SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite government efforts to persuade South Korean rice farmers to grow different crops, the majority have refused to budge due to the twin factors of the highest rice prices in three years and a natural disinclination to try their hand at growing other crops after a lifetime of rice [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arable land shrank in 2017 from a year earlier as some rice paddies and fields were converted into residential houses or public facilities, data showed Monday. The size of arable land came to 1.62 million hectares at the end of last year, down 1.4 percent on-year, according [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Per capita rice consumption in South Korea hit a fresh record low last year amid rapid changes in eating habits, government data showed Thursday. The average annual consumption of rice per person fell to 61.8 kilograms last year, down 0.2 percent from the previous year’s 61.9 kg, according to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s rice output is expected to drop below the 4 million-ton mark for the first time in over three decades, due mainly to bad weather conditions in the harvest season, government data showed Tuesday. The country’s rice production is expected to come to 3.96 million tons this year, [...]