It is not uncommon for South Korea to experience a food crisis in its history. Text |Sea passengers
Recently, a ** went viral on the Internet - a tourist smashed his suitcase at Qingdao Jiaodong Airport. The reason was that the hand luggage was overweight and was stopped at the boarding gate. 
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A small contradiction, but a big situation was revealed. What is the passenger stuffed in his suitcase?Full of food!Where are you going?South Korea!The man had an argument with the staff, which led to the delay of the flight, which is not listed for the time being. Speaking of the situation of taking the opportunity to take the plane to carry rice to South Korea, it is understood that it is not the situation of Jiaodong Airport. It's just something that has been happening at airports and ports in many places in North China and Northeast China recently!For example, Beijing Daxing Airport and other ports have also been seized. There is also water transport, such as the Incheon-Weihai route, where a similar situation occurs. 
On October 25, passengers queued up in the entry border inspection hall of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport Photo: Xinhua News Agency According to some ** reports, carrying rice to South Korea is no longer just a matter of piggybacking. There are already professional sailors who travel between China and South Korea every day!This is really surprising Uncle Hai!After all, food is heavier. You can make money by stuffing some food in your suitcase?I seriously doubt that these bad men will be able to earn back the ticket money!But in fact, that's what people are doing. You know, strictly speaking, this is the equivalent of smuggling. There are still people who do this, which shows that the profit is considerable!Why is this happening?The reason is simple, in recent years, as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates, prices in South Korea have soared. According to the "Consumer Price Trends for November 2023" released by Statistics Korea on December 5, the consumer consumption** index (CPI) in November was 11274, year-on-year **33%。The year-on-year increase in CPI has exceeded 3% for four consecutive months since August. Among them, agricultural products **136%, the largest increase since May 2021, pushed up overall prices by 057 percentage points. In particular, grain, taking rice in the Korean market as an example, converts to 23 yuan per kilogram4 yuan-444 RMB. 
On April 4, at the Yongin Nonghyup Rice Cooperative in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a staff member examines how many times more rice is stored in a low-temperature storage facility than in China2
Uncle Hai wants to say that carrying rice to South Korea in personal suitcases and other ways actually has an impact on flight safety. Whether international or domestic, major airlines actually have regulations on the size of passengers' carry-on luggage. However, this regulation is not strictly enforced by some domestic airlines. It is not uncommon for people to carry large bags and small bags to the boarding gate, and the airport security check turns a blind eye. When they arrived at the boarding gate, the airline staff was faced with the choice of whether to stop or not. If it is stopped, passengers are required to change their check-in, which may affect the departure time of the aircraft. If it is not stopped, every passenger will carry excess baggage, which will inevitably affect flight safety. As a result, most domestic airlines deal with it by extending the boarding time. For example, if a flight can be boarded in 15 minutes, the boarding time has to be extended to 45 minutes. In this way, there will be time to deal with passengers with excess luggage. 
There have been passengers who forcibly broke through the boarding gate and were detained Picture: CCTV news screen screenshot In other words, if the boarding time of future flights is more optimized, it can start with stricter implementation of baggage check-in regulations. 3
Straight to the point. A few years ago, I only saw the situation of pouring ** and cosmetics from South Korea to China. In fact, it is not that China cannot produce **, but at that time, Korean goods were more expensive and cheaper. Or more popular. There was also a time when some people liked to bring back home rice cookers from Japan. Nowadays, the situation has changed a bit. Regrettably, however, rice and other grains have been poured from China to South Korea. Not even a rough machined product. Earlier this year,South Korea's ** Yoon SeokYesThe amendment to the Grain Management Act exercised veto power and asked the National Assembly to reconsider the bill. The main content of the amendment is that when the rice production exceeds the demand by 3% 5%, or the price of rice falls by 5% to 8% year-on-year, ** is responsible for the purchase of all excess rice。However, Yoon Suk-yeol disagrees!It can be seen that the Yoon Suk-yeol administration does not seem to care much about South Korea's food security. In the previous article "South Korea's Import of Chinese Chili Sauce Sets a Record, It Is also a Warning to China", Uncle Hai once mentioned, "Judging from China's size and population size, once there is a shortage of a certain agricultural product, it is more difficult to find a suitable supplier in the international market than South Korea." For South Korea, the food problem is more difficult than the chili sauce problem!
Rice fields in Jeollanam-do, South Korea, South Korea's history has not been without a food crisis. Due to the food crisis, the Korean sake brewing law does not allow the use of grain to make alcohol. Until now, most of Korean soju has not been made from grain. Such a lesson is not profound!I always feel that South Korea still needs to encourage its own grain planting. And China also needs to plan ahead. As for the interoperability of food and commodities, there is always a better solution under the China-Korea Free Trade Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).Carrying food to South Korea with a boarding suitcase can be stopped!