KGC (originally Korea Ginseng Corporation , Korea Ginseng Corp. Korean : 한국인삼공사, Hanguk Insam Gongsa) is a ginseng company in South Korea . KGC's representative ginseng brand 'Cheong Kwan Jang's share in korean ginseng market is known to be dominant around over 80% and also accounted for to be 35% of Korea's total health products market in 2011.
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20-467: A South Korean company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . KT%26G KT&G Corporation ( Korean : 주식회사 케이티앤지 ), originally Korea Tobacco & Ginseng , also branded as Korea Tomorrow & Global , is the leading tobacco company in South Korea with annual sales over US$ 4 billion. KT&G was originally a government -owned monopoly but was privatized and today
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40-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Korea Ginseng Corporation KGC produces popular Korean Red Ginseng products under the brand name,'Cheong Kwan Jang' in such different format as Korean Red Ginseng Heaven/Earth/Good, Korean Red Ginseng Extract, Korean Red Ginseng Powder, Honeyed Korean Red Ginseng Slices, Korean Red Ginseng Tonic, etc in order to meet with consumers various demand. It has expanded outside Korea, especially into
50-921: Is publicly traded, competing for market share with other international tobacco firms such as Philip Morris International , British American Tobacco , and Japan Tobacco . KT&G's sales volume share was 62% of the Korean market in 2009. KT&G also owns significant subsidiaries such as Korea Ginseng Corporation , Yungjin Pharm (a pharmaceuticals company), and several bio ventures. Its headquarters are in Daejeon . KT&G produces popular Korean cigarette brands such as The One, Indigo, Arirang, This, This Plus, Zest, Esse , Raison , and Lo Crux. It has been expanded outside Korea, especially through its superslim brand Esse in Russia and other Eastern European markets. This article about
60-685: The East Asian market like China and Taiwan . KGC is a subsidiary company of KT&G , and its two headquarters are in Seoul and Daejeon . Korean Ginseng Corporation was founded in 1899 Samjungkwa was established as the forerunner of the Korean Ginseng Corporation. And in 1908 the company was monopolized. Fast-forward to the 1940s KGC's brand of Korean Red Ginseng, CKJ, is known as Cheong-Kwan-Jang in Korea and overseas. This brand name goes back to
70-632: The early 1940s. Because of increased export demand for Korean Red Ginseng at the end of the Japanese colonial period, many fake roots were prospering. To find a way to distinguish real ginseng, the Monopoly Bureau of the Japanese General Government began using the label "Cheong-Kwan-Jang," which is translated as "officially government approved." The sale of KGC was a government monopoly from 1899 to 1996. Since then, KGC has held its position at
80-400: The following teams: The year 2012 would later be dubbed the "Golden Age of KGC" as its athletes all achieved success that year; its table tennis and badminton players won titles in their respective sport while the women's volleyball team and men's basketball team each won their respective play-off championships. About Korean Ginseng Corporation – KGC Canada This article about
90-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KGC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KGC&oldid=1192526674 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
100-600: The top of the market, even though the name has changed from the Monopoly Bureau to Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation, and finally to KT&G subsidiary Korea Ginseng Corp. KGC products are now exported to over 40 countries. KGC also has overseas branches in the USA, China, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. In September 2010, parent company KT&G transferred the ownership and naming rights of its sports teams to KGC. All teams were renamed accordingly. KGC sponsors
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