India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China

India: Tantalizing frontier for K-food’s global ambitions beyond China

South Korea’s processed food exports to India have surged to a record 6 trillion won ($4.1 billion), marking a significant milestone in the gr...

Orion behind original Choco Pie to invest $580 million in new plants

Orion behind original Choco Pie to invest $580 million in new plants

Orion Corp., a South Korean confectionery and snack manufacturer, will inject 830 billion won ($580 million) over three years to expand snack manufa...

SPC Samlip to export ggultteok in H1 2025

SPC Samlip to export ggultteok in H1 2025

SPC Samlip Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea’s food and bakery giant SPC Group, said on Monday that its rice cake franchise Bizeun developed ...

CJ CheilJedang sells ambient fried rice in N.America

CJ CheilJedang sells ambient fried rice in N.America

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday it will export and sell its ambient rice product, Bibigo Korean BBQ Fried Rice, to the North Ame...

Samyang Foods Buldak Topokki enters Walmart in US

Samyang Foods Buldak Topokki enters Walmart in US

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Monday its Buldak Topokki entered Walmart stores in the US.Available in Original and Carbo (carbonara) fla...

Pulmuone to boost K-food boom in China with gimbap

Pulmuone to boost K-food boom in China with gimbap

Leading South Korean food company Pulmuone Corp. is poised to crank up the K-food craze in China, the world’s second most populous country, wi...

Orion seeks M&As, facility expansion with dividends from China, Vietnam

Orion seeks M&As, facility expansion with dividends from China, Vietnam

Orion Holdings Corp., a leading South Korean confectionery and snack maker, has been active in overseas markets for decades, particularly in China a...

Orion to collaborate with Vietnam on potato seed

Orion to collaborate with Vietnam on potato seed

South Korea’s Orion Corp. announced on Monday that it is strengthening its collaboration with the Institute of Agro-Biology, the Vietnam Natio...

CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America

CJ CheilJedang's K-style rice gains popularity in N.America

South Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Tuesday that its sales of the flagship brand Bibigo’s Cooked Sticky White Rice in North Ameri...

Korea’s Orion to ship bottled water to China to challenge Evian

Korea’s Orion to ship bottled water to China to challenge Evian

Orion Holdings Corp., the holding company of South Korea’s confectionary and snack maker Orion Corp., is set to export bottled water to China,...

Korea’s makgeolli market hits brakes amid whiskey fad

Korea’s makgeolli market hits brakes amid whiskey fad

The market growth of South Korea’s traditional milky and often sweet rice wine, makgeolli, has slowed after the country’s younger genera...

Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

Orion, VNUA to team up for potato production

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. announced on Friday that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Institut...

Orion to buy control of biotech startup LegoChem for $415 mn

Orion to buy control of biotech startup LegoChem for $415 mn

South Korea’s snack and confectionery maker Orion Group has agreed to buy a controlling stake in LegoChem Biosciences Inc., a Korean biotech s...

CJ CheilJedang to boost K-Street Food exports

CJ CheilJedang to boost K-Street Food exports

Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp. is seeing major success with its "K-Street Food" line, a selection of iconic Korean street snacks with global...

CJ CheilJedang introduces K-Food in EzyMart across Australia

CJ CheilJedang introduces K-Food in EzyMart across Australia

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. on Thursday announced its foray into Australia's convenience store sector by introducing its popular ...

CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US

CJ CheilJedang’s frozen rice sales surpass $74 mn in US

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. announced on Monday the cumulative sales of its frozen rice products produced and sold in the United ...

Instant noodles, rice, kimchi buoy Korean food exports

Instant noodles, rice, kimchi buoy Korean food exports

South Korea’s agricultural and food exports have turned upward this year, led by Koreans' everyday menu items such as rice, kimchi and instant...

Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

Snack maker Orion earns dividends from Vietnam for 1st time

South Korea’s confectionery and snack manufacturer Orion Corp. collected dividends from its Vietnamese unit for the first time as the company ...

Nongshim Kellogg enters S.Korean instant rice market

Nongshim Kellogg enters S.Korean instant rice market

Nongshim Kellogg Co. announced on Monday its foray into the domestic instant rice market with the launch of "Whole Oat Rice," a product made exclu...

Cuckoo Electronics' duty-free sales in July surge by 592%

Cuckoo Electronics' duty-free sales in July surge by 592%

South Korea's Cuckoo Electronics Co. announced on Friday that its duty-free sales in July increased by 592.6% compared to the same period last year,...

Orion teams up with Dutch Mill to tap Vietnamese dairy market

Orion teams up with Dutch Mill to tap Vietnamese dairy market

South Korea's Orion Corp. announced on Tuesday its strategic collaboration with Thailand's dairy behemoth, Dutch Mill Co., marking its ambitious ent...

Daesang's spicy rice cake project launches two products

Daesang's spicy rice cake project launches two products

With tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) drawing attention at home and abroad amid a South Korean food craze worldwide, domestic food company Daesang Corp....

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

S.Korea to launch K-Ricebelt project in Africa

South Korea has launched an official development assistance (ODA) project for a "K-Ricebelt" to produce rice for 30 million people every year in Afr...

Cuchen links rice cookers to Samsung Electronics’ IoT

Cuchen links rice cookers to Samsung Electronics’ IoT

South Korea’s kitchen appliance maker Cuchen on Monday said it will link two rice cookers possessing Internet of Things (IoT) technology to Sa...

Orion’s Turtle Chips launches in Vietnam, India

Orion’s Turtle Chips launches in Vietnam, India

South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. is launching its popular snack "Kkobuk Chip" in Vietnam and India. Orion announced on Monday that it h...

S. Korea's Orion sees brisk sales growth in Vietnam, Russia

S. Korea's Orion sees brisk sales growth in Vietnam, Russia

South Korea's confectionary giant Orion Corp. has seen brisk sales growth this year, pushing out rival CJ CheilJedang Corp. to solidify its dominanc...

Home appliance maker Cuchen unveils animated character Zin-z

Home appliance maker Cuchen unveils animated character Zin-z

Cuchen, a South Korean home appliance company, has introduced an original character named "Zin-z" to enhance its brand image. Zin-z is an animation ...

Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark

Korea's Kooksoondang sees its makgeolli exports surpass $10 mn mark

Kooksoondang Co., a South Korean brewery that produces traditional rice-based wines, announced on Tuesday that its exports reached an all-time high ...

Snack maker Orion to pursue M&As, expand Vietnam facility

Snack maker Orion to pursue M&As, expand Vietnam facility

South Korea’s confectionery and snack maker Orion Corp. reported its largest-ever earnings last year, driven by strong sales in emerging marke...

Rice consumption in S.Korea hits record low in 2022

Rice consumption in S.Korea hits record low in 2022

Last year, per-person annual rice consumption in South Korea fell by half from 30 years ago, marking a record low.According to the results of the 20...

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