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Where there's smoke, the food is fire: Lofoten by Longboat Smoker's smoked salmon is 'art' in many forms

At a restaurant in western Seoul, Matthew Douma applies meticulous technique and creativity to Norwegian smoked salmon across a menu built on sustainability and flavor.

2026.6.22

Satellite imagery from CSIS shows the Atlantic Amsterdam, a Chinese-claimed 'management platform,' after it was removed from the Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) and relocated to a shipyard in Weihai, China, on Feb. 5. [CSIS/BEYOND PARALLEL/PLANET 2025]

China's relocation of contentious sea platform eases tensions with Korea, but hints at ulterior motives

China relocated a contentious maritime platform from the Yellow Sea, easing tensions with Korea. However, experts warn that strategic motivations remain, as other platforms continue operating in disputed waters.

2026.2.4

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Rep. Eom Tae-young of the People Power Party revealed photos on May 24, 2025 of Chinese structures unilaterally installed in the temporary measures zone of the West Sea, where the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Korea and China overlap. From left to right: Sunran No. 1 (2018), Sunran No. 2 (2024), and a drilling rig-style management facility (2022). [REP. EOM TAE-YOUNG]

China begins relocating contentious maritime structure in disputed Yellow Sea zone

The platform being moved is the largest of the three — a facility believed to have been converted from an oil-drilling platform and equipped with a helipad.

2026.1.27

Chinese personnel are visible on a structure installed by Beijing in the Korea-China Provisional Maritime Zone in this undated photo released by Rep. Yi Byeong-jin of the ruling Democratic Party on Oct. 22, 2025. [YONHAP]

China sells salmon raised in Yellow Sea structures, raising concerns about their possible dismantlement

Salmon raised in structures installed by Beijing within a jointly managed maritime zone with Korea are now being sold in mainland China, fueling concerns that Beijing may reject dismantling the structures under the guise of aquaculture operations.

2026.1.15

Japan's Mitsubishi expands salmon farming with acquisitions in Norway and Canada

Mitsubishi expanded its salmon farming operations in Norway and Canada to increase production and address food resource challenges.

2025.7.17

Bjorn Eirik Olsen, who led strategic planning for Project Japan, a 1985 campaign to introduce farmed Norwegian salmon to the Japanese sushi market, speaks at a ceremony marking 40 years of Norwegian salmon sushi, hosted by the Norwegian Embassy in Seoul at the ambassador's residence in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul, on Thursday. [NORWEGIAN SEAFOOD COUNCIL]

A proud Norwegian Embassy celebrates 40 years of salmon sushi in Seoul

Norwegian salmon's sushi popularity was celebrated in at the Norwegian ambassador to Korea's residence. The country surpassed Japan as the top Asian importer of the fish in 2024.

2025.6.8

Salmon squeeze

A customer looks at salmon displayed at a supermarket in Seoul on Sunday. The price of salmon fillets at retail markets increased between 15 to 26 percent last week compared to the beginning of the month, according to ...

2022.3.13

Norwegian salmon from Market Kurly. [MARKET KURLY]

Seafood usurper steals samgyetang's seasonal crown

The Korean summer starts with samgyetang, a ginseng and chicken soup believed to ward off the heat, and sales of meat typically jump up accordingly. For some reason, that didn't happen this year.

2020.7.17