SKorea has imposed a 513% tariff on imported rice for years. It's ridiculous.
— John Lee (The Korean Foreigner) (@koreanforeigner) September 20, 2019
As a member state of the WTO, SKorea is obligated to import rice even if doesn't want to. In 2014, it had to import up to 409,000 tonnes of rice.https://t.co/CnCL80tYQZ
Participants call for the government to stop rice imports during a rally of female farmers from across the nation in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2017. (Yonhap)
Foreigners plants rice in a paddy at Changdeok Palace in Seoul on June 1, 2016. The event was arranged so they could experience a Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) ritual, in which kings plant rice to see how the annual rice farming fared. (Yonhap)
iPhone snap of terraced rice paddies at sunrise, Myodo, Yeosu. Photo by Robert Koehler of SEOUL. https://t.co/8KwvZTA0Tb
— Seoul Selection (@SeoulSelection) May 14, 2016
North Korean residents use machines to transplant rice seedlings for the first time this year at a collective farm, southwest of the country’s capital Pyongyang, in this photo released on May 13, 2016, by the Rodong Simmun, the organ of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
A farmer plants rice by using a machine in a paddy in Cheorwon, 88 kilometers north of Seoul, on April 15, 2016. The rice planting is the first in the region. (Photo courtesy of Cheorwon county) (Yonhap)
