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The Traditional Korean Diet That Kept a King Alive to 83 — Long Before It Was a Wellness Trend

The traditional Korean diet in one photo: a little rice, a lot of vegetables, and something fermented. Photo: Republic of Korea, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Every few months the internet rediscovers the Korean diet. K-pop idols make being slim look effortless, wellness accounts swear by kimchi and fermented soybean paste, and everyone wants to know how Koreans eat so much and stay so…

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Korean BBQ Guide: Why Koreans Are Obsessed With K-BBQ — and the King Who Couldn't Stop Eating Meat

The scene every K-drama eventually cuts to: sizzling meat on the grill, everyone leaning in. Photo: Lil’ Dee, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. You have seen it a hundred times without noticing. Two characters in a Korean drama finally talk things out — and they do it over a sizzling grill, tongs in hand, a slab of pork belly crisping between them. Korean BBQ (also called Korean barbecue)…

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"We Didn't Order These" — The Truth About Korea's Free Side Dishes (Banchan)

The little plates you see in every K-drama — this is banchan. Photo: Matt @ PEK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons You’ve seen the tables in a hundred K-dramas — so crowded with little plates there’s barely room for the rice. It looks like a feast laid on for guests. Then it happens to you, at a real Korean restaurant, and for a second you’re sure there’s been a mistake. You order one thing. A…