Serious about globalizing Korean food? Then stop watering it down

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 03:18 — Anonymous "Globalization of Korean food" is a
phrase the government has bandied about for years. The mission to promote
Korean cuisine around the world has been taken on with enthusiasm by everyone
from First Lady Kim Yoon-ok to the goofy cast of the TV show "Infinite
Challenge." The problem? Seriously backward tactics.  Take, for example, a
recent survey by the Seoul city government that asked non-Koreans their
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