marking this year's "chobok," the start of the hottest part of summer. Koreans traditionally eat samgyetang to restore their strength during hot weather. (Yonhap) (END) ...

What about hot soup? Similar to bissara in Morocco, there's a soup eaten on hot days in Korea: samgyetang. According to the lunar calendar, there are three hottest days of the summer: chobok, jungbok, ...