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KIMCHI... South Korea vs. China We all know that in sports competitions like the quadrennial Olympics and the biennial Asian Games, these two countries battle it out for supremacy on "who's who" in the Asian region. These two protagonist are entangled once more with a new kind of conflicting interest cause by a mere neglect on methods of food preservation. This is about the side dish pickle food famous in South Korea, "KIMCHI". Kimchi is a spicy Korean staple food, made out of a pickling process on fermented ingredients compose of radish, cabbage with garlic,ginger and hot pepper. Now comes the trouble, the famous side dish has a ban imposed on its importation from China mainly because of the round worm parasite's egg found. Possible sources? Human excrement's believed to have been used as fertilizers in growing cabbage, one of the main ingredients of Kimchi. On various occasions some say that the product has a high level of lead contamination unsuitable for human health. On the other hand, theory that excrement's from cats and dogs raised in the farmland could have cause the horrid situation. The banning of the importation of this spicy pickled dish has triggered another retaliatory investigation, this time on the Chinese side, in which cosmetics imported from South Korea were put on hold in the market for a test because Chinese authorities claim that products were sub standard in quality. News media from Asia were focus at the most towards the said" Parasite eggs found in Kimchi". Thus, high percentage of the imports bound for Japan have to pass strict standard measures for food safety. Well, Best thing they can do is to learn the process of fermentation and do it "home made style". Much to their concern for health safety and ease out the anxieties of the Kimchi war. report sources** 
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