People holding glasses that contain soju. - Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images Anyone who's into Korean movies or dramas has probably seen characters sipping from bottles of soju. The incredibly ...

Korea is doing well globally in terms of soft power like Korean culture, from its music to drama, is gaining popularity everywhere. And when it comes to Korean food recipes from spicy noodles to ...

Korean soju is an extremely popular drink that has captured the hearts of drinkers around the world. Given its fruity taste and smooth finish, a shot of soju goes down quite easily — but there are a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. Sep 02, 2025, 08:01am EDT A shopper holds a Jinro liquor ...

Though Miami might not immediately come to mind as a hotbed for Korean cuisine, it has a thriving Korean food scene, ...

Until recently, you might have assumed that Korean restaurants in America existed almost exclusively in the realm of cheap beer and green-bottle soju (the ubiquitous mass-market spirit stacked in ...

James Kim was handling pieces of nuruk, the wheat cake starter used in soju fermentation, as he explained a beautiful Korean phrase that epitomizes his distillery, the recently opened Minhwa Spirits ...

When James Kim was young, he used to visit his father’s family on Geoje Island off the southern coast of South Korea. There were no traffic lights in the village, but there were rice paddies on steep ...

Sometimes compared to natural wine, sour beer or kombucha, makgeolli is a low-proof unfiltered rice wine that is one of Korea’s oldest beverages. The drink has risen in popularity alongside other ...

Chef Samuel Kim of Baekjeong always orders pork at Korean barbecue, plus some Korean pancakes and stew.

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