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Black Pepper and Stuff like That
It all started from a random question - how expensive was Black pepper in early Chosŏn? These kind of questions require some ingenuity....
Guy Shababo
Mar 18, 20245 min read


Coffee Culture
According to food historian Lee Hoyoung, King Kojong (r. 1873-1907) was first introduced to coffee when staying at the Russian embassy in...
Guy Shababo
Nov 17, 20233 min read


Hallyu Exhibition in the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
I just visited the "The Pop Culture We Loved, and Rise of the Korean Wave" in the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History...
Guy Shababo
Sep 7, 20232 min read


On ChatGPT and the Free Content
A new article published this week surveys the influences of large language models (LLMs) such as the one that ChatGPT uses on the...
Guy Shababo
Jul 20, 20232 min read
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