Robot fried chicken: Entrepreneur seeks to improve South Korea’s favourite food

A robot fries chicken as an employee washes dishes at a Robert Chicken restaurant in Seoul. In fried-chicken obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation's favourite fast-food dish dot every street corner. But Kang Ji-young's establishment is a little different: a robot is cooking the chicken. — AFP

SEOUL: In fried-chicken-obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation’s favourite fast-food dish dot every street corner. But Kang Ji-young’s establishment brings something a little different to the table: a robot is cooking the chicken.

Eaten at everything from tiny family gatherings to a 10-million-viewer live-streamed "mukbang" – eating broadcast – by K-pop star Jungkook of BTS fame, fried chicken is deeply embedded in South Korean culture.