The cost of rice is also soaring in South East Asia, which accounts for almost 30% of global rice production - economic, political and climate pressures have resulted in shortages in recent years.

North Korea still has a long way to go to get off the Bush administration's list of nuclear threats, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The same might be said for rice in Korea. We often think of rice as just a single entity, but for Koreans it lives a multilayered life. It is 'byeo' when it’s in plant form, ...

A bed of hot, fluffy white rice. A colourful array of vegetables. Seasoned meat or fish. A dollop of gochujang (chilli paste), dwenjang (fermented soybean paste) or ganjang (soy sauce).

Rice cakes have some pretty common misconceptions about them that we intend to clear up. Here are rice cake myths you should stop believing in.

VOA's Korean Service also learned on August 26 about an ad seeking a vessel to transport 10,000 tons of rice from Vizag Port in eastern India to North Korea's Nampo Port between September 25 and 30.