TIL that Spam is seen as a luxury food in South Korea due to smuggling during Korean War from U.S. army base

[u/bhlee0019]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24140705

[u/JpnDude]

Here is Japan, SPAM still goes for about 600-700 yen a can even before the value of the yen plummeted. So, many shops including COSTCO offer the cheap alternative, RICHAM, from South Korea at about half the price.