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Consumers, cooked by soaring restaurant prices, feel the heat at home as groceries become costly

Dining in is no longer the money-saver it once was as the cost of buying ingredients continues to climb.

2026.8.26

The Gold Pig Restaurant: Korean BBQ joint of the stars

Seoul’s Gold Pig Restaurant has become Korea’s most coveted barbecue spot through premium pork, exacting grill technique and a celebrity following from BTS to Donald Trump Jr.

2026.6.24

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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

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

A user criticized the excessive amount of fat on the samgyeopsal, or pork belly, he bought at a department store in Namdong District, Incheon, in a post uploaded to the online community site Bobaedream on Sunday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Department stores butchered online for fatty meat

Consumers are taking to online communities to complain about disproportionate meat cuts at department stores.

2024.5.22

The Food Ministry re-issued a manual for samgyeopsal, or pork belly, that determines the appropriate amount of fat in each slice. [MINISTRY FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES]

Pork belly should include meat, Korean Food Ministry reminds sellers

The move comes after the samgyeopsal handed out as donation favors by Michuhol District, Incheon, was criticized online by recipients for containing too much fat and too little flesh.

2024.1.9

Samgyeopsal Day shopping

A customer shops for packs of samgyeopsal, or pork belly, at Emart's Yongsan branch in central Seoul, on Wednesday.

2023.3.1

A menu board in front of a restaurant in Seoul shows the prices of samgyeopsal, or pork belly, on Wednesday. The average price of samgyeopsal was 2,816 won ($2.20) per 100 gram (0.2 pounds) on Tuesday, up 20 percent on month, according to the Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation. [NEWS1]

Pricey pork

The average price of samgyeopsal was 2,816 won ($2.20) per 100 gram (0.2 pounds) on Tuesday, up 20 percent on month, according to the Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation.

2022.5.18

Samgyeopsal abd some garlic on the grill at Jamdubong The Nine in Mapo District, western Seoul [LEE JIAN]

Samgyeopsal, a Korean classic, updated and innovated

Samgyeopsal sliced pork belly, the quintessential Korean food, is a popular dish these days. In Korea, it has been eaten since around 1960s and 70s, but rose to wider popularity in the 80s when Korea faced a beef shortage and the government...

2022.3.17