A claim was raised that companies (vendors) and transport drivers delivering cabbage to kimchi factories manipulated the tare weight of vehicles to reduce the actual weight of the cabbage, causing losses to the local distributor. The local distributor filed a complaint against the vendor for fraud, and there are calls to increase the transparency of the weighing system for agricultural produce transport vehicles to prevent similar damages. Local distributor Y, who has a farming corporation headquarters in South Chungcheong Province, made the first transaction with C Company in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province in 2025. C Company was a vendor delivering cabbage to large kimchi factories, but suspicious circumstances occurred during the transaction. Y handles over 1,000 tons of cabbage annually using 5-ton trucks, but the difference between the total weight and the actual weight of cabbage delivered to C Company was significant. Y explained, "A 5-ton truck holds 14 pallets and 588 plastic ...