SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has recommended the government take steps to provide vegetarian inmates at correctional institutions with proper vegetarian meals, officials said Tuesday. The National Human Rights Commission made the recommendation last month, urging the justice minister to revise the relevant law or come up with a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The influence of vegan students is beginning to manifest itself at university snack distributing events hosted by student councils and other organizations for those preparing for their final exams. Ewha Womans University’s student council prepared and provided 240 servings of almond milk and glucose candies without dairy products on Friday in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Vegetarians in South Korea face a dilemma each winter when they are asked to come to end-of-year gatherings since most of them are held at Korean barbeque restaurants. They argue that they are left with no choice but to join the barbeque parties as there are too many end-of-year [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Vegan food, previously offered by a select few restaurants in South Korea, is becoming increasingly common in the country. The vegetarian population in South Korea has reached more than 1.5 million, encouraging distributors to come up with vegan products targeting the newly rising consumer population. Vegan food is rapidly [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean documentary film called ‘An Omnivorous Family’s Dilemma,’ about animal rights issues such as massive factory farming, will be released on May 7. Hwang Yoon, the film’s director, said at a Yongsan CGV pre-screening on April 22 that she wanted to show how humans can be cruel to [...]