SEOUL -- The price of Chinese cabbage, the main ingredient in perhaps the best-known Korean dish, kimchi, has soared to 2.6 times its normal price in South Korea due to plant diseases brought on by abnormal weather.
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South Korea faces kimchi shortage as cabbage prices soar
National dish endangered by plant diseases caused by severe weather
High temperatures and heavy rain in August and September have fostered pathogens and viruses that cause root rot and discoloration in Chinese cabbage. (Photo by Junnosuke Kobara)
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