People plant rice seedlings inside a greenhouse in Icheon, 56 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Feb. 13, 2025, during a ceremony to start planting Royal Grade Icheon Rice for the first time in the ...

When research subjects were asked to draw diagrams depicting their social networks, people from rice-growing and wheat-growing regions tended to respond differently: Those from rice areas drew ...

A video capturing the protest was filmed and later shared on social media. The footage showed people planting rice saplings one by one in the potholes while onlookers watched in surprise.