SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A long-standing dispute over the construction of a mosque in Daehyeon-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu has reportedly escalated, with locals suspected of spreading animal oil in an alleyway near the temple site. The conflict, which has been ongoing for three years, has seen tensions between the mosque’s owner and residents opposed [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction of a two-story mosque in a residential area in the neighborhood of Kyungpook National University in Daegu has been delayed indefinitely. The construction halt occurred after residents staged a group protest against the construction of the mosque in their neighborhood. Residents submitted a petition to the local [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will provide vegetarian and Muslim enlistees with a vegan diet excluding any meat and ham starting next year, the defense ministry said Sunday. From February, prospective draftees will be asked to mark if they are a vegetarian when they take physical examinations, the ministry said. Two columns [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on March 12 that it is preparing to build prayer rooms for Muslims in a couple of the city’s major tourist areas, with the rooms expected to be available for use as early as this summer. The reason South Korea’s largest city is rolling [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A 23-year-old named Anne Muhammed from Egypt works as a medical interpreter for Arabic at Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital’s International Healthcare Center. She had been looking forward to the 6th of July, which marks the end of a month-long fasting period for Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean state-run tourism promotion agency is pushing to introduce a “Muslim-friendly certificate” for local restaurants where visitors could be served well-prepared halal food, industry sources said Thursday. According to the sources, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) plans to launch the Muslim-friendly certificate system around August, which will be [...]