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The ATO just completed its Korea Prelim of the United Tastes of America chef competition with a very successful outcome.

The Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional (HRI) foodservice sector in South Korea continues to grow as on-going socio-economic changes promote increased consumer spending on dining outside of the home.

As you will see from several articles coffee continues to be one of the favorites among ‘brewed’ beverages in South Korea, particularly for cafes and also restaurants.

The Korean government announced that it will seek to mitigate overproduction of rice through measures including reduction of area for rice cultivation to 711,000 Ha by 2018, planting of other crops...

On December 23, 2015, Korea announced an updated list of adjustment tariffs and voluntary tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain agricultural, forestry and fishery products, effective through 2016.

On November 19, 2015, Korea lifted the import ban on poultry and poultry meat products that had been imposed in December 2014 due to the outbreak of HPAI.

Korean coffee imports data showed 27 percent increase in value of $527 million and 17 percent increase in volume of 134,000 Metric Tons in 2014 compared to the year 2013.

News and consumer trends in South Korea’s food market.

Section Updated: Section I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, and Appendix I, II. The updates include the new Special Act on Imported Food Safety Management, which shall go into effect on February 4, 2016.

Infographic exploring the growth of U.S. potato products exports over the last 10 years.

Korea, a producer of mainly the “Singo” variety, is a major exporter to the United States accounting for a total of 9,700 metric tons (MT) in MY 2014/15 under the supervision of an APHIS preclearance

Professor Yang, an invited speaker at the 4th annual Roundtable on DPRK Agriculture hosted by FAS/Seoul, presented a paper entitled “Marketization in North Korea: Implications for Agriculture,”...