Samyang Foods Inc., known for its globally popular Buldak spicy ramyeon, said Thursday its annual sales exceeded 2 trillion won (US$1.4 billion) for the first time since its founding in 2025, driven by strong demand for the Buldak series. Samyang Foods' sales jumped 36 percent to 2.35 trillion won last year from 1.72 trillion won a year earlier, the company said in a press release. Since its launch in 2012, cumulative sales of Buldak ramyeon have exceeded 9 billion units, generating more than 5