Lotte Mart opens pickled cabbage preorders

Signs invite customers to preorder pickled cabbage at Lotte Mart's Seoul Station branch in Jung District, central Seoul.

Lotte Mart has opened preorders for pickled cabbage as well as other kimchi ingredients, which will run through Sunday.

A 20-kilogram (44-pound) box of pickled cabbage currently costs around 30,000 won ($22.75).