To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses

To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s kimchi makers are in serious pain – brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this year, exacerbating damage inflicted by cheaper offerings from Chinese competitors.Such is the sense of crisis surrounding the spicy pickled side dish eaten daily by many Koreans and central to Korean identity, that the government recently laid out plans to construct two massive cabbage storag…