SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea, the local unit of fast-food giant McDonald’s Corp., will reintroduce tomatoes to its burgers from next week after temporarily removing them due to a shortage caused by recent weather conditions. The company had suspended the use of tomatoes in some of its hamburgers on Oct. 15, citing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In an unprecedented sign of climate disruption, South Korean authorities issued 681 extreme heat warnings across the country during and immediately after the autumn Chuseok holiday on September 18-19. The heat was so unusual for autumn that some joked the harvest festival should be renamed from “Chuseok” (Autumn Evening) to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Burger franchises are struggling with tomato supply hurt by the impact of multiple typhoons in the summer. Hamburger chain Lotteria announced via its official website that four hamburgers on its menu may be served without tomatoes because the recent typhoons hurt the company’s tomato supply. Burger King also said [...]
HWACHEON, South Korea, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Hwacheon, a county in Gangwon Province, revealed that it will host this year’s Tomato Festival from August 12 to August 15. The 2015 festival was visited by some 115,000 tourists, who purchased over 150-million-won worth of the county’s agricultural products, creating estimated economic spinoffs of 4.2 billion [...]
HWACHEON, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hwacheon Province announced that it generated 4.2 billion won’s worth of economic activity through its Tomato Festival, which was held earlier this summer. According to provincial officials, 115,000 tourists visited the festival, which was held from July 30 to August 2, including 800 foreigners. Due to the many visitors, [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – In the first half of the year, exports of agricultural products by NH Nonghyup increased by 16 percent to US$160 million, as markets for Korean mushrooms, tomatoes and ginseng products expanded. By product, mushroom exports skyrocketed 145 percent thanks to increased sales to North America, and strawberry exports were up [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – If you want to throw tomatoes at complete strangers and participate in a quest to find a gold ring with a bunch of other competitors, you should definitely make plans to check out Hwacheon Tomato Festival. The festival, which takes place in Gangwondo, will be held from July 30 [...]
Seoul, S. Korea, July 06 (Korea Biz Wire) The 2013 Tomato Festival, hosted by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation and the Korea Tomato Association and sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Affairs, was held on July 4 at the Yangjae (Seoul) location of NACF Hanaro Club. The festival featured a variety of [...]