{
  "id": 16562813,
  "title": "What kind of rice cake makes people wait 3 hours — and a Korean singer apologize?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/what-kind-of-rice-cake-makes-people-wait-3-hours-and-a-korean-singer",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-26T05:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/travel-food/20261026/what-kind-of-rice-cake-makes-people-wait-3-hours-and-a-korean-singer-apologize"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "AKMU's Lee Su-hyun has apologized after her candid take on a viral Korean rice cake — one people reportedly wait as long as three hours to buy — sparked an unexpected online debate. Lee revisited the controversy in a video uploaded Saturday to the YouTube channel Meong Coach, explaining that she never meant to say the much-hyped Hanjungsun rice cake tasted bad. \"Hanjungsun was delicious,\" Lee…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}