10/26/2009 07:52AM
South Korea offered a small amount of food aid to North Korea on Monday — its first direct assistance to the impoverished neighbor in nearly two years of strained relations.
09/17/2009 02:17PM
U.S. Meat Export Federation Vice Chairman Keith Miller has just returned from Asia, where he examined market conditions for U.S. beef and pork in China, South Korea and Japan.
09/01/2009 02:18PM
Calgary, AB – Canadian cattle producers applauded the Government of Canada for their continuing pursuit to restore trade in Canadian beef with South Korea, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced yesterday that a trade dispute settlement panel would be established.
08/12/2009 09:45AM
The cattle industry in Canada wants to form a World Trade Organization settlement panel to end South Korea’s six-year ban on Canadian beef as reported by the CalgaryHerald.com. The panel has been announced by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and the minister of international trade, Stockwell
08/12/2009 09:30AM
South Korea has lifted its ban on live hog imports from North America imposed in April out of fear surrounding the H1N1 flu outbreak. According to National Pork Producers Council President Don Butler, Korea is a top market for U.S. pork exports and an important destination for swine breeding stock.
08/11/2009 07:48AM
A U.S. Beef importer filed a $250,000 suit with a Seoul court against actress Kim Min-sun for allegedly misleading the public into a boycott of their product according to The Korea Times.
A-Meat which specializes in U.S. beef filed the suit claiming that Kim’s comments along with swayed news reports
07/17/2009 08:57AM
Since U.S. beef regained market access to South Korea in July 2008, U.S. beef exporters have faced challenging economic conditions that slowed growth of exports to that market. Since the global financial crisis and economic slowdown, many export-dependent South Korean firms have been affected by a fall
06/30/2009 01:03PM
A delegation of corn and beef producers from Iowa and Nebraska wrapped up its Asian trade mission this weekend with a series of events in South Korea. The group had several meetings with retailers, distributors, cold storage operators and packer representatives, and observed a retail beef sampling
06/24/2009 08:40AM
In April when U.S. beef returned to shelves in department stores, it was expected to take a big piece out of the market dominated by homegrown "hanwoo" and Australian beef. That expectation didn't translate into reality, as U.S. beef sales proved to fall far short of expectations with some retailers