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Why Doesn’t My Chuseok Table Look Like My Mother-in-Law’s Anymore?

August 23, 2026 by S.H. Kim
Infographic: Korea's Chuseok charye table dropped from 20 dishes to 9 under Sungkyunkwan's 2022 standard

Why Korea’s Chuseok charye table has quietly shrunk from 20 dishes to 9, and what the 2021-2025 cost data reveals about the change.

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Chimaek: What Korean Fried Chicken and Beer Really Means (From a Korean)

July 12, 2026June 14, 2026 by S.H. Kim
chicken bear - chimaek

A few weeks ago, the most powerful man in tech pulled on a pair of clear plastic gloves and tore into a piece of fried chicken in Hongdae. A couple of days later, standing on a baseball field in Seoul before throwing out the first pitch, Jensen Huang — the CEO of Nvidia — told … Read more

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