Month: August 2020
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Modern medical checkups and traditional juk: rice porridge
[ad_1] Show me a street in Seoul these days that doesn’t have a barbecue meat restaurant, a deep fried chicken and beer restaurant, or a Starbucks. The diet in Korea has changed a lot, but there’s one dish that has stood the test of time: juk (rice porridge) Rice Porridge Known as juk (죽) in…
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Red Velvet Joy’s T-shirt – Popular Asians
[ad_1] Red Velvet member Joey posed in a T-shirt with “We should all be feminists.” on her Instagram Joy, a member of the group Red Velvet, showed off her unique charm. Joy posted on Instagram on the 19th, “From now on, September 7 is ‘Blue Sky For All.’ Let’s all work hard to protect the…
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Book Review: Understanding Korean Literature
[ad_1] Contemporary feminist Korean literature is seeing a boom in Korea and abroad. So I’ve read quite a few books by female authors, but I don’t know much about the broader world of Korean literature. Who are some contemporary female writers? Recently, more work has become available in English. But browsing through the bookshops in…
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Samgyetang instant noodle soup only in summer
[ad_1] In summer when it’s tradition to eat samgyetang chicken and ginseng soup, this limited edition of samgyetang noodle soup appears on the shop shelves! We are spoilt for choice when it comes to instant noodles in the Korean supermarket. And yet new noodles and flavours still keep appearing. This noodle soup isn’t available all…
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Korean Yen-nal ‘Old Fashioned’ Makgeolli Packaging Design
[ad_1] Makgeolli is made from rice and contains carbohydrate, sugar, and alcohol which are said to improve our mood. So on rainy days (like today) when it’s easy to feel down in the dumps, the sales of makgeolli go up! The design of the label for this ‘old fashioned’ makgeolli says so much with just…