Kimchi Alert System

The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture has developed a five-point scale of hotness for would-be kimchi consumers.

Thank god non-Koreans can now wade safely into the spicy seas of kimchi.

Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.