Drying bean paste to make soy sauce

Drying bean paste to make soy sauce

Workers monitor bricks of bean paste drying and ripening at a traditional sauce maker in Gangneung, a town on South Korea's northeast coast, on Dec. 4, 2025. The bricks, known as "meju," and salt, among other ingredients, are put into pots to make the Korean soybean paste "doenjang" and the traditional Korean soy sauce "ganjang." (Yonhap)

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