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Cardi B shares spicy tuna recipe, sparking renewed interest in Korean food

Cardi B has ignited a new wave of enthusiasm for Korean food after sharing a live broadcast of herself eating spicy tuna from Korea.

2025.10.24

Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of the East Sea are seen at a port in Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang, on July 8. [NEWS1]

Overfishing the chicken of the sea doesn't fly

More than 1,300 bluefin tuna, each weighing over 100 kilograms, were caught en masse off the coast of Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang — only to be discarded after exceeding the region’s annual fishing quota.

2025.7.8

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East Sea nets catch jackpot with rare bluefin tuna haul

Around 70 bluefin tuna, some weighing up to 150 kilograms, were recently caught in the waters off Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang, in a rare haul for the East Sea that went for 14,000 won a kilogram.

2025.7.8

Pictured are tuna caught in the East Sea, near Gangneung, Gangwon. The fishermen are unloading the caught tuna back into the sea because they have fished over the set quota. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

A machine using ultrasound and AI can gauge the fattiness of a tuna

Fujitsu's Sonofai machine uses ultrasound and AI to assess tuna fattiness in 12 seconds, aiming to improve seafood quality evaluation.

2025.4.10

This isn't your average can of tuna

A photo from the tuna dismantling show at Nonghyup Hanaro Mart's Yangjae branch in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Monday

2024.3.4

Pictured are tuna caught in the East Sea near Gangneung, Gangwon. The fishers are unloading the caught tuna back into the sea as they have fished over the quota. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Korea's tuna catch limit in Pacific Ocean to be raised in 2024

Korean fishers can catch more tuna in the Pacific Ocean next year under a regional fisheries body agreement, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday.

2023.12.20

A Korean vessel catches toothfish near the Antarctic Ocean. [NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES SCIENCE]

Unfortunately named toothfish near top of Korea's fish export list

As always, dried seaweed and tuna were Korea's No. 1 and No. 2 exports in the agricultural and fishery food products category in 2022. No. 3 is the surprisingly creepy looking and unfortunately named toothfish.

2023.1.10

Workers clear up dead tuna washed up on Jangsa Beach in Yeongdeok Island, North Gyeongsang, on July 28. [NEWS1]

Tons of tuna dumped as fishermen can't keep lucrative fish out of their nets

More than 20 tons of tuna are being dumped back into the sea each day in Gangwon, by fishermen with no intention of even netting the lucrative catch in the first place.

2022.9.5

Norwegian salmon from Market Kurly. [MARKET KURLY]

Seafood usurper steals samgyetang's seasonal crown

The Korean summer starts with samgyetang, a ginseng and chicken soup believed to ward off the heat, and sales of meat typically jump up accordingly. For some reason, that didn't happen this year.

2020.7.17