As prices continue to rise globally, the consumer price index in November also rose 3.7% from the previous year, the highest growth rate in almost 10 years.
The impact of high prices also extends to kimchi making.
The consumer price index for November, released by the Korean National Statistical Office on the 2nd, rose 3.7% from the same month of the previous year, the highest growth rate in almost 10 years.
In South Korea, where prices continue to rise, the season of “Kimjang”, where a large amount of kimchi is pickled at home and in the cafeteria, has begun in November, but the price of Chinese cabbage has risen significantly, which has had an impact.
According to agricultural organizations, the distribution cost of Chinese vegetables has increased due to the decrease in production due to bad weather, soaring international energy prices and the shortage of urea water required for diesel vehicles, and the wholesale price was 1.5 at the same time last year. It is more than doubled.
At the cafeteria in Incheon (Incheon) near Seoul, at the end of November, a neighbor helped to do "Gimjang", but the price of Chinese cabbage increased and the number of Chinese cabbage purchased was reduced to half of last year.
A woman who runs a cafeteria said, "Chinese cabbage and radish are all expensive, and if the price goes up any more, we have to reduce the amount."
In South Korea, the prices of fresh foods as well as processed foods such as instant noodles and bread have risen one after another, and the burden on households has increased, and the impact of rising prices is spreading.