After the U.S., the world’s largest consumer of Spam is South Korea. But how did a simple processed meat product turn into a popular luxury item in an East Asian country? With its pale pink hue and ...

Either you already love Spam, or you really ought to love Spam. A lot of Americans turn their nose up at this canned meat, but they’re missing out. Spam is delicious, easy to prepare, and great for ...

Spam, canned tuna and cooking oil. This isn't someone's grocery shopping list but a collection of items that Koreans often gift each other during the country’s two major holidays: Lunar New Year and ...

Stroll into an expensive department store and walk straight past the $180 watermelon with a ribbon twirled just so around its stem. Don't bother with the tea in a butterfly-shaped tin for $153, or ...

The word “Spam” may make you think of junk e-mail, Monty Python or Weird Al, but the canned meat has a different reputation in other parts of the world. Spam is considered a luxury in South Korea, ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — It ain't like the stuff your mom used to make. Minnesota-based Hormel Foods announced last week that it's offering a new flavor of SPAM product, calling the Korean BBQ flavor "sweet ...

Some anti-spammers, and not just the wacko zealots, are invoking South Korea’s disastrous experience with unsolicited bulk e-mail as a reason for the United States to enact a federal opt-in anti-spam ...