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All posts tagged "rice"

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  Korean gov’t to buy 157,000 tons of rice to stabilize prices

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The government said Tuesday that it will purchase an additional 157,000 tons of locally produced rice last year, as part of its effort to stabilize market prices. Under the measure approved at a Cabinet...

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  S. Korea’s rice consumption hits all-time low in 2015

  SEJONG (Yonhap) — Per capita rice consumption in South Korea hit a record low in 2015 as people added other types of grain products to their diet, government data showed Friday. The average annual consumption of rice...

  • Posted January 29, 2016
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  S. Korea to export rice to China for first time in Feb.

  SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea plans to export rice to China for the first time in February after both sides agreed on a set of quarantine requirements last year, the farm ministry said Friday. According to the...

  • Posted January 29, 2016
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  NY senior citizens group delivers rice to needy

  By The Korea Times New York staff A New York Korean American senior citizens group is sharing goodwill this Chuseok — Korea’s moon festival — by delivering rice to the needy. Homeless shelters, churches and community centers...

  • Posted September 25, 2015
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  [WaPo] Scientists discover simple way to cook rice that cuts calories in half

  Rice, the lifeblood of so many nations’ cuisines, is perhaps the most ubiquitous food in the world. In Asia, where an estimated 90 percent of all rice is consumed, the pillowy grains are part...

  • Posted March 25, 2015
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  ‘Rice of Love’ campaign delivers 4,500 rice bags to needy SoCal Korean Americans

  “Rice of Love,” a campaign to donate rice to the needy in the Southern California Korean American community, has delivered 4,500 bags of rice, according to the Council of Korean Churches in Southern California, which organized the...

  • Posted January 27, 2015
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  Rice prices expected to see spike as yield rates fall 25 percent

  Rice prices are expected to see a spike as yield rates fell 25 percent from last year in Southern California. According to industry sources Wednesday, the $5 billion rice industry is suffering losses from the drought in...

  • Posted October 30, 2014
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