Yeah, there is no question though. Kimchi is most definitely Korean. The Chinese Pao Cai is too salty for me but La Bai Cai is their version of Kimchi and is just bland in comparison. It's spicier but they don't ferment it for long enough if it all.
I eat Kimchi every single day, can't live without the stuff. "La Bai Cai, La Bai Cai" is all I hear from my daughter if she thinks her lunch tastes too bland.
I'm 100% with you there on Kim, would love him at Spurs. I have a soft spot for Korea after living there for many years. I couldn't get to watch much Premier league in 2002, it was all PSV or German games as that's where their players were.
Suddenly in 2005, all Premier games were shown in bars late at night and on national TV due to us having Lee and Man Utd having Park. In one year it changed from nobody being able to pronounce my football team or knowing who 'Spurs' were, to seeing Tottenham shirts on sale and our games on TV.