Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kwakatangira soju kunodzokera kuGoryeo yezana ramakore rechi13, apo unyanzvi hwokuchera hweLevantine hwakatangwa kuKorea Peninsula munguva yeHondo Yenyika II.
Kupinda kwevaMongol muKorea (1231<unk>1259), kwakaitwa nevaMongol veYuan avo vakanga vawana nzira yekugadzira "arak" kubva kuvaPezhiya panguva yekupinda kwavo muLevant, Anatolia, nePersia. Zvivako zvacho zvaiva pedyo neguta rainzi Gaegyeong, iro raiva guta guru panguva iyoyo (yava kunzi Kaesong). Munzvimbo dzakapoteredza Kaesong, soju ichiri kunzi "arak-ju" (). Andong soju, mudzi wakananga wemhando dzemazuva ano dzeSouth Korean soju, yakatanga sedoro rakagadzirwa pamba rakagadzirwa muguta reAndong, uko kwaive neYuan Mongol logistics base panguva iyi.