Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Prices rising

An employee stocks alcoholic beverages at a retail store in Seoul on Tuesday. According to the industry, spirit prices have increased 7.8 percent since Feb. 4. Consumer prices have continued to increase since the second quarter of last year.

2022-02-08

Makgeolli exports rise rapidly in the first two months of year

Kooksoondang, Korea’s No. 3 makgeolli maker, reported record exports in the first two months of the year.

2021-03-22

No booze just beer

An employee organizes cans of non-alcoholic beer on a shelf at a discount store in Seoul on Thursday. As more Koreans prefer to drink responsibly, competition for non-alcoholic beer is heating up.

2020-06-18

Young brewers connect the past to the present

Guruma Brewery aims to make it all, from rice drinks to juice If you’ve ever wondered what a cloud tastes like, a good place to start might be the Guruma Brewery in western Seoul’s Mapo District. At Guruma, whose name means clouds in Korean...

2020-05-18