Beating the heat with chicken soup

Residents and tourists line up at a popular samgyetang (chicken ginseng soup) restaurant in Jongno, downtown Seoul, Monday, which marked Jungbok, or the hottest day of summer on the lunar calendar. Koreans traditionally consume hot soup dishes on this day to 'regain stamina' lost in the heat. / Yonhap

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Beating the heat with chicken soup

Top 10 Stories

No breakthrough in Korea's medical standoff despite gov't concession

Debate heats up over commuters who do makeup on subway

How general elections will affect South Korea's foreign policy

Occult thriller 'Exhuma' criticized for animal abuse

Chinese dissident denied refugee status, detained at Jeju airport

Six out of 10 Korean adults did not read single book last year

BMW, Mercedes dealerships struggle amid promotion war

SK hynix, TSMC team up to develop next-generation AI memory chips

Army explores hiring civilians to guard supplies as population shrinks

Rising Mideast tensions unnerve Korean construction firms