Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

K-Food Attracts Strong Interest from International Buyers at FOODEX JAPAN 2026Sejong, 19 March 2026 — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) participated in the 2026 Tokyo International Food Exhibition (FOODEX JAPAN 2026) held in Tokyo, Japan from 10–13 ...

Mar 19,2026

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

The MAFRA’s “K-Chicken Belt” Initiative Seeks to Position Korea as a Global Culinary DestinationSejong, 19 March 2026 — On 19 March, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) announced its plan to establish the K-Chicken Belt (as part of the K-Gastronomy Be...

Mar 19,2026

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources

Minister JK (Jung-Kwan) Kim of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR) met with Lee Seo-hye, head of the civic group Energy Consumer’s “Energy and Petroleum Market Watch,” on March 17, 2026. They discussed ways to strengthen monitoring of gas stati...

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources

Park Dong-il, Deputy Minister of the Office of Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR, Minister JK Kim), met with Rick Siger, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development in Seoul on March 18, 2026, to discuss b...

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

- Promoting Korean seafood in conjunction with the World Congress of the Association des Maîtres Cuisiniers de France (MCF) The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) announced that it would be promoting Korean seafood products during the World Congress of the Associati...

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

- March 13 to April 7, 2026: Public recruitment of companies eligible for the 2026 Overseas Port Market Entry Support Program The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) announced that it would be holding a public recruitment for the 2026 Overseas Port Market Entry Support p...

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

- Decision made at the 14th General Assembly of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO*) Deputy Director Kim Jeong-rye's term as Commission Chairperson to be extended by two years The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) announced that the ...

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

Minister Kwon Oh-eul of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA) met with Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho at the Government Complex Gwacheon on the morning of March 18 and agreed to pursue policy cooperation to resume the recovery of assets belonging to pro-Japanese col...

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources

Minister JK (Jung-Kwan) Kim of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR) visited Changhyeon Gas Station, an independently operated budget gas station in Cheongju, on the morning of March 16, 2026, to review how retail prices are responding to the maximum price system....

Mar 18,2026

Ministry of Data and Statistics

[Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.406 million persons in February, which grew 287 thousand persons or 1.0% year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.0% in February, up 0.3%p y...

Mar 18,2026