"Ginseng originates from the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria region"

At the memorial event for the designation of "Ginseng Cultivation and Medicinal Culture" as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of the nation, Professor Yang Jeong-pil from Jeju National University's Department of History refuted the "false information." China argues that it is the leading country of ginseng, interpreting "Man-ginseng" as ginseng. However, there is an argument that ginseng cultivation originated in Japan in the 1720s, but evidence shows that ginseng cultivation was confirmed in Korea in the late 17th century, with records possibly dating back to the 16th century. Ginseng (Panax-Ginseng), the oldest exported agricultural and food product, originated in the Korean Peninsula and Manchuria, with Korea being the origin of cultivated ginseng from the 16th to 17th centuries. This refutes the argument that China is the origin of wild ginseng and that Japan, which succeeded in cultivation in the 1720s, is the origin of cultivated ginseng. The Korea Ginseng Association ...