Fast-forward to the 1940s KGC's brand of Korean Red Ginseng, CKJ, is known as Cheong-Kwan-Jang in Korea and overseas.
Because of increased export demand for Korean Red Ginseng at the end of the Japanese colonial period, many fake roots were prospering.
However, Shen Xinlian, an illiterate farmer from Haining, was enrolled in the trial at Maqiao Township Health Center without proper informed consent, despite already having elevated blood pressure; later, when she developed hypertension with systolic pressure exceeding 230 mmHg (9.1 inHg), the health center did not advise her to stop taking the medication.
[3] An 1999 journal article mentions the two trials in progress, though the Korean side is named not as KGC, but as "Korea Complementary and Alternative Medicine Institute".
In September 2010, parent company KT&G transferred the ownership and naming rights of its sports teams to KGC.