N.Korea wins back its pride in 'kimchi war' with south

PARIS: North Korea scored a major victory in the kimchi wars Monday when the UN all but elevated its pickled vegetables to the same lofty status as its southern neighbor's spicy capitalist cabbage.

Pyongyang suffered a blow to its prestige two years ago when South Korea's kimchi -- a favorite dish made mostly from fermented cabbage -- was added to UNESCO's prestigious list of the world's "intangible cultural heritage".