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South Korea to promote plant-based food industry

South Korea will introduce a comprehensive plan in December to enhance local plant-based food production and encourage the consumption of alternative proteins, its Agriculture...

South Korea to mass vaccinate against LSD

South Korea aims to control an LSD outbreak in cattle through a mass vaccination campaign. Since the first outbreak on October 19, 29 cases...

South Korea returns to Black Sea for discounted corn

South Korea has bought feed corn for delivery in the first half of February. The purchase includes Black Sea corn at discounted prices because...

CJ sees plant-based foods as ‘growth engine’

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang believes plant-based foods carries potential to make USD 151.9 million in sales by 2025. It expects 70% of these sales...

MFG buys 136,000t of corn in international tender

South Korea’s Major Feedmill Group (MFG) purchased 136,000 tons of feed corn in an international tender on October 11, with two shipments scheduled for...

Innovative marketing earns Ganong Bio the Golden Egg Award

South Korea’s Ganong Bio received the Golden Egg Award for Marketing Excellence at the 2023 International Egg Commission (IEC) Global Leadership Conference. Andrew Joret,...

South Korea’s barley imports up

South Korea imported more barley in the first nine months of MY2022/23. In June, barley imports totaled 86,000 tons, up from 74,000 tons in...

Korea helps Vietnam upgrade pig genetics, pork value chain

Vietnam and Korea have partnered to improve pig breeding and develop a pork value chain in Ninh Binh province. The project, which will run...

CJ taps Australia’s dumpling market with local manufacturing

South Korea’s food giant CJ CheilJedang has announced a manufacturing contract to serve the Australian market. Its local subsidiary CJ Foods Oceania is investing...

South Korea resumes pork imports from Germany

The two-and-half-year ban on German pork by South Korea due to ASF fears has been lifted. The Korean government has approved imports from three...

South Korea, Indonesia to boost agri cooperation

South Korean Agriculture Minister Chung Hwang Keun will meet with Indonesia’s Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo to sign a revision to an MoU on...

South Korea to export halal beef to Malaysia

South Korean Agriculture Minister Chung Hwang Keun visited Malaysia and met with his counterpart, Mohamad Sabu, to boost cooperation in the agriculture and food...

AI causes chicken, duck population drop in South Korea

The number of broiler chickens and ducks raised in South Korea fell in Q1 2023 from the previous year following the avian influenza (AI)...

High dine-in costs make frozen meals attractive in South Korea

Frozen food and packaged side dish are gaining popularity in South Korea as the cost of dining out and the appetite for quick eats...

HPAI outbreak at duck farms in South Korea

South Korea has confirmed two additional cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), bringing the total cases reported from poultry farms since last October...

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