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ZenKimchi Featured On the Arirang Channel

» by GI Korea June 10th, 2009 at 2:11 am » Comments (1)

Fellow K-Blogger, Joe McPherson the man behind The Korean Food Journal was featured on the Arirang Channel on a program promoting Korean food: more »

Black market MRE ring broken in S. Korea

» by Bill June 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (6)

No Americans have been arrested yet. From Stars and Stripes- U.S. troops and South Korean soldiers helped supply a black market ring that illegally sold 20,000 Meals, Ready to Eat ...more »

The Evolution of Korean Food: Korean Tacos

» by GI Korea June 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 am » Comments (1)

This actually sounds quite good: By the time I finish telling you how to make your own Korean tacos, it’ll probably be too late: A Korean taco truck will be parked ...more »

Kimchi Can Cure American Obesity?

» by GI Korea May 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments (17)

So says this guy who is even making a movie about it: A movie about Kimchi is filming by a Korean director, which will be released in Hollywood and in Korea ...more »

Reasons to Like Korean Mandoo

» by GI Korea May 27th, 2009 at 1:33 am » Comments (0)

Yes you have got to love Korean mandoo: Here’s the main reason I gained an adult version of the freshman 15 when I moved to Seoul a few years ago ...more »

ABC News Blog Features Seoul’s Bulgogi Brothers

» by GI Korea April 16th, 2009 at 4:55 pm » Comments (2)

The next time I am in Seoul I will have to check this place out: But South Korea is also known for its meat dishes, or bulgogi, which means simply ...more »

Italian restaurant opens in Pyongyang

» by Bill March 15th, 2009 at 6:51 am » Comments (0)

Take a guess where an Italian restaurant opened in late 2008. From AP- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has ordered the opening of the isolated country's first Italian restaurant, a ...more »

Hooters in Korea Looking for Some Foreigner T&A

» by GI Korea November 20th, 2008 at 7:41 am » Comments (9)

Courtesy of Brian in Jeollanam-do comes news that Hooters in Korea is looking to employ some foreigners: This is Hooters of Korea. We are franchise restaurant from Hooters of America. We have opened ...more »

Study: Kimchi Prevents Aging

» by GI Korea November 14th, 2008 at 6:00 pm » Comments (7)

Here is yet another story on how kimchi is good for you: A study finds that Korean pickled cabbage kimchi is an effective anti-aging agent. A committee promoting Korean food working under ...more »

Red Pepper Season

» by GI Korea August 18th, 2008 at 8:27 pm » Comments (2)

It is that time of year again when the side walks begin to be taken over by red peppers when it isn't raining of course: What I have always found amazing ...more »

Illegal Whaling Crackdown Launched in Korea

» by GI Korea March 19th, 2008 at 10:57 am » Comments (0)

I guess authorities didn't like the previous Joong Ang Ilbo report about whale restaurants in Ulsan and have now launched a crackdown on illegal whaling in Ulsan that found 90 ...more »

Breaking News: Japanese Restaurants Serve Korean Food!

» by GI Korea February 4th, 2008 at 4:35 pm » Comments (37)

This shocking ground breaking news is the number one most viewed story on the Chosun Ilbo website: Gyu-Kaku is a world-renowned Japanese roast-beef restaurant chain with some 900 branches throughout Japan. ...more »
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