Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mmalite nke soju malitere na narị afọ nke 13 Goryeo, mgbe e webatara usoro distillation Levantine na Korean Peninsula n'oge
Ndị Mongol wakporo Korea (1231<unk>1259), site n'aka ndị Yuan Mongols bụ ndị nwetara usoro nke ịtọpụ "arak" site n'aka ndị Peasia n'oge mwakpo ha nke Levant, Anatolia, na Peasia. E guzobere ebe ndị a na-eme mmanya gburugburu obodo Gaegyeong, nke bụ isi obodo n'oge ahụ (nke a na-akpọzi Kaesong). Na mpaghara ndị gbara Kaesong gburugburu, a ka na-akpọ soju "arak-ju" (). Andong soju, bụ mgbọrọgwụ nke ụdị soju nke South Korea nke oge a, malitere dị ka mmanya na-eme n'ụlọ nke mepụtara n'obodo Andong, ebe a na-edebe ihe ndị Yuan Mongol n'oge a.