Korean side’s novel shot has no power (6)

I believe the answer is:

kimchi

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'korean side's' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'novel shot has no power' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'novel' could be 'kim' (Rudyard Kipling novel) and 'kim' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'chi' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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