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The Office of Agricultural Affairs hosted the 7th annual Roundtable on Agriculture in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Seoul on September 13, 2018.

South Korea’s HRI Food Service sector continues to grow as the nation’s socio-economic changes continues to spur consumers’ spending on dining out.

South Korea’s imports of American food and agricultural products in 2018 through October totaled $7.9 billion, up 16.8 percent from the same period of the previous year.

Due to bad weather during the flowering and fruit growing seasons, Korean fresh apple production is projected to decrease by 14 percent to 467,800 metric tons (MT) in Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19.

Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will begin implementation of its previously announced pesticide Positive List System (PLS) on January 1, 2019.

On November 13, 2018, Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released its revised 2018 rice production estimate of 3.868 million metric tons (MMT), slightly down from 3.875 MMT, the initial rice production....

The Korean government revised official cattle inventory statistics going back to the end of 2014.

Graphic showing the top markets for U.S. ag exports in 2017. Canada was the top market, followed by China and Mexico.

A temporary crisis in egg supply in 2017 created an opportunity for U.S. eggs to enter the Korean market.

Due to a government program incentivizing a decrease in rice production, FAS Seoul projects that soybean production for Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19 will increase by approximately 20 percent....

Due to a government program incentivizing a decrease in rice production, FAS Seoul projects that soybean production for Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19....