What kind of rice cake makes people wait 3 hours — and a Korean singer apologize?

AKMU’s Lee Su-hyun apologized to Hanjungsun after her comments about the rice cake were circulated online as a negative review. In a video uploaded Saturday, she said the dessert was delicious but not an entirely new flavor, and explained that she generally dislikes sweet foods and rice cakes. The debate followed an earlier vlog in which she said the rice cake was not special enough to wait three hours for. Lee and her brother Lee Chan-hyuk are currently holding their nationwide “Paradise of Rumors” concert tour.

Lee said the yogurt tasted better than the bean paste and that the fruit was delicious when she sampled the rice cakes in her earlier vlog.

Lee said the staff members she shared the dessert with also thought it was delicious.

Lee debuted in 2014 as one half of sibling duo AKMU alongside her older brother, Lee Chan-hyuk.

Published Oct 26, 2026 1:51 pm KST

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AKMU's Lee Su-hyun has apologized after her candid take on a viral Korean rice cake — one people reportedly wait as long as three hours to buy — sparked an unexpected online debate.

Lee revisited the controversy in a video uploaded Saturday to the YouTube channel Meong Coach, explaining that she never meant to say the much-hyped Hanjungsun rice cake tasted bad.

Hanjungsun rice cake / Captured from YouTube channel Meong Coach

"Hanjungsun was delicious," Lee said. "My fans all know this, but I don't really like sweet foods to begin with. I don't particularly like rice cakes either, but I was so curious that I tried it."

The dessert had caught Lee's attention amid its recent online popularity and the long lines surrounding it.

"When I actually tried it, it was good, but it wasn't some incredible, completely new flavor that had never existed before," she said. "That's why I said what I did. The staff members I shared it with all thought it was really delicious."

Lee then offered an apology to Hanjungsun, saying her earlier comments had been misunderstood.

"I'm sorry, Hanjungsun," she said. "That's absolutely not what I meant."

Lee Su-hyun / Captured from Lee Su-hyun's YouTube channel

The controversy began with an earlier vlog uploaded to Lee's own YouTube channel. After a concert, she sampled Hanjungsun rice cakes that a friend had bought for her.

She initially praised several elements of the dessert, saying, "The yogurt tastes better than the bean paste. All the fruit is delicious."

But she then added the line that would draw attention online: "But I don't think it's special enough to wait in line for three hours."

Her comments were subsequently circulated in a way that made it appear as though she had given the rice cakes an entirely negative review, prompting debate online over what she had actually said.

Lee debuted in 2014 as one half of sibling duo AKMU alongside her older brother, Lee Chan-hyuk. The pair are currently holding their nationwide "Paradise of Rumors" concert tour.

This article from Xportsnews was adapted by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.

AKMU成员李秀贤就其对年糕的负面评价在网上流传一事向韩正善道歉。在周六上传的视频中，她表示年糕味道不错，但并非全新口味，并解释说她通常不喜欢甜食和年糕。此前，她在vlog中曾表示，这款年糕并不值得等待三个小时。李秀贤和她的哥哥李灿赫目前正在进行全国巡回演唱会“Paradise of Rumors”。

李女士在之前的vlog中品尝年糕时说，酸奶比豆酱好吃，水果也很美味。

李女士说，和她一起分享甜点的员工也觉得很好吃。

李于 2014 年与哥哥李灿赫组成兄妹二人组 AKMU 出道。

发布于2026年10月26日下午1:51（韩国标准时间）

李秀贤 / Xportsnews

AKMU 成员李秀贤就其对一款爆红的韩国年糕（据说人们要排队三个小时才能买到）的坦率评价引发了意想不到的网络辩论，并为此道歉。

李女士周六在YouTube频道Meong Coach上传的一段视频中再次谈到了这场争议，解释说她从未想过说备受瞩目的韩正顺年糕味道不好。

韩正顺年糕 / 图片来自 YouTube 频道 Meong Coach

“韩正善很好吃，”李说。“我的粉丝都知道，我本来就不太喜欢甜食。我也不太喜欢年糕，但我太好奇了，所以就尝了一口。”

这款甜点最近在网上爆红，门口总是排起长队，引起了李的注意。

“我尝过之后觉得味道不错，但并不是什么前所未见的惊艳新口味，”她说。“所以我才那样评价。我跟同事们分享之后，他们都觉得味道很棒。”

李随后向韩贞善道歉，称她之前的言论被误解了。

“对不起，韩贞善，”她说，“我绝对不是那个意思。”

李秀贤 / 图片来自李秀贤的YouTube频道

这场争议源于李在自己的YouTube频道上上传的一段视频博客。在一次演唱会后，她品尝了朋友为她买的韩正顺年糕。

她最初称赞了这道甜点的几个方面，说：“酸奶比豆沙好吃。所有的水果都很美味。”

但她随后补充了一句会引起网络关注的话：“但我认为它还不够特别，不值得排队三个小时。”

随后，她的评论被传播开来，让人觉得她对年糕给出了完全负面的评价，引发了网上关于她实际说了什么的争论。

李敏镐于2014年与哥哥李灿赫组成兄妹二人组AKMU出道。目前，两人正在全国范围内进行名为“Paradise of Rumors”的巡回演唱会。

本文原载于 Xportsnews，经人工智能生成系统改编，并由《韩国时报》编辑。