Kim Yeo-ik of Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, first discovered the method of farming around 1650.
This is how they began to grow and spread throughout the country.
Since there was no proper name to call the seaweed produced in this way, it was called "Kim" after Kim Yeo-ik's last name.
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