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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, right, raises a toast with Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, left, and Hyundai Motor Executive Chair Euisun Chung during an informal chicken-and-beer gathering in southern Seoul on Oct. 30, 2025. [KIM KYOUNG-ROK]

Speculation grows that Nvidia's CEO may have another Korean meal moment with tech leaders this week

From bonding over chimaek, Korea's chicken and beer combo, last year to possibly having samgyeopsal (pork belly) and soju soon, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may continue his unconventional yet local recipe for building ties with Korean tech leaders.

2026.6.1

Cho Yong-min, the director general of the National Institute of Animal Science, holds a briefing on the commercialization achievements of a pork breed called “Nanchuk Matdon,” developed from native Jeju black pigs, at the Sejong government complex on March 18. [YONHAP]

Bring home the bacon

Cho Yong-min, the director general of the National Institute of Animal Science, holds a briefing on the commercialization achievements of the pork breed “Nanchuk Matdon,” developed from Jeju black pigs, at the Sejong government complex on March 18.

2026.3.18

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Meat products are displayed at a supermarket in Seoul on March 12. [YONHAP]

Antitrust regulator fines pork processors $2M for price-fixing

The antitrust regulator said Thursday it has imposed a combined fine of 3.15 billion won on nine pork processors for price-fixing through collusion on bid and quotation prices while supplying pork products to E-Mart.

2026.3.12

People buy pork at a grocery store in central Seoul on Feb. 26. [NEWS1]

Retailers nationwide join in offering pork discounts for Samgyeopsal Day celebration

March 3 marks “Samgyeopsal Day” in Korea, an unofficial day of celebration for the famed pork belly cut. This year, the government aims to help more people join the celebration by offering discounts.

2026.3.2

Shoppers browse the meat section of a large discount store in Seoul on Nov. 4. [NEWS1]

Singapore to allow imports of nonprocessed Korean pork for first time

As the global appetite for K-content continues to grow, so too does the craving for K-food. This now includes handon, or fresh Korean pork, which just secured a coveted export route to Singapore.

2025.11.6

Maggots are seen at a barbecue restaurant in the Philippines in this screen capture of a TikTok video uploaded by user riiicaaaa on May 27. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Viral TikTok showing maggots at K-barbecue restaurant causes global kerfuffle

A viral TikTok video of maggots at a Korean barbecue restaurant in the Philippines has left some viewers confused about its origin.

2025.8.12

Shoppers line up to buy samgyeopsal, or pork belly, at an Emart branch in Eunpyeong District, northern Seoul, on March 3. Supermarkets discounted the fatty cut for the day, which agricultural associations promote as Samgyeopsal Day in Korea. [YONHAP]

Koreans ate 66 pounds of pork, on average, in 2024

Pork consumption in Korea rose in 2024, with samgyeopsal being the favored cut.

2025.3.3

Packages of pork are on display at a discount supermarket in Seoul. [NEWS1]

Tariffs slashed for pork, mackerel, sugar amid rising prices

Pork, mackerel and sugar are some of the items subject to zero import tariffs starting June as the government tries to ease pressure on consumers amid rising prices.

2023.5.30

A person shops for meat products at a discount store in Seoul on May 18, 2023. [YONHAP]

Korea to seek tariff-rate quota on pork, mackerel

Korea plans to adopt tariff-rate quotas on imports of pork and mackerel in the near future in line with efforts to tame rising foodstuffs prices amid prolonged inflation, a senior official said Friday.

2023.5.26

[THINK ENGLISH] 이제 한국인은 ‘밥보다 고기’ … 고기 1등은 돼지고기

More Koreans are lowering their intake of the grain and increasing their consumption of fats and proteins. A 41-year-old worker named Kim Jae-ha is one whose diet transitioned from rice-based to meat-based. When Kim gets up in the morning, he...

2023.2.15