Which Korean dishes are typically hottest?

I found ojingeo bokkeum (?????), which is squid stir-fried in a chilli sauce, to be pretty intense, especially as a jeongol (??) or stew, where it's both hot (as in spicy) and hot (as in temperature). The sweetness of the stew does nothing to lessen the intensity of the dish.

Also ridiculously spicy is buldak (??), which is again a stir-fry of chicken in a chilli sauce, with tteok (?) or rice cake.

A Korean friend I asked suggested "jeyuk deopbap" (???? in Korean). In English it seems to be translated as "spicy fried pork".

It will be served with rice. But you can also find "Jeyuk bokkeum" (????), which is just the spicy pork alone, no rice.

He suggests to order it "very spicy". It might work better to try to say this in Korean but it's hard to pronounce. Try to write one of these down or copy and paste it from here and print it out, or show them on your smartphone:

• ?? ?? (maeu maeun)

• ?? ?? (aju maeun)

"For the typical palate of most people from English-speaking countries, just about all Korean food is spicy."

Uh, no its not. There are many Korean dishes that aren't spicy at all. As in, they have no spicy/heat creating element to them. The typical green Korean chili pepper (???) is not hotter than a Jalapeno pepper on the Scoville scale, anyway.

To answer your questions of "Are there some Korean dishes that even some Koreans avoid for being "too spicy"?"

Yes, there are. Because not all Koreans enjoy eating spicy food. So some Koreans might avoid a dish thinking its too spicy for them, that others may think is not that spicy.

"I want to know if there are certain specific meals in Korean cuisine which generally have the reputation of being the hottest."

Sure there are some meals that some people think are very hot, but I think its pretty subjective. It could be 20 dishes. And obviously, lots of dishes can be made less spicy or more spicy so its sometimes just up to the cook.