Creating global ‘K-liquor’? Think again

Now we must break away from the time when alcohol is regulated by high taxes and restrictions on distribution.

2023-05-25

Asiana Airlines offering its own suds onboard and at CU

Asiana Airlines is now selling craft beer, offering the brew via CU and on flights. The carrier is working with Korea Brewers Collective to create Asiana Hoppy Lager. It will be sold at CU branches nationwide starting Wednesday.

2022-07-06

Beer imports hit five-year low in first half

Korean imports of beer touched a five-year low in the first half of the year amid a nationwide boycott of Japanese products, data showed Monday.

2021-08-02

Had your fill of Whelk Beer? How about some mmm! wine?

Koreans drank more at home last year as the coronavirus pandemic forced them to stay indoors.

2021-03-11

CU finds craft beer success through unexpected partnerships

Korea’s beer industry is booming with the rising popularity of domestic craft beers largely thanks to the growing popularity of homsul, or drinking at home, amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic.

2020-12-13

[Taste Matters] Korean craft beer and soju

Korea may be famous for pale lagers and soju, but the craft beer scene here is booming. In a highly unscientific study, three of the Taste Matters taste testers set out to find out which beer...

2020-11-02