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You know one of the most famous Korean foods, Kimchi. Every Korean eats this food and most of them like it. This food, Kimchi, has one particular thing. The Kimjang which is storage ceremony for kimchi is held every year to year. But this Kimjang ceremony is threaten by soaring value of cabbage. According to statistics a cabbage price rose nearly 5 times compared to last year. Saying the real number of this, last year we only need 100,000won for kimjang, but now we need 450,000won for kimjang. This shocking price had adverse effects in many ways. One of the problems is ordering food. In past, requesting more kimchi is not charged, but now you need extra pay for ordering kimchi in some restaurant.

 Solving this problem the South Korean government has come up with a countermeasure that Chinese cabbage is imported directly from China. The government said that The China cabbage is cheap in comparison with Korea. So the price will go down. However, this policy is not getting the support of the people who consume cabbage. Because deep-rooted distrust of China vegetable. This is from one occasion which is the 2005 importing cabbage from china. At that time, a parasite found in Chinese cabbage.

 Some people argue that Kimjnag crisis from the government policy, four-river restoration project which is Lee Myung-bak government's core business. They said that Because of this project, crop cultivation area was reduced. This reduction in crop area decreased the production of cabbage. So, Prices are going up.