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Registration for April 30th Meeting Open!!

Tue, 04/26/2016 - 15:35 - mmpkorea

Phew, where did that month go?! It’s already the very end of April and that means our monthly tasting meeting is happening this Saturday the 30th! For this meeting we […]

Juban: Revamped Traditional Korean Alcohol in Seochon

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 13:20 - ImnoPicasso

Registration for March 26th Meeting Open!!

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 16:32 - mmpkorea

Spring is springing, and we are changing things up a little this month! We have long been advocates for makgeolli’s rather under-praised cousin, cheongju (also referred to as yakju). Cheongju is the golden yellow liquid that separates from the sediment during fermentation of makgeolli, and can be just as tasty as it’s milky counterpart.

Only In Korea Podcast: Businesses Continue To Ban Foreigners

Tue, 03/01/2016 - 15:41 - KoreaFM.net

The excuse by Hongdae bar “Green Light” that it’s “not racist” to refuse foreign customers because employees “are not able to communicate in English” is just the latest example of discrimination by South Korean businesses.

Hosts Chance & Travis discuss the story as reported by the Korea Herald, detail the results of an opinion poll on the topic from OinK Facebook members, and play an audio clip of one listener who fears how discrimination in Korea will affect his biracial children.

Registration for February 27th Meeting OPEN!!

Wed, 02/17/2016 - 16:39 - mmpkorea

It’s a beautiful sunny day today in the capital, and whilst it’s still a little chilly, we can feel the warmer winds of spring are just around the corner! This year to make life a bit more simple, our regular MMPK meetings are going to be regularly scheduled for the last Saturday of each month. So that means February’s meeting is creeping up next Saturday the 27th, and we are more than ready to get some makgeolli exploring done.

For our next location, we had just one thing on our minds….well I guess two if you count the makgeolli.

Duck.