You also need a stomach for sushi that takes the word “fresh” to new heights of queasiness.

At one o’clock in the morning, Seoul’s famous fish market is abuzz with sellers hawking all manner of seafood, including bluefin tuna, shark, hagfish and giant sea snails.

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Koreans have the same attitude toward seafood as the Chinese and Japanese -- if it’s a living creature, and it comes from the ocean, it can be eaten. Koreans are among the biggest seafood consumers in the world.