SOUTH KOREA: Vegeflation and Imperiled Kimchi

There are several interesting articles addressing the skyrocketing prices for cabbage and radishes--key ingredients for the national dish, kimchi--that have resulted from a summer of bad weather.  The unprecedented development has implications for Korean culture and global trade.

• Cabbage Crisis Causes Kimchi Crunch (Joong Ang Daily)
• Dear Cabbage (The Economist)
• Import Tariffs to be Lifted on Napa Cabbage, Radish (The Chosun Ilbo)
• Kimchi Crisis Leaves South Koreans in a Pickle (NPR)
• Korea All-Out to Secure Cabbages Amid Kimchi Crisis (The Korea Times)
• Koreans Go Sour on Soaring Kimchi Prices (AFP)
• Koreans Scramble to Adjust to Soaring Kimchi Prices (The Korea Times)
• Napa Cabbages to be Imported from China Due to Rising Prices (The Chosun Ilbo)
• Pain in the Produce Aisle (JoongAng Daily)
• Solve Kimchi Crisis by Growing Your Own (The Korea Times)
• South Korea Cuts Chinese Vegetable Tariffs (Voice of America)
• South Korea's Kimchi Crisis (Christian Science Monitor)
• Surging Kimchi Prices Bite Korean Restaurants (The Wall Street Journal)