But officials enforcing the no-liquids rule at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport have been busy seizing another outlawed item: kimchi, a concoction of salted and fermented vegetables ...

Kimchi’s place as a uniquely Korean dish is being threatened by China’s exploding exports of the spicy dish Featured at every meal, kimchi is consumed daily by 95 percent of Koreans—2 million tons ...

According to Incheon Airport, 10.7 tonnes of kimchi was confiscated in 2024 from departing passengers for violating carry-on luggage liquid restrictions. Given that a single head of kimchi weighs ...