PHOTOS Different styles of kimchi

Visitors make kimchi during the 8th Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi-Making Festival at Jinbu Community Sports Park in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, Nov. 5. Yonhap

Members of a Buddhist women's congregation make kimchi during an event to help the needy at Jogye Temple in central Seoul, Nov. 16. EPA-Yonhap

Boxes of salted napa cabbages are displayed at a store in Seoul, Oct. 23, as major retailers began accepting pre-orders ahead of the annual kimchi-making season. Yonhap

About 500 members of local community groups, including the Saemaeul Women’s Association, make kimchi during the 2025 Love Plus Kimchi Sharing event in front of the Ayang Art Center in Daegu, Nov. 12. A total of 4,000 heads of cabbage were made into kimchi at the event, and will be distributed to underprivileged local residents. Yonhap

About 500 members of local community groups, including the Saemaeul Women’s Association, make kimchi during the 2025 Love Plus Kimchi Sharing event in front of the Ayang Art Center in Daegu, Nov. 12. A total of 4,000 heads of cabbage were made into kimchi and will be distributed to underprivileged local residents. Yonhap

About 500 members of local community groups, including the Saemaeul Women’s Association, make kimchi during the 2025 Love Plus Kimchi Sharing event in front of the Ayang Art Center in Daegu, Nov. 12. A total of 4,000 heads of cabbage were made into kimchi and will be distributed to underprivileged local residents. Yonhap

Volunteers make kimchi during the 18th Happy Sharing Volunteer Group event at the Gangseo Senior Welfare Center in Seoul, Oct. 31. Yonhap

Kimchi made by volunteers during the 18th Happy Sharing Volunteer Group at the Gangseo Senior Welfare Center in Seoul, Oct. 31. Yonhap

Visitors visit sales booths during the 32nd Gwangju Kimchi Festival at Gwangju City Hall Plaza, Oct. 31. Yonhap

Visitors make kimchi during the opening day of the 8th Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi Festival at Jinbu Community Sports Park in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, Nov. 5. Yonhap

Visitors taste kimchi during the opening day of the 8th Pyeongchang Highland Kimchi Festival at Jinbu Community Sports Park in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, Nov. 5. Yonhap

International volunteers show off kimchi they made during the 2025 Garak Market Kimchi Sharing Festival at Garak Mall in Songpa District, Seoul, Nov. 17. Yonhap

More than 1,000 participants from local volunteer groups make kimchi to be delivered to 6,200 households, including older people living alone, during the 2025 Sharing Kimchi with Love event at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 2 in Haeundae District, Busan, Nov. 19. Yonhap

Volunteers make kimchi during the 18th Happy Sharing Volunteer Group at the Gangseo Senior Welfare Center in Seoul, Oct. 31. Yonhap