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Animal activists, city of Seoul team up to promote alternative health food for ‘malbok’

August 13, 2015

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Animal activists from the Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) and officials of the Seoul Metropolitan Government hand out bowls of vegetable soup to citizens on Cheonggye Plaza in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, Tuesday. They are promoting health food made of vegetables instead of meats ahead of "malbok," the last of the three hottest periods of the summer on the lunar calendar, which falls on Aug. 12. (Yonhap)

Animal activists from the Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA) and officials of the Seoul Metropolitan Government hand out bowls of vegetable soup to citizens on Cheonggye Plaza in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, Tuesday. They are promoting health food made of vegetables instead of meats ahead of “malbok,” the last of the three hottest periods of the summer on the lunar calendar, which fell on Aug. 12. (Yonhap)