‘Miyeokguk (미역국)’ is a seaweed soup that you need to eat on your birthday.

Korean women usually eat this soup for about a month when they give birth to a child. That means, on your birthday, you eat the same soup that your mother ate after the labor.
For the women in their childbearing age, or those who have experienced childbirth, the meaning of Miyeokguk changes dramatically from a ‘delicious birthday soup’ to something else.

Come join to explore the Korean women diaspora's heartfelt connection to their mothers and tradition
or the overwhelming burden of their reproductive duties with a bowl of seaweed soup.