The government will increase its expenditure to secure the domestic seaweed supply, as the recent seaweed shortage — resulting from a rise in exports of the product — has prompted hikes in gimbap (a Korean snack food) and seasoned seaweed prices, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Thursday.
Korea on Saturday vowed to share its nuclear power technologies with the world to reach global carbon neutrality at an event in Dubai, under which 22 countries agreed to jointly spur the use of nuclear energy, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Sunday.
The government will require commercial attaches to attend a workshop to deepen their understanding of nuclear energy, related global trade conditions and overseas case studies of large, government-backed nuclear reactor construction deals won by Korean firms, the trade ministry said Monday.