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The 7th Kimchi Day Commemorative Event 2026 celebrates Kimchi Day (November 22), an official commemorative day designated under the Kimchi Industry Promotion Act. The date symbolizes how individual kimchi ingredients (11) come together to create 22 health benefits (22). Hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and organized by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), the World Institute of Kimchi, and the Korea Kimchi Association, the event takes place on November 20, 2026, at aT Center Exhibition Hall 1 in Seoul. Part 1, the Kimchi Day ceremony, includes a progress report, a VIP performance, and awards for contributors and the kimchi competition. Part 2 is the World Institute of Kimchi's 4th WeKim Festival, themed "Our Fermentation Science, Everyone's Kimchi," with a contest awards ceremony, a keynote lecture, and a prize draw. The venue also features exhibits of kimchi research results, tastings of startup products, a kimjang (kimchi-making) culture performance, a kimchi market, displays of winning entries from the kimchi competition and kimchi cooking contest, and food trucks.