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Asiana stops serving hot drinks in economy class on short-distance flights

Asiana Airlines stopped serving hot beverages to economy class passengers on short-distance flights leaving from or coming to Korea from Monday as a preventive measure against burns. Business class passengers will continue to have the option.

2024-09-30

Korean-made alcoholic beverages hit record shipment value

Beer is displayed at a discount mart in Seoul on Monday. The shipment value of Korean-made alcoholic beverages reached a record of 9.97 trillion won ($7.36 billion) in 2022.

2024-04-08

Mastermind of hagwon drugged drink caper extradited to Korea

He is accused of orchestrating the distribution of drinks, mixed with methamphetamine and the drug ecstasy, given to four high school students in Daechi-dong on April 3 with the intent of blackmailing their parents.

2023-12-26

Convenient Stores: Window to Korea’s Food and Drinks Culture [Photo Essay Contest]

Foreigners come to Korea for a variety of reasons, whether that be for work or play. They come for widely known bits of Korea - K-pop, K-culture, K-food, and K-fashion. Regardless of the reason, whenever someone comes to Korea, they are bound one...

2023-12-08

Fearing customer backlash, restaurants stay put on soju prices

Prices for HiteJinro’s soju and beer brands rose on Thursday, but restaurants in Seoul have hesitated to raise prices on soju sold in-store despite the increased costs.

2023-11-10

What are Korea’s favorite snacks and drinks?

Korea's favorite snacks and drinks include shrimp flavored chips, Lotte's World Cone and Cass beer.

2023-10-17

Alleged masterminds of hagwon drug scheme named

Police on Monday identified two individuals in China as the alleged masterminds behind a recent illegal drug racket targeting students at cram schools, or hagwon. The suspects allegedly ordered a middleman in Korea to produce ecstasy- and meth-...

2023-04-10

[Today's Cartoon] 2023.04.06

A cram school in Gangnam is in hot water after its part-time workers handed out energy drinks containing amphetamines to several students.

2023-04-05

In China, envoys' networking was distinctly liquid

The Korean Embassy in China was found to have used over 80 percent of its budget for networking on buying drinks and gifts in recent years, which may violate a regulation of the Foreign Ministry, the JoongAng Ilbo reported exclusively on...

2021-10-07

How Covid affected the spending of poor and rich

According to the official statistics agency on Thursday, average household spending per month in 2020 was 2.4 million won ($2,150), a 2.3 percent drop compared to 2019. When adjusting for inflation, it was a 2.8 percent decline.

2021-04-08