A farmer hangs peeled persimmons to dry in Sancheong, some 250 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 21, 2024. Dried persimmons, called "gotgam" in Korean, are a Korean delicacy. (Yonhap ...

A farmer shows dried, peeled persimmons, known as "gotgam," at a farm in Hamyang, a town in South Korea's southeast province of South Gyeongsang, on Jan. 8, 2025, before shipping them ahead of a ...

It’s peak persimmon drying season right now, and that means the Shigo district of Katsuragi in Wakayama Prefecturea is draped in rows of orange “curtains” until the New Year when the ...