Just not peachy

Peaches are on display at a fruit shop in Gyeongdong Market, Dongdaemun-gu, northern Seoul on Aug. 6.

2025-08-06

Finding the perfect peach: Fuzzy fruit trending in Korea as appetite grows for unique varieties

Yellow Dream, Great, Innocence, Shinbi, Yumyeong — and the list goes on. These aren’t the names of this season’s hottest lipstick shades, but they’re Korea’s latest trend obsession: peaches.

2025-07-18

AI now sorting peaches, melons at supermarkets across Korea

Lotte Mart and Lotte Super are using AI to sort peaches and nectarines based on their sweetness, texture and defects. Homeplus is using similar technology for oriental melons and tangerines.

2024-07-30

Fresh fruit

Fruit boxes go on sale at Mapo Agricultural and Marine Products Market in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Monday. Apple prices rose 40 percent on year and the price of seasonal fruits, such as pears and peaches, rose more than 20 percent due to...

2023-08-21

Tving, channel tvN collaborate on 'O'PENing' short drama series

Domestic streaming service Tving and channel tvN are collaborating on a series of short dramas, collectively titled “O’PENing.” Comprising seven short dramas, each less than two hours long, “O’PENing” aims to introduce new faces to the market by...

2023-07-12

Peachy keen

Models present flat peaches at Lotte Mart’s Seoul Station branch in central Seoul, on Wednesday.

2020-08-19

Perfect peach

A farmer harvests this year’s first yellow peach at a farm in Imsil County in North Jeolla on Monday.

2020-06-22

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