A Small Helping of Korean White Rice History

A staple in much of Asian cuisine is rice. We can’t live without it. Especially in East and Southeast Asia, rice is a sacred part of our dishes.

Now, Korea has a pretty interesting little-known history with white rice. And it has something to do with the Japanese occupation of the tiny peninsula in the early 1900s.

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Source: neatorama