Kimchi in popular culture
Most Koreans store kimchi in a separate refrigerator designed to keep kimchi at an optimal temperature for proper fermentation.[17]
The South Korean Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) hope to have the first Korean in space to experiment with kimchi while aboard the Russian-manned space ship Soyuz. KARI has developed a space-safe kimchi recipe by sterilizing the food with radiation blasts, heat, freezing and packaging.[18]
When being photographed, South Koreans often say the word "kimchi" the same way English speakers would use the word "cheese." [19]