Kimchi’s place as a uniquely Korean dish is being threatened by China’s exploding exports of the spicy dish Featured at every meal, kimchi is consumed daily by 95 percent of Koreans—2 million tons ...

In the first eight months, Qingdao exported 173,000 metric tons of kimchi, an increase of 12.8 percent year-on-year, ...

Accusing China of attempting to co-opt Korean cultural heritage through what he called “Kimchi Project,” Seo emphasized that ...

In addition, China's largest portal site, Baidu Encyclopedia, made a forced claim that "Korean kimchi originated in China," ...

People make Kimchi for a sharing event at the Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Jun Hyosang) ...

South Korea has rebuffed China after false reports that it had won global certification for its production of kimchi - a hallowed dish for Koreans. Last week global industry standards body ISO ...

In 2021, China attempted to incorporate Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish, into Chinese culture in a move dubbed “Kimchi appropriation.” Since then, they have also claimed that Samgyetang ...

Last year, for example, China was accused of "stealing Korean culture" when it claimed that it led the kimchi industry . The controversy stemmed from a language issue. In China, kimchi is referred ...

The kimchi issue is not new, at a press conference in January, Hua Chunying, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, addressed it. “Fermented vegetables are not unique to a few countries and ...