Gettin' steamy in Korea: Tourists flock to 'jjimjilbang'

Visiting a jjimjilbang was at the top of Jonathan Le and Leslie Patino's itinerary long before their plane from San Diego touched down in Seoul. The couple had visited “Korean-style saunas” back home, but nothing prepared them for the scale or the heat of the real thing in Korea. “The size is just on another level,” Le told The Korea Herald, sitting in a glowing, 70-degree Celsius kiln room at a sprawling jjimjilbang in central Seoul. “When you sweat, it feels like you’re sweating off stress. Th

By The Korea Herald