Korean cuisine is heavily reliant on grains. An average Korean consumes 66 kilograms (145.5 pounds) of grains each year, which accounts for 43 percent of a person's diet, according to Statistics Korea. In the 1960s, one consumed as much as 130.5...
Jjajangmyeon is losing its name as the meal for the working class as prices continue to soar amid inflation. One bowl of the noodles covered in black bean sauce would set customers back 6,361 won ($4.85) on average this year, according to market...
Seoul is a growing gastronomic city stocked with multi-generational restaurants and trendy fusion venues. But every now and then, the epicurious population craves a modest hotteok (sugar-stuffed pancakes) or danpatppang (sweet red bean paste bread...
Seoul is a growing gastronomic city stocked with multi-generational restaurants and trendy fusion venues. But every now and then, the epicurious population craves a modest hotteok (sugar-stuffed pancakes) or danpatppang (sweet red bean paste bread).
Korea, the seventh-largest importer of grain in the world, is feeling the surge in prices. The Russian-Ukraine war and India’s export ban on wheat have contributed to rising prices and the start of food protectionism around the world.
From Tuesday, Coffee Bean has raised prices 100 to 300 won (8 to 24 cents) on some of its coffee drinks.
Workers sun-dry meju, or blocks of fermented soybeans, at a farm in Anseong, Gyeonggi, on Tuesday. Fermented soybean lumps act as the base for soy sauce and bean paste, staples of Korean food.
An Air Seoul employee serves inflight food at Coffee Bean's branch in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, that was redecorated to resemble the inside of a plane on Tuesday.
The rising price of coffee beans is feeding through to the retail price of coffee — the drink that is — which has been especially popular in Korea in recent years.
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