Trade ties get big push at Apec meeting in South Korea NEWSPAPER SECTION: News, WRITER: Post Reporters Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to expedite China’s consideration of purchasing 500,000 tonnes of Thai rice when the two leaders meet at the Apec summit in South Korea. “I will use the opportunity […]
Posted to Maritime Reporter Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation, a state-owned company in South Korea, has announced international tenders for the purchase of 78,744 tons of rice from China, Thailand, as well as from other countries. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is 5 November. The tender is seeking 56,944 tonnes of […]
Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s rice output is projected to fall for the fourth consecutive year in 2025 primarily due to a record low cultivation area, data showed Thursday. Rice production is expected to fall 0.3 percent on-year, or 1.1 tons, to 3.57 million tons this year, according to the data […]
Finimize Newsroom What’s going on here? South Korean rice exports to Japan soared to a record 416 metric tons in the first half of 2025 – a 26-fold leap over the previous high – as Japanese rice prices spiked to historic levels. What does this mean? Japan’s passion for rice is legendary, but with supply […]
Two of Asia’s most advanced economies, Japan and South Korea are facing opposite ends of a growing problem in the agricultural sector in terms of rice market instability. While Japan faces acute shortages and soaring prices, South Korea is grappling with an oversupply crisis that is threatening the viability of its rice-farming sector. These imbalances […]
By Jose Cielito Reganit MANILA – Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Friday thanked South Korea for its generous rice donation to the Philippines to support food security and disaster response measures. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Korean Embassy said it will donate 2,016 metric tons of rice to the Philippines “to […]
What is causing this stark divide in rice supply, and is there a way to restore balance? HAENAM, South Korea / TOKYO: Japan is grappling with rice shortages and price hikes, forcing it to ramp up imports. Just across the sea, South Korea is facing the opposite problem — an overwhelming surplus that has driven […]
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of 23,268 metric tons of rice from South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) valued at US$18 million. It is to support the food needs of refugees in Kenya, according to a statement from the WFP on Friday. This contribution […]
By John Reidy SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Milled rice production in South Korea is forecast to dip to 3.44 million tonnes in marketing year 2025-26 on reduced planted area, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture. Area planted to rice is projected by the FAS at […]
Rice prices near instant meal levels, stirring public and political criticism By Kang Woo-ryang, Jung Seok-woo, Kim Mi-geon. Despite having spent taxpayer money to purchase surplus rice, the South Korean government is now facing growing criticism as rice prices surge. Authorities had stepped in last fall to counter falling prices caused by an oversupply, but […]
