Korea

Agri-Food Export Promoting Policy in Korea and Current Issues

Joonhyung Joo, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT Korea's food exports are constantly increasing. As the Korean Wave culture spreads around the world, interest in Korea increases, and the excellence of Korean food is more known worldwide, Korea's food exports have increased for more than 20 years since 2000. First, this study...
Country: Korea Topic: Agribusiness
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Food and Nutrition Assistance Policies in Korea: Focus on Food Voucher Program

Yong Jee Kim, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT The outbreak and spreading of COVID-19 have worsened food and nutritional inequality in most countries. Korea is not an exception from the case. The food expenditure difference between the low-income group and the non-low-income group is also increasing, as well as the food insecurity...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Analysis of COVID-19 Relief Program: Focus on Food Services Stimulus Program of South Korea

Junghwan Kim, Yong Jee Kim, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT The South Korean government had implemented dining business stimulus programs to cushion the damage by COVID-19. The dining discount coupon was distributed as one of the stimulus policies. This study analyzed the effects of food services stimulus program on food service expenditure with...
Country: Korea Topic: Agribusiness
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The Achievements and Limitations of the Public-purpose Direct Payment Program in Korea

Jongin Kim
ABSTRACT In the past, the direct payment program in the agricultural sector was concentrated on rice, and problems such as fairness with other crops, overproduction of rice, and limitations in terms of improving public function have been raised. So the Korean government promoted the...
Country: Korea Topic: Overview
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Sales-Weighted Online Agricultural Commodity Price Index: Using Sales and Price Data web-scraped from Online Grocery Stores in South Korea

Jinho Jung, Yong Jee Kim, Sanghyo Kim
ABSTRACT This study tries to develop a new type of consumer prices index by utilizing price and quantity data of food items collected daily from online grocery stores via web-scrapping, E-CPI. The E-CPI introduced in this study is developed by weighing prices by quantity sold collected for...
Country: Korea Topic: Agricultural e-commerce
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