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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/15/world/asia/15kimchi.html?hp
Price of Kimchi has as much as quintupled, going from $2.50 per cabbage head to as much as $14 per cabbage head. Obviously, this has become a major concern for Koreans, since people eat Kimchi with every meal. Some restaurants even stopped serving Kimchi as a free side dish, sending more shock waves of mayhem throughout the country. The government plans to subsidize the cabbage, and import cabbage from outside, much to the dismay of a lot of Koreans who believe that Korea's cabbage is best cabbage.
Personal note: Man, that just sucks. Charging for kimchi as a side dish is like getting charged for steak sauce at a steakhouse. I hope the kimchi prices go down, even if it's not $2.50.
Those who live in Korea: how is it affecting your lives? I live in the U.S, so I haven't felt it as much, if at all.
edit: a picture and a graph
The red line represents Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation.
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What the heck!?
This better not affect kimchi in the U.S. I have it every single meal..
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Wow what could be the cause of this?
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According to news sources, the harvest this year wasn't very high, due to flooding and wild temperatures. I say suck up the so called "national pride" and buy up foreign cabbages.
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On October 15 2010 08:58 Tabbris wrote:
Wow what could be the cause of this?
Read the article...
Overly rainy weather, and the government's river project.
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On October 15 2010 08:58 .Aar wrote:
What the heck!?
This better not affect kimchi in the U.S. I have it every single meal..
This, but I don't eat it every meal. Better not make my kimchi expensive.
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This is an easy fix
Step one: Buy cabbage patch kids
Step two: remove cabbage part
Step three: dispose of kid part
Repeat steps 1-3 until you have enough cabbage
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That means kimchi is going to be more expensive as an export to foreign countries, ie. i'm going to have to pay a lot more for kimchi here in the states, ie as piece of me just died 
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The weather has been shitty all year. I remember there was a bad hail in Kangwondo during the summer bigger than the size of ping pong balls. That destroyed produce that was ready to be picked in a few days. The temperature has been lower than usual this year, and so it just wasn't a good year in general for farming. I read that North Korea will be actually about 10 tons short of what they need in grains this year.
I also read they are considering importing cabbage from China. I wonder how that went.
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On October 15 2010 09:05 KiLL_ORdeR wrote:That means kimchi is going to be more expensive as an export to foreign countries, ie. i'm going to have to pay a lot more for kimchi here in the states, ie as piece of me just died
Actually, if the states do sell Korea cabbages, then our revenue would go up so there's no need for inflation!
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Hahaha poor kids.
Even if you do it that way, it still costs a lot.
On a serious note, I'm so depressed that one of my favorite sides have skyrocketed..
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On October 15 2010 09:07 QQplay wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2010 09:05 KiLL_ORdeR wrote:That means kimchi is going to be more expensive as an export to foreign countries, ie. i'm going to have to pay a lot more for kimchi here in the states, ie as piece of me just died Actually, if the states do sell Korea cabbages, then our revenue would go up so there's no need for inflation!
You assume that kimchi sold in the US is made by south korea. It could very easily be made in china =p
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Pretty amazing that people are being charged for it at restaurants. Getting kimchi with a meal was like the glass of water you get everywhere else.
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If you don't live near South Korea then chances are extremely high that you weren't eating Kimchi that was in clay pots underground or made from Korean cabbages to begin with.
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On October 15 2010 09:14 Ack1027 wrote:
If you don't live near South Korea then chances are extremely high that you weren't eating Kimchi that was in clay pots underground or made from Korean cabbages to begin with.
I remember distinctly seeing GLASS jars.That's right, GLASS!!!
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Food prices are going crazy right now.
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On October 15 2010 09:14 Ack1027 wrote:
If you don't live near South Korea then chances are extremely high that you weren't eating Kimchi that was in clay pots underground or made from Korean cabbages to begin with.
I only eat the best stuff 
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Time to stockpile 깍두기 imo
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+ Show Spoiler +On October 15 2010 09:05 semantics wrote:This is an easy fix Step one: Buy cabbage patch kids Step two: remove cabbage part Step three: dispose of kid part Repeat steps 1-3 until you have enough cabbage
At least your not a Cannibal
-"Have you been eating babies?"
-"No officer i haven't just yummy Kimchi"
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This thread explains why my school hasn't served any Kimchi for almost a week and a half now even though we used to get it every single day.
I actually don't like Kimchi but am trying to eat a little bit everytime it gets served so I get used to the taste.
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