"Foreigners are out"..K-Ramen exports top $1 billion for the first time

Ramen-specialized convenience store is also popular with foreigners

Due to the spread of K-content and challenge trend,

Ramen exports are expected to reach $1.2 billion by the end of the year

[Anchor]
Our ramen is playing a good role in leading the export performance.

K-Content popularity and 'challenge' trend have extended overseas, topping $1 billion for the first time.

I'm reporter Lee Hyungwon.

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, specialized convenience stores are also popular with foreigners.

There are different types of ramen that you choose from as many different nationalities.

[Rachel / U.S. Nationality Tourist: I like spicy food because it's spicy. It's hard to find enough spicy food for my taste in my hometown.]

[Yuga / Chinese International Student: It depends on the season for me. So I eat bibimmyeon in the summer, but in other seasons, I like jang kalguksu, budae jjigae, and seaweed soup, so I sometimes eat seaweed soup ramen.]

Ramen, which began to gain attention overseas through the spread of K-content such as the movie Parasite, has spread throughout the trend of the "Spicy Ramen" challenge.

As a result, ramen exports have exceeded their all-time high performance.

It has exceeded $1 billion this year, breaking last year's record, the previous record.

It has been growing for 10 years since 2014, and the outlook is brighter.

We believe that it will reach $1.2 billion by the end of the year.

[Song Mi-ryeong / Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: It has established itself as a culture by challenging the younger generation on social media. Export growth will continue to be very significant, this is what I see.If

, the industry will share export performance with consumers and hold discount events at large discount stores and convenience stores throughout this month to join price stability.

I'm Lee Hyungwon of YTN.

Reporter for filming
: Kang Young-kwan
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