Soju : a global history /

Park, Hyunhee, 1972-

Soju : a global history / Hyunhee Park, City University of New York. - 281 p. ; 24 cm. - Asian connections .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Soju, the "national"1 distilled alcoholic drink of Korea, has now become one of the world's most popular drinks, most recently thanks to the recent pop-cultural phenomenon of Korean Wave (Hallyu), represented by the growing popularity of K-Pop, Korean dramas, and Korean foods in today's globalizing world.2 Clear and colorless with a taste similar to vodka, soju is a kind of spirit, or distilled liquor, which obtains a high percentage of alcohol content by means of a distillation technology that separates alcohol from the water and other compounds of fermented material"--

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