Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
South Korea
TV Flash files “South Korea” as the first listed hour of season 5 — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 5, episode 1, aired 2015-04-26, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 33 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2015-04-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Jamaica” (S04E08). Next is “Miami” (S05E02).
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The season premiere of Parts Unknown uses reverse chronology to tell the story of the host's return trip to South Korea after a 10-year absence. Bourdain experiences the nuances of hyper-modern Seoul which has its sights set on becoming the world's top exporter of popular culture. Food options include Korean fried chicken, and a vintage Korean "army" stew, budae jjigae, with Spam, canned baked beans, frankfurters, ramen noodles and Kimchi.
Viewer FAQ
Where does South Korea sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 33 of 95 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S05E01 air?
South Korea aired 2015-04-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…