Who would have thought that a simple bowl of Korean cuisine could cause so much trouble? Well, as we reported before, the Korean Japanese bureau chief Kuroda Katsuhiro stirred up a controversy last year with a news column criticizing Korea's promotion of BiBimBap (a Korean dish that mixes rice with vegetables, meat, and a fried egg). In his column titled, "BiBimBap Terror?", he called BiBimBap a "Yang Du Gu Yuk," which refers to someone who literally "hang[s] a lamb's head outside the shop to lure a customer, but actually sells a dog's meat" (don't question the language, just accept it), which is basically a Japanese way of saying, "Crying wine, selling vinegar." Kuroda attempted to clear up some misunderstandings by explaining that the statement was a joke. Chosun Ilbo reported that he claimed that it was only meant it to be humorous. With South Korea promoting the dish globally, Korean citizens found the defamation of the dish to be personally offensive and they have gone as far as calling Kuroda directly and making death threats. Kuroda fears that he may have to seek protection with the police. Although the situation has gotten serious, he still sticks to his excuse story that he was just trying to be humorous. "But the Korean society is unwilling to accept it." He has also said that he enjoys BiBimBap a lot and has been eating it more and more.