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  • He will give some meat to eagle if it says "gak" and he will give some water if it says "guk".

    MIND MELD: Guide to International SF/F (Part I ) 2009

  • Not all guk is spicy, but as a rule, jjigae must be fiery and served piping hot.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • The History Almost every Korean meal includes a jjigae or guk (soup) of some kind.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • The History Almost every Korean meal includes a jjigae or guk (soup) of some kind.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Park Chun-guk says he is a former commander of a North Korean special forces division.

    North Korean Defectors Ask to Help Fight Their Former Homeland 2010

  • The History Almost every Korean meal includes a jjigae or guk (soup) of some kind.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Not all guk is spicy, but as a rule, jjigae must be fiery and served piping hot.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • Not all guk is spicy, but as a rule, jjigae must be fiery and served piping hot.

    Uijeongbu's Army-Base Stew Geoffrey Cain 2010

  • You won't spar with a partner until you've spent a year mastering kicks and punches, and memorizing elaborate combinations called tae guk.

    Fighting For Fitness 2008

  • In this case, (the "HK" in "HK Market") stands for "Han Kook" (Han-guk) which in Korean is the commonly-used nickname for the Republic of South Korea, and is probably the main reason why Korean immigrants in the late '60s decided to build their community more or less where it is today - in close proximity to Hancock Park.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

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