The purpose of this study was to examine the physico-chemical and sensory characteristics of Kakdugi made with mashed red pepper. With regard to the pH of the Kakdugi. those of the juice from Kakdugi with red pepper powder and of the liquid with mashed red pepper were the highest and lowest immediately after preparation. respectively, but thereafter both slightly decreased, but were similar after the fifth week. Generally. the total acidity of Kakdugi liquid was the higher than that of Kakdtegi juice. With regard to the L value, that of the Kakdugi juice was higher than that of Kakdugi liquid and that of Kakdugi with mashed red pepper washigher than that of Kakdugiuitlr red pepper powder. From the third week, the values of all samples generally decreased. The `a` value of the Kakdugi liquid with mashed red pepper during fermentation was highest During early fermentation, the juice of Kukdugi with red pepper powder showed a higher value than that of Kakdugi with mashed red pepper, but conversely, from the second week that of Kakdugr with mashed red pepper was higher than that of Kakdugi with red pepper powder. The `L` value of the juice from Kakdugi with red pepper powder was highest until the second week, but trout the third week that of Kalotugi with trashed red pepper was highest. With respect to the organic acids contents, those of citric, quinic and malic acids decreased, but those of lactic and acetic acids increased during tcrrnentatton progression. In addition, the citric, lacticand malic acids contents of the Kakdugi with mashed red pepper werethe highest, whereas that of quinic acid of the Kakdugi with red pepper powder was the highest. From the forth week, the acetic acid content of the Kakdugi with mashed red pepper was further increased. As a result of the sensory test. Kakdugi with mashed red pepper showed significantly higher values with regard to redness and fresh flavor, hut in overall acceptability in the QDA, appearance and taste in the acceptance test. `Therefore, our results indicate that mashed red pepper particularly increased the `a` value and organic acid contents of Kakdugi compared to those of red pepper powder, leading to an increased overall acceptability.