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Sorensen on South Korean food during Winter Olympics | Los Angeles Times

January 23, 2018

Photo - Budae Jjigae - army stew.
Budae Jjigae - army stew. Photo credit: Young Sok Yun
Clark Sorensen

Jackson School Korea Studies Professor and Director of the Center for Korea Studies Clark Sorensen

An article on the kind of food that athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea may expect quotes Clark Sorensen, Jackson School Professor and Director of the Center for Korea Studies. Professor Sorensen points out how food in the region has been influenced by the Korean War, and how the presence of the American military in the peninsula has shaped dietary preferences in the country.

 

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