Napa cabbage choy (from the Cantonese name, ), and celery cabbage. In the United Kingdom this vegetable is known as Chinese leaf, in New Zealand as wong bok or won bok, and in the Philippines as wombok or pechay baguio. The name wombok is also used in Australia. Another name used in English is petsai or pe-tsai. In Russia it's called pekinskaya kapusta (), literally "Peking cabbage". The first notation of Napa cabbage cultivation date from the 15th Century in the Yangtze River region in China. Then it spread to Korea and Japan. Beginning in the 19th Century with the Chinese diaspora,
Rhie Won-bok Most of his other works are untranslated and available in Korean only. He received the Noonsol Award in 1993 for contributions to the development of the South Korean cartoon industry. From 1998 to 2000 he was president of the Korean Society of Cartoon and Animation Studies. He is professor of graphic design at Duksung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. Rhie Won-bok Rhie Won-bok (born 4 October 1946) is a South Korean cartoonist and professor. Rhie was born in Daejeon, South Korea. He studied architecture in Seoul National University, after which he studied graphic design in Münster, Germany. His comics