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Why People Don't Drink Korea's Safe Tap Water

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Most people in South Korea do not drink tap water (수돗물, sudonmul) directly, even though official testing rates it as safe. A 2024 government survey, reported by the Korea Herald, found that 4.4 percent of respondents drank tap water straight from the tap or after refrigerating it, while 33.5 percent boiled it. In Busan the question has a local edge: on August 18, the mayor met the national water commission and civic groups to discuss where the city should draw its drinking water.

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