Fewer Koreans might be making kimchi and jang, but more foreigners are certainly interested. Overseas journalists and chefs bombarded Tuesday’s hansik (Korean cuisine) workshop with questions ranging from the right way to store kimchi to the...
Korea's kimchi exports hit a record high of $156 million last year, up 10.5 percent on year, according to data from the Korea Customs Service.
The report card of exporting kimchi to 93 countries around the world is certainly important. But the true taste of kimchi should also be promoted.
The employer hired the victim with learning disability in 2005 and forced the employee to work10 hours a day and six days a week without pay. The job included moving Nappa cabbages, soaking the kimchi and cleaning the factory.
President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, gives a thumbs up while tasting kimchi made by a child, left, at a kimjang event calling for national unity through goodwill and sharing at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Monday.
Korea's CU convenience store chain collaborates with Seoul Tourism Organization to offer traditional snacks like yakgwa cookies and gangjeong rice puffs in a new gift box. Sales have surged, especially among international visitors.
A total of 1,122 people gathered to make kimchi in celebration of National Kimchi Day, which falls on Nov. 22, at the Kimchi Grand Festival held at the 5.18 Democracy Square in Gwangju, South Jeolla, on Wednesday.
The volume for kimchi exports shipped between January and October was 37,110 tons, an on-year increase of 7.2 percent, according to the Korea Customs Service. Kimchi was exported to 93 countries.
U.S. soldiers based in Korea taste freshly made kimchi on Wednesday morning at the community service center in Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi. The kimchi-making season, or kimjang, usually takes place before the arrival of winter.
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