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Can kimchi cure Ebola?

SEOUL, South Korea — It’ll smack you in the face the instant you walk into any decent Korean restaurant: the pungent smell of kimchi — the piquant pickled cabbage whose bold tanginess is increasingly exalted by Western foodies.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Aug 18, 2014

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Psy and Snoop Dogg’s hangover: 3 inebriated insights from Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s been a while since horse-galloping YouTube celebrity Psy followed up on his first global hit, “Gangnam Style,” and its less famous successor, “Gentleman.” For a while, it appeared the eccentric Korean rapper would fall into the abyss as a one-hit wonder — all despite the fact that, a little over a week ago, “Gangnam Style” reached two billion views, the most ever for a YouTube video.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Jun 10, 2014

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