
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong visited Food Week Korea 2026 held at COEX in Seoul on the 7th, toured smart factories, food technology, and young start-up companies, and promised policy support for the development of high value-added products that combine domestic agricultural products and food technology and for K-food to enter the global market.
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Food Week Korea 2026 is Korea's largest food industry exhibition held at COEX in Seoul for four days from the 4th to the 7th under the theme 'A world connected by taste, connected by K-food', with about 1,000 companies from 46 countries participating.
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong visited the venue of 'Food Week Korea 2026', the largest food industry expo in Korea, being held at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 7th.
Minister Song first looked at the achievements in manufacturing process automation and robot and data infrastructure construction at the 'Samsung Smart Factory Support Project Hall'.
Next, they visited the booths of the National Food Cluster Promotion Agency and the Korea Food Research Institute to look at the current status of food technology development and commercialization.
We also met with young start-ups and food tech companies that make products using local agricultural products.
In addition, we looked at products that reinterpret traditional agricultural products in a modern way and products for export.
Minister Song emphasized, "We will spare no effort in policy support for the development of high value-added products that combine domestic agricultural products and food technology, for our companies' entry into the global market, and for the sustainable growth of K-food."
About 1,000 companies from 46 countries participated in this event, which was held for four days from the 4th to this day under the theme of 'The world connected by taste, connected through K-food.'

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