2020
01 Launched "100 BILLION PREBIOTICS MAKGEOLLI(PET)"
06 Launched "RENEWED BEKSEJU"
07 Launched 'RENEWED KOOKSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKGEOLLI'
08 Launched '100 BILLION PREBIOTICS MAKGEOLLI(CAN)'

2019
05 KOOKSOONDANG Hoengseong Brewery was selected as
"Enjoy Brewery' by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

2018
05 Launched 'BIOTICS(100 BILLION) MAKGEOLLIT'
06 Certified fourth consecutive as 'Green Company' by the Ministry of Environment

2017 07 Launched "HAND CRAFTED VINEGAR BY KOOKSOONDANG', 5 kinds
08 Launched 'ZZAN'
Launched 'MAKGEOLLICANO
11 Launched 'SOOLI'

2016
04 Launched 'BANANA MAKGEOLLI"
"BEKSEJU' was selected as 'EXCELLENT CULTURAL PRODUCTS IN KOREA
by the government
05 Launched ICING WHITE GRAPE", "ICING CANDY SODA"
07 Launched 'PEACH MAKGEOLLI'
Launched ICING SEASON SPECIAL
08 Launched 'Premium Distilled SOJU REA 25
10 Launched 'CREAM CHEESE MAKGEOLLI'
11 All Products of KOOKSOONDANG Hoengseong Brewery won 'HACCP'
12 Launched ICING GRAPEFRUIT X-MAS Edition'

2015
01 Launched 'BEKSEJU CLASSIC
03 "ICING' awarded Best of show' (2015 The East Meets West Final Competition)
06 Launched 'BEKSEJU RENEWAL
07 Certified third consecutive as 'Green Company' by the Ministry of Environment
09 Launched 'BONCHO GIFT SET
Awarded the Grand prize (1st Win-Win Contest)
10 "BEKSEJU' and 'DAEBAK were selected as the official toast wine
for the ceremony of reunion of Korea's dispersed family members
11 Signed Mutual Cooperation Agreement (MOU)
with National Natural Forest Management Office
12 Launched 'DAEBAK NEW YEAR LIMITED EDITION Launched ICING HOLIDAY EDITION

2014
01 Hoengseong plant achieved HACCP certification
02 "BEKSEJU' and 'DAEBAK' were selected as the official toast wine
for the ceremony of reunion of Korea's dispersed family members
'BEKSEJU' and 'DAEBAK' were awarded (Korea Wine Awards 2014)
03 Opened Bekseju Villige in Paris
Opened Mr.B (self-serve Buffet & Pub)
05 Restored 23rd traditional Korean Wine 'BUL(fire)SUL
Restored 24th traditional Korean Wine 'OKSUSU(corn)SUL
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
06 'DAEBAK' and 'ICING' was selected as SIAL Innovation Product
(2014 SIAL Food & Beverage Trade Fair)

2013
01 Restored 21st traditional Korean Wine 'YUHAJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
02 "MYUNGJAK MAESIL' won silver medal in fruit wine
"KOOKSOONDANG SSAL MAKKOLI' and 'ICING'
won bronzed medals in rice wine
(Dallas Morning News & Tax Som Wine Competition 2013)
03 Restored 22nd traditional Korean Wine 'SAMHABJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
"MYUNGJAK MAESIL' won gold medal in fruit wine
"ICIN"' won silver medal in sparkling fruit wine
(San Diego International Wine Competition)
"ICING' won silver medal
(California Consumer Wine Awards)
04 Launched DAEBAK
06 ICING' awarded 2 golden stars product
(BELGIUM Superior Taste Award 2013)
10 ICING' named as Top 10 product (Rice Top 10 2013)
12 Launched 'KOMJOO'

2012
03 Launched 'YEDAM' (300ml)
04 KOOKSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' won bronzed medal in rice wine
(Dallas Morning News & Tax Som Wine Competition 2012)
KOOKSOONDANR DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' and 'NATURE'S BOKBUNJA MAKKOLI'
won silver medals (WSA Wine Challenge 2012)
05 Launched 'KOREAN TRADITIONAL RICE WINE
Restored 19th traditional Korean Wine 'SASITONGUMJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
06 Launched 'MYUNGJAK MAESIL'
KOOKSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI was selected as
SIAL Innovation Product (2012 SIAL Food & Beverage Trade Fair)
08 Launched 'ICING'
Opened Tokyo Korimaru (a traditional Korean food and liquor restaurant)
09 Launched 'BEKSEJU2
10 "YEDAM' won grand prize (The 49th Chosun Ilbo Advertising Awards)
11 Restored 20th traditional Korean Wine 'SINSEONGOBONJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
'YEDAM' won grand prize (The 15th Hankyoreh Advertising Awards)

2011
01 Launched 'ORM'
03 Launched 'NATURE'S OMUA MAKKOLI, 'NATURE'S DEODEOK MAKKOLI"
Restored 13th traditional Korean Wine 'BULU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
Launched 'KOOKSOONDANG SSAL MAKKOLI (350ml CANY)'
04 Extended agreement with National Institute of Crop Science on the joint
research of specialty rice 'Seolgaeng'
'WOOKOOKSAENG KOOKSOONDANG SSAL MAKKOLI' obtained
Korean Liquor Quality
Certification
Restored 14th traditional Korean Wine 'BEKHAJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
05 WOOKOOKSAENG' was selected as the best MAKKORI
for the 7th Korea International Sommelier Contest
06 Made an exchange of technology agreement with National Academy
of Agricultural
Science regarding Korean liquor quality improvement and popularization
Restored 15th traditional Korean Wine 'SEOKTANHYANG'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
'BEKSEJU, 'MYUNGJAK BOKBUNJA' were selected as the official toasting
wine for the 2011 World Korean Community Leaders Convention
'MYUNGJAK series and 'YEDAM CHARYEJU' won double gold medal and
silver medal each in LABEL DESIGN
'MIMONG' and 'KOOKSOONDANG SSAL MAKKOLI'each won silver and
bronze medal in TASTE (San Francisco International Wine Competiton 2011)
KOOSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' won silver medal in rice wine
(2011 New York World Wine & Spirits Competition)
07 Restored 15th traditional Korean Wine'HANSANCHUN'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
09 Restored 16th traditional Korean Wine 'SONGHWACHEOLLOJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
10 'MYUNGJAK OMDA' was selected as the official toasting wine for the
Design Korea 2011
NATURE'S OMIJA MAKKOLI' won the grand prize in STERILIZED MAKKOLI
(2011 Korea Liquor Contest)
11 'MYUNGJAK OMLA' was selected as the official toasting wine
for the Design Korea 2011
NATURE'S OMIJA MAKKOLI, won the grand prize in STERILIZED MAKKOLI
(2011 Korea Liquor Contest)
12 'BEKSEJU' is awarded in Korean Traditional Wine
(The 17th KOSA Distribution Award)

2010
01 'KOOSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' was selected as the official toasting
wine for the CICI KOREA 2010
KOOSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI', was sold one million bottles
in 100 days
"MIMONG' was selected as the official toasting wine for the Korea Night
(World Economic Forum)
02 Launched 'SINDOJU'
04 Launched'WOOKOOKSAENG'
KOOKSOONDANG and GYEONGSANGBUK-DO signed MOU
Launched 'EHWAJU (400ml)'
05 Restored 12th traditional Korean Wine JINMAEK-SOJU'
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
'WOOKOOKSAENG' was selected as the official toasting wine
for the 2nd WORLD CONFERENCE ON ARTS EDUCATION 2010 (UNESCO)
06 'KOOKSOONDANG' won THE BEST OF NATION
JAYANG BEKSEJU' won silver medal
'KOOSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI', 'BEKSEJU', 'KANGJANG BEKSEJU',
'MYUNGJAK BOKBUNJA' won bronze medals (San Francisco International Wine Competition 2010)
07 certified as 'Green Company'by the Ministry of Environment
'KOOSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' won bronze medal in Sparkling Wine
JAYANG BEKSEJU' won silver medal in Rice Based Wine (San Francisco International Wine Competition 2010)
08 Launched NATURE'S BOKBUNJA MAKKOLI'
WOOKOOKSAENG'won Global Food Industry Awards (IUFOST 2010)
Amalgamation of KOOKSOONDANG and KOOKSOONDANG L&B
10 Launched 'CHEOT-SOOL 2010
Signed an agreement with Cultural Heritage Trust to donate 'Cultural Heritage Conservation Fund'
'MIMONG' won the grand prize in STERILIZED MAKKOLI,
'MYUNGJAK BOKBUNJA' won the grand prize in FRUIT WINE (2010 Korea Liquor Contest)
11 Added calories and nutritive component information on the labels of 'BEKSEJU' and 'WOOKOOKSAENG'
12 'KOOSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' won bronze medal
(The 16th KOSA Distribution Award)

2009
02 Restored 5th traditional Korean Wine 'SONGJEOLJU
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project)
03 Chosun dynasty royal foods koonjoong byunggwa and myunchun dugyunju, which are traditional Korean wines)
04 Launched 'KOOKSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' (a Korean rice wine)
Restored 6th and 7th traditional Korean Wine 'SOGOKJU' and 'DONGJEONGCHUN' [Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project)
05 Restored 8th traditional Korean Wine 'YAKSANCHUN [Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
06 Launched 'JAYANG BEKSEJU
08 'KANGJANG BEKSEJU' was selected as the official toasting wine for the Global Environment Forum
KOOKSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI was selected as the official toasting wine for the ICEE ICEER 2009 KOREA
Restored 9th traditional Korean Wine 'MIRIMJU' [Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
09 'KOOKSOONDANG DRAUGHT MAKKOLI' was selected as the official
10 Restored 10th traditional Korean Wine 'SANGSIMJU' [Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
11 Launched 'CLARIFIED BEKSE MAKKOLI'
12 Revived 'rice meoru wine' through the 'Reviving Traditional Wines' Project
Opened 'WOORISOOLSANG' (a traditional Korean food and liquor restaurant)
"MIMONG" was selected as the official toasting wine for the Design Korea
Restored 11th traditional Korean Wine 'RICE MEORU WINE' [Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]

2008 01 Launched '50 SEJU
05 Restored 1st traditional Korean Wine 'CHANGPOJU
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
06 "GANGJANG BEKSEJU' was selected as the official toast wine for the OECD Ministerial Meeting
08 Restored 2nd and 3rd traditional Korean Wine 'EWHAJU' and 'JAJU
[Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
10 Restored 4th traditional Korean Wine 'SINDOJU' [Korean Traditional Wine Restoration Project]
12 Launched 'PEAR MAKKOLI', Pear Distilled Liquor, and Pear Wine

2007
01 Launched DROUGHT BEKSEJU 13'
02 Awarded gold and silver medals at Prod Expo, Moscow, Russia for
KANGJANG BEKSEJU and BEKSEJU
05 Started the bottle deposit refund system
KANGJANG BEKSEJU and BEKSEJU won the silver prize at the liquor contest in the Shanghai SIAL International Food & Beverage Trade Fair
Launched 'MIMONG'
07 Was named an 'Environment-friendly Company' by the Ministry of Environment
Launched 'Myungjak Omija', 'Myungjak Ogaza', 'MYUNGJAK BOKBUNJA and 'MYUNGJAK SANGHWANG MUSHROOM
09 One of its wine products was named 'The Greatest Wine of Korea' (National Tax Service)
10 Won the third place in the 2007 Korean Digital Management Awards 2007
Launched the PET product 'KOOKSOONDANG SALMAKGOLI'
11 Launched BEKSEJU DRY

2006
02 Launched "BYUL' (Star)
04 Established Beijing Baisui Trading Co., Ltd.
06 Was designated as the "2006 Corporate Governance Superior Firm"
(Corporate Governance Services)
07 Opened Bekseju Village (Geumkang Mountain branch in North Korea)
08 OMI MYUNGJAK' and 'OGA MYUNGJAK

2005
01 Announced the mission of KOOKSOONDANG
04 Opened Beijing Beksejuga (a traditional Korean food and liquor restaurant)
05 Released a new version of 'BEKSEJU'
08 Launched 'YEDAM CHARYEJU'
(liquor for a feast for the Korean ancestors)
10 Won the first place in "Consumer Well-Being Quotient" (KWCI)
11 Launched 'AORA'

2004
06 Opened Heongseong Plant
Was cited as the most respected firm in the alcoholic beverage industry by Korea Management Association Consulting
11 Held a press conference to announce that Bekseju contains ingredients that can suppress cancer and that can protect the stomach

2003
03 Acquired HAITAI & Company
05 'BEKSEJU' won the silver prize at the liquor contest in the Shanghai Internati
onal Food & Beverage Trade Fair
08 Increased its share capital (free issue of new shares)
09 Was named "Excellent Company" by New Labor-Management Culture
(Suwon District Office of Kyeongin Regional Labor Office)
11 Launched 'SAMGYEOPSARE MEMILHANJAN'
(pork with a cup of buckwheat drink)
12 'KOOKSOONDANG's CEO, Jung-ho Bae, was named one of the top CEOs of
the year by Korea Business Weekly
Won a distribution prize from KOSAMART Co., Ltd.

2002
01 Opened the first Bekseju Village store (franchise)
02 Built the computer-aided wholesale store management system
03 CEO Jung-ho Bae was given the Iron Tower Industry Medal
06 Passed the sanitary inspections conducted by the 8th U.S. Army
07 Launched a new corporate image marketing campaign to strengthen its
image as a company that values people's well-being
09 Managed the development and revival of traditional Korean Wines
("We are looking for beautiful Wine": Finding out how to make traditional
Wine, which is in danger of disappearing)
10 Established PLMS (paperless meeting system)

2001
03 Opened Bekse Jumak (an Internet community at freechal.com)
08 'Patent application' A method for manufacturing high-quality wine (10-2001-0047822)
10 Japanese subsidiary was launched (Bekseju Japan)
11 Was awarded the President's Prize in the "Traditional Korean Food BEST 5" (Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries)

2000
03 Obtained another venture certificate (deemed an outstanding
venture company)

Received the Outstanding Corporate Research Center Award from the
Minister of Health in its 30th anniversary celebration)
06 Its company headquarters was moved to Samseong-dong, Kangnam-gu
08 The company stock was listed at Kosdaq (the stock trade started on August 24)
Challenge 21C-announcement of Kook Soon Dang's new vision
Received the silver medal at the Traditional Korean Food Show (traditional-liquor section)

1999
12 Acquired an ISO9002 mark

1998
01 Moved Brewery in Taegaewon to Suwon
03 Acquired the very first venture enterprise certificate in the brewery market in South Korea

1997
05 Introduced BEKSEJU (375 ml) in the market

1996
10 Launched KOOKSOONDANG RICE MAKKOLI (240 m, canned)

1995
03 Started to export Takju Arirang to Japan
06 Obtained approval as a company-affiliated institute (Korea Industrial
Technology Association, Issue #952168)

1994
01 Started to sell BEKSEJU and HUKU nationwide (abolished the restrictions
on the areas where liquor can be supplied)
02 Became the first national wholesaler recruit
03 Was selected as the official traditional wine of "The Year of National
Classical Music (1994)"
04 Started to export Biotak (canned makkoli made via raw rice fermentation)
Opened an office in Seoul (sales headquarters)
05 Entered an agreement to export USD0.5-million-worth takju and yakjuto the U.S. (New York Cheongha Corporation)
07 Started to export Biotak to New York and Chicago in the U.S.
12 Acquired a "New-Technology Mark" (KT Mark, KT00001, Ministry of
Science and Technology)

1993
01 Launched the new product Biotak
(canned makkoli made via raw-rice fermentation)
Launched the new product KANGJANG BEKSEJU
07 Acquired Taegaewon Factory (Daedong Brewery) in Namyangjusi, Kyunggi-do

1992
05 Launched the new product BEKSEJU
09 Launched the new product HEKJUSOON
12 Changed the name of the company to KOOKSOONDANG Co., Ltd.
Inauguration of CEO Jung-ho Bae

1990
02 Established the Baehan Scholarship Association, which encourages research on the culture of drinking (Hanyang University)

1989
07 Held the first yakju manufacturing technology seminar

1989
05 Published the takju brewery technology (edited Tae Yang Wine Technical Periodical issue #33)
Launched the new product IJOHUKJU (Gangneung, Gangwon-do)
Published the first issue of Tae Yang Rice Wine Technical Periodical

1987
04 Held the Third Takju Manufacturing Technology Seminar
Started to sell "Dongdongju" made from fermented raw rice
(for the Korean Americans in the U.S.)

1986
01 Began to build a manufacturing factory in Suwon
02 'Acquisition of license' Development of a method of making alcohol by
fermenting raw rye (Office of Korea Tax Administration)
07 Established its affiliate Enzyme Research Laboratory of Baehan Co., Ltd. (approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, #233)
09 Completed the construction of its manufacturing factory in Suwon
Started to produce refined enzymes

1985
02 "Patent application" A method of making alcohol by fermenting raw barley or wheat

1983
02 Changed the company name to Baehan Co., Ltd.
05 Started to sell GU 210

1982
Acquisition of a special patent> Brown-rice-wine manufacturing method with raw-rice fermentation (17966)

1980
Started to produce and sell GURO 210
(an enzyme for making alcohol from barley)

1975
01 Started to sell the enzyme for alcohol
Started to produce and sell GURO 60 for takju
Published the first issue of Tae Yang Rice Wine Technical Periodical

1973
01 Founded Rice Wine Research Laboratory

1970
04 Founded Korea Microbial Research Laboratory (Baehan Industry)
Started to produce and sell the wheat bran gokja (a kind of nuruk) (cultivation of three kinds of spawns (Rhizopus. sp, Asp. Usamii,
and Asp. Oryzae) and two kinds of mature seeds)