
[Full Text] "Go Vegan to Save the Ocean" — Vegan Groups Hold Press Conference on World Ocean Day
[Vegan News = Reporter Seo In-hong] On the occasion of World Ocean Day (June 8), South Korean vegan organizations held a press conference on Wednesday at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, urging the public to adopt plant-based diets to help protect marine ecosystems from the impacts of industrial fishing. The groups — Vegan Planet, Korea Vegan Union, Vegan World Korea, Citizens for a Vegan World, and Korea Vegetarian Union — described commercial fishing as "the single greatest threat to ocean life." In a joint statement, the organizations said, "Todays oceans are suffering from severe