South Korea

Pig Pandemic Adds To German Pork Sector Pain As Exports Banned

An outbreak of African Swine Fever threatens to keep German pork locked in the European Union, with China, South Korea and Japan all banning shipments, mar...

S.Korea Bans Pork Imports From Germany After African Swine Fever Case

South Korea banned imports of pork from Germany after a case of African swine fever was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany, the South Korean agric...

EU Exports To South Korea Increase 7% For January-April 2020

Exports from EU to South Korea grew 7% to €15.5 billion in the period between January-April 2020 compared to the same period last year, latest data fr...

Impossible Foods Raises $500m At Nearly $4bn Valuation: Source

Plant-based meat company Impossible Foods said it raised about $500 million in its latest series F funding round, which was led by South Korea's Mirae Asse...

Founder Of South Korean Retail Giant Lotte Passes Away

Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho, who started manufacturing chewing gum in 1948 in Japan and built the business into South Korea's No.5 conglomerate with i...

Japanese Beer Exports To South Korea Drop To Zero After Trade Spat

Japanese beer exports to South Korea plunged to zero in October of this year following a trade row between the two nations, according to a BBC report. S...

S.Korean Retailer Drops Flavoured Liquid E-Cigarettes

South Korea's top convenience store chain suspended the sale of flavoured liquid e-cigarettes made by US company Juul Labs on Thursday, a day after the gov...

South Koreans Boycott Japanese Brands As Diplomatic Row Intensifies

As soon as supermarket manager Cho Min-hyuk got to work the day after Tokyo imposed curbs on exports to South Korea, he pulled all Japanese products off th...