Food manufacturers will need to be creative in adapting flavors to local tastes and aesthetics to popularize more Korean cuisine on the international stage, the head of a state-run agriculture trade agency said. “How we export Korean food now won’t take our food to the American dining table. Food exporters need to brand each dish with a standardized name, twist flavors to fit local taste, and give it a unique brand,” CEO Kim Jae-soo of the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. said in a recent

LG Electronics on Tuesday rolled out some 50 products for the Chinese market this year, as part of moves to build up its presence in the country. About 500 industry people and local reporters attended the launch at Kerry Hotel in Beijing, company officials said. Especially at the center of attention was the company’s Cinema 3-D TV, whose “bezel-less” design helps users feel more involved in 3-D films, they said.  With the ambitious model, LG plans to step up efforts to expand market share in Chi

Korean Air on Tuesday made its first delivery of a rewired U.S. fighter plane from its Busan Tech Center under a $400 million order it won from the U.S. Air Force last September.Under the deal, Korean Air will work on 60 F-15 fighters stationed in the Pacific region by 2016, replacing their tail wings and re-wiring them in line with the U.S. military’s project to improve its combat strength. Korean Air will also carry out maintenance work.The airliner said it replaced some 15,000 Kepton wires us

CEO says Happynarae will be new model of corporate social responsibility in KoreaSK Group turned its maintenance, repair and operation company with annual sales of 120 billion won into a social enterprise that purchases expendable supplies preferentially from firms that hire socially vulnerable people.SK Group said Tuesday MRO Korea was renamed Happynarae Co. and will now operate as a social enterprise to be officially certified by the Labor Ministry six months later.The nation’s third-largest c