian Seafood Council at a press conference held yesterday in central Seoul. [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Deep fried squid has almost disappeared at street food vendors across South Korea, as prices of the beloved seafood continue to surge. Kim, who orders street food takeaway from time to time, was left shocked after learning that deep fried squid was taken off the menu at his favorite snack [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — High levels of paralytic toxins have spread along South Korea’s southeastern coast and contaminated shellfish, the maritime ministry said Wednesday, vowing to tighten oversight over the harvesting of the seafood. Earlier this month, paralytic toxins were detected in waters near the southern port city of Busan and Geoje Island [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will appeal the World Trade Organization’s ruling on its import restrictions on Japanese seafood after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and keep them in place until a final decision is made, Seoul’s trade ministry said Friday. Japan officially lodged a complaint at the WTO in 2015 to [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean importer has been arrested for selling American lobsters under a Canadian label for two and a half years, the South Regional Headquarters of the Korea Coast Guard said Tuesday. The importer, identified only as 53-year-old Kim, is accused of importing 18 tons of American lobsters worth [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seaweed has been hailed as the next superfood by the Western media as of late, drumming up a great amount of interest for its health benefits, but sales of the plant have been decreasing for some time in South Korea along with the drop in rice consumption, and the government [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Lobster imports have been setting yearly records since 2012, reaching the highest US$94 million last year, the Korea Customs Service said Tuesday. Last year’s imports was a 13.7 percent increase from the previous year. In volume, last year’s imports amounted to 4,500 tons, up 17.1 percent from the year [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s seafood imports rose for the third straight year in 2016 on rising demand for healthier food and ingredients, government data showed Thursday. The total value of imported seafood reached US$4.79 billion in 2016, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The import of Norwegian seafood in South Korea surged last year due largely to increased demand for mackerel, a report said Wednesday. The inbound shipments of seafood from Norway reached 292.8 billion won (US$256.6 million) in 2016, up 73 percent from the previous year, according to the Norwegian Seafood [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans were found to be the top seafood consumers among 24 countries with high demand for the products, a report showed Monday. Statistics contained in “The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture” from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) showed that South Koreans consumed an average 58.4 kilograms [...]