Baek Hyung-jin, a farmer, checks the conditions of Chinese cabbage crops in a field in the town of Haenam, South Jeolla-Gwangju, southwestern South Korea, on Nov. 4, 2026, as the prices of the vegetable, known as "baechu" in Korean, fallen 45.6 percent from a year earlier to 4,792 won (around US$3.57) per 10 kilograms the same day. Baechu is one of the main ingredients in making kimchi, a traditional Korean dish made by pickling baechu with spicy seasoning. (Yonhap)

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