SEOUL: When the weather starts to cool, one particular product becomes critically significant to South Korea’s price monitoring authorities: cabbages.
As the main ingredient in the most widely consumed type of kimchi, napa cabbage prices directly influence the cost of living here, with ripple effects felt in far-reaching areas, from school cafeterias to military barracks.
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