South Korea aims to expand food exports by branding “K-Food,” leveraging global interest from TV dramas and innovative technology.
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The South Korean government is aiming to expand food exports by taking advantage of the global Korean wave. This is because Korean food is appearing frequently in TV dramas and movies, drawing interest from viewers around the world. The government is providing full support to companies in this industrial cluster, which it has designated as a “center of innovative growth.” The aim is to brand it as “K Food” globally, expand market share, and strengthen competitiveness. (Kyodo News Mitsuyama Shoichi) ▽ Kimchi furikake in North America “We have developed a new pouch that will not burst even if it receives a strong shock during transportation.” At a research facility in the 232-hectare industrial cluster known as “Foodpolis” in Iksan City, North Jeolla Province, in southwestern South Korea, a male staff member forcefully slammed a transparent pouch containing peaches onto the ground. The peaches were unharmed. According to the South Korean government, exports of South Korean agricultural, forestry and livestock products are expected to continue growing from $7 billion in 2019 to $9.1 billion in 2023. The main export destinations are Japan, China, Taiwan, the United States, and Southeast Asia, with instant noodles, sweets, and rice processed foods ranking among the top products. Kyodo News 2024/12/07.
For better or worse, Korea plans sales strategies as a nation, while the Japanese government just lines its pockets and leaves the rest to the private sector, so of course there’s a difference.
Korean instant noodles are incredibly bad tasting. I’ve tried all the Buldak noodles and they’re all terrible. I can’t believe they sell better than Japanese instant noodles worldwide.
Kimchi and Korea are already insults, so soon K will be too. Then, if we say “K food”, people will go crazy and say “Don’t add the K! It’s discriminatory!” Koreans, now is the only time you can be happy about K. Enjoy it to your heart’s content.
They just add things randomly and there’s no subtlety or harmony to it. It’s too bland, like American food. Food really brings out the national character.
Processed foods and current ingredients of processed foods OEM products. As far as I know, it’s seaweed for rice balls. Some of the ingredients in inexpensive ready-made sushi. Processed products like paprika are also from Korea.
I guess that’s Korea’s aim, but since their own people don’t have the purchasing power, they have no choice but to sell overseas. After all, they only eat one onigiri a day.
>>39 And vanity, the desire for recognition, and even the desire to conquer. They have an incredible desire to be praised by other countries, and they’re idiots who would come up with a ridiculous word like “economic territory.”
There was an article at the beginning of this year saying that the Korean government will “put more money into K-food than K-pop from now on,” but it didn’t get much attention. And what we expected is happening. Recently, they’ve been pushing K-pop less, and even food report shows and news shows are pushing Korean food a lot. What’s more serious is the export of instant noodles and other things. Unlike K-pop, these are actually eating into the market share of Japanese companies. They’re just jumping on the bandwagon that Japan has developed. But when the article came out, you guys didn’t seem very interested. I didn’t save the URL of the article either. If you have it, please give it to me. It just goes to show that they’re pushing it with tax money.
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