Sale of chicken chain Norang Tongdak restarts on renewed foreign interest

Sale of chicken chain Norang Tongdak restarts on renewed foreign interest

Interest from several foreign investors, including firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong, has revived the stalled sale of Korean chicken chain Norang Tongda...

Fried chicken chain Popeyes’ Korean operations put up for sale

Fried chicken chain Popeyes’ Korean operations put up for sale

Restaurant Brands International (RBI), the parent of Popeyes, is approaching private equity firms and mid-sized enterprises to sell the South Korean...

Is fever for Samyang’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen subsiding?

Is fever for Samyang’s Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen subsiding?

The globally renowned Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen is losing steam due to weaker demand following price hikes in the US and limitations in its core cons...

BTS’ Jin teams up with Otoki to conquer Indonesia’s instant noodle market

BTS’ Jin teams up with Otoki to conquer Indonesia’s instant noodle market

Otoki Co., one of South Korea’s leading food manufacturers, is partnering with BTS member Jin to expand its presence in Indonesia, the world&r...

Korean food exports hit record $8.5 bn in Jan-Sept, led by ramen, seaweed

Korean food exports hit record $8.5 bn in Jan-Sept, led by ramen, seaweed

South Korea’s food exports hit a record high in the first nine months of this year, driven by strong global appetite for the country’s s...

Put BTS Jin’s face on it, Otoki sales jump tenfold

Put BTS Jin’s face on it, Otoki sales jump tenfold

What happens when you put a K-pop superstar’s face on a ramen pack? For Otoki, the answer was a tenfold surge in sales.The food maker said T...

KPop Demon Hunters heats up Korean instant noodle stocks

KPop Demon Hunters heats up Korean instant noodle stocks

Netflix’s animated hit KPop Demon Hunters has cast a spell on South Korea’s instant noodle makers, sending their shares higher on hopes ...

K-beauty, K-food exports to US jolted as 15% tariffs go into effect

K-beauty, K-food exports to US jolted as 15% tariffs go into effect

South Korea’s cosmetics and food exporters have been jolted by a significant drop in shipments to the US after Washington’s 15% tariffs ...

From ramen to skincare, Samyang beats Toyo Suisan in market cap; APR nears Shiseido

From ramen to skincare, Samyang beats Toyo Suisan in market cap; APR nears Shiseido

As Korean food and beauty products ride a wave of enduring global demand, Samyang Foods Co. has overtaken Japan’s Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd., the...

Jollibee to buy chicken chain Norang Tongdak amid global K-food frenzy

Jollibee to buy chicken chain Norang Tongdak amid global K-food frenzy

Jollibee Foods Corp., a household name in Southeast Asia’s food market, has been named the preferred buyer of Norang Tongdak, a South Korean f...

Ramen, ready-to-eat meals lead 10% rise in 2024 K-food exports

Ramen, ready-to-eat meals lead 10% rise in 2024 K-food exports

South Korea’s food exports climbed 10% on-year to $7.26 billion in 2024, led by ramen, ready-to-eat meals and seasoned seaweed, according to g...

Bird flu in Brazil hikes wholesale chicken prices in Korea

Bird flu in Brazil hikes wholesale chicken prices in Korea

South Korea has suspended chicken imports from Brazil following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the South American count...

China under spell of Korean spicy instant noodles; Samyang leads  

China under spell of Korean spicy instant noodles; Samyang leads  

South Korea’s spicy instant noodles are poised to captivate China, the world’s largest ramen market, with their shipments to the neighbo...

Corstone, Q Capital in talks with foreign investors to sell K-chicken chain

Corstone, Q Capital in talks with foreign investors to sell K-chicken chain

Seoul-based private equity firms Corstone Asia and Q Capital Partners are in talks with foreign investors to sell a South Korean fried chicken chain...

Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Indonesia in 2025

Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Indonesia in 2025

South Korea’s fried chicken brand bhc Group said on Tuesday it signed a master license agreement with Indonesia's Nachindo Group to enter the ...

CJ CheilJedang's Sobaba Chicken enters US, Japan

CJ CheilJedang's Sobaba Chicken enters US, Japan

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Wednesday its frozen fried chicken Sobaba Chicken entered Costco stores in the US and Japan.Sobaba Chicke...

Samyang Foods' Buldak Ramen gets K-food Safety certification

Samyang Foods' Buldak Ramen gets K-food Safety certification

South Korea's Samyang Foods Co. said on Thursday its Buldak Ramen (hot chicken flavor ramyun) received the domestic production certification K-food ...

S.Korea's BBQ enters world's most populous market, India

S.Korea's BBQ enters world's most populous market, India

Genesis BBQ Group, the operator of a popular South Korean fried chicken brand, is expanding its market to South Asia by entering India, the world&rs...

Mom's Touch to enter Laos in 2025

Mom's Touch to enter Laos in 2025

South Korean homegrown burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch & Co. said on Wednesday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Laos-based ...

Zero-sum fears arise in S.Korean airlines’ game of chicken

Zero-sum fears arise in S.Korean airlines’ game of chicken

South Korea’s air carriers are fiercely vying for lucrative or untapped routes in a game of chicken to shore up their falling profit, raising ...

BBQ Chicken to enter Indonesian market

BBQ Chicken to enter Indonesian market

Genesis BBQ Group, the operator of a popular South Korean fried chicken brand, said on Monday that it signed a master franchise agreement with PT ...

Korean ramen makers set sights beyond US to Latin America

Korean ramen makers set sights beyond US to Latin America

Nongshim Co. and Samyang Foods Co., South Korea’s two largest ramen makers, are ramping up production to create and meet demand for their spic...

Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

Nongshim to build export-only ramen factory in Korea

South Korea’s instant noodle giant Nongshim Co. will build a local plant dedicated to producing ramen — or ramyun, as the company spells...

Samyang Roundsquare holds 'Buldak Ferry Party' in Denmark

Samyang Roundsquare holds 'Buldak Ferry Party' in Denmark

Samyang Roundsquare, formerly known as Samyang Foods Group in South Korea, announced on Friday that it held a consumer event called the "Buldak Spic...

Kyochon Chicken opens first store in Vancouver

Kyochon Chicken opens first store in Vancouver

South Korea's fried chicken chain Kyochon F&B announced on Tuesday that it opened its first store in Vancouver, Canada.Kyochon F&B opened Ky...

Fried chicken chain bhc adds two more stores in Thailand

Fried chicken chain bhc adds two more stores in Thailand

South Korean fried chicken chain bhc Chicken announced on Monday that it opened its fifth and sixth stores in Thailand.The number of stores has incr...

S.Korea's monthly ramen export surpasses $100 mn

S.Korea's monthly ramen export surpasses $100 mn

The monthly export value of South Korea's ramen exceeded $100 million for the first time. According to the Korea Customs Service's trade statistics...

Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim

Samyang tops Korean ramen makers by market cap, beating Nongshim

South Korean food maker Samyang Foods Co., globally renowned for its Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen, saw its stock hit a record high on Friday after it de...

Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

Burger, chicken franchises raise prices after elections

Fried chicken and hamburger franchises in South Korea have sharply bumped up their food prices following the parliamentary elections last week as th...

Korea’s ramen exports on course to reach $1 bn in 2024

Korea’s ramen exports on course to reach $1 bn in 2024

South Korea’s instant ramen noodle exports soared to a record monthly high in February, data showed, on course to hit the $1 billion mark in 2...

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