President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, gives a thumbs up while tasting kimchi made by a child, left, at a kimjang event calling for national unity through goodwill and sharing at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Monday.
U.S. soldiers based in Korea taste freshly made kimchi on Wednesday morning at the community service center in Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi. The kimchi-making season, or kimjang, usually takes place before the arrival of winter.
Prices of ingredients needed for kimjang, or kimchi making, have been on the rise. According to Korea Price Research Center, an average 419,620 won ($355) is required for a four-person family for kimjang as of Wednesday, up 5.8 percent on year.
Minhyuk and Hyungwon of boy band Monsta X served as narrators in a video promoting kimchi to global audiences. The two K-pop idols narrated the third and final episode of the YouTube series “Kimchi Universe,” a project launched by Professor Seo ...
A customer on Thursday shops for napa cabbage and radish at a discount mart in Seoul in the midst of kimjang, the kimchi-making season.
Models show a kimjang (kimchi making) kit at Hyundai Department Store that includes cabbages, radishes, red pepper powder and onions. Customers can buy the kits at 16 Hyundai Department Store branches from Nov. 9 through Dec. 15.
Employees of Nonghyup Hanaro Mart make kimchi at the retailer’s Yangjae branch in southern Seoul on Wednesday ahead of the kimjang, a kimchi-making season that usually takes place before the official arrival of winter.
Mrs. Kim, 62, who lives in Mapo District, western Seoul, was shocked recently to see the sky-high prices of napa cabbages at her local supermarket.
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