South Korea: The K-PORK reaching out to the world

On the 19th, the Korean Pork Fund Management Committee held a launch ceremony for the ‘K-PORK Export Expansion Promotion Team’ at the aT Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul and began exploring ways to expand domestic pork (Korean pork) exports. The K-PORK Export Expansion Promotion Team was launched to respond to rapidly changing global markets and expand exports of Korean pork and processed meat products by establishing a public-private collaboration system. The promotion team was co-headed by Son Se-hee, Chairman of the Korea Pork Fund Management Committee (Chairman of the Korea Pork Association), and Lee Yeon-seop, Director of the Livestock Management Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and participated in six areas, including producers, government, pig farming cooperatives, meat processing companies, exporters, and related organizations. Currently, domestically produced pork is only exported to a few Asian countries, including Hong Kong, the United Arab ...