Korean wine and spirits have been gaining popularity across the world. In 2023, a consumer trends report found that Soju — one of the most quintessential distilled alcohols from Korea — is 31 percent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Gray covers great drinks and where to find them. Seoul is a thriving metropolis and one of the largest populations centers ...

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 ...

While everyone else is reaching for the same old nimbu pani and iced tea, Korea has quietly been perfecting a lineup of ...

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 ...

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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 ...

When I was growing up in Michigan, misugaru was a warm, comforting drink that my Korean stepmother made for me as a treat before bed on especially cold winter nights. She called it “sweet rice tea,” ...