Nam Hyun-woo has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2013, mostly covering business and politics. He currently belongs to the Business Desk where he covers topics such as emerging tech, AI, ICT and Korea's chaebol community. Prior to joining the team, he was the paper's correspondent for the presidential office of Korea during the Yoon Suk Yeol and Moon Jae-in administrations.
'Crabs, octopuses can feel pain'

Lee Won-bok, head of the Korea Vegan Union, holds signs urging more Koreans to go vegan and expand animal rights to crustaceans and cephalopods during a solo protest at Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Wednesday. The union said Korea should join other countries to regulate the inflicting of unnecessary pain on those creatures for food. Yonhap
By Nam Hyun-woo