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▲ Muslim students at Sun Moon University try halal food in the school
▲ President Park Geun-hye signs an MOU on joint halal food
cafeteria.
productionwithUnitedArabEmirates.
tolocalrestaurantownersabouthalalfoodthroughsome
export of Halal-certified foods and products to Muslim
workshops. The main purpose of these workshops is to
regions. In 2014, Korea exported a wide range of halal-
make them aware of halal food as well as to open doors
certified food products worth $680 million. It plans
for new opportunities to attract many more Muslim
to increase the amount to $1.23 billion by 2017, as the
touriststoKoreanhalalfood.
globalhalalfoodmarketwillexpandto$1.6trillion.
Servinghalalfoodincollegecafeteriaisnotuncommon
Recently President Park signed an agreement with
in many countries including USA, UK and Japan. In
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu
Korea, however, the situation is different. Halal options
Dhabi, for bilateral cooperation in the production and
are rare, and most of the food served in cafeterias
sale of halal food. Under the agreement the two nations
containspork,whichMuslimsarenotallowedtoeat.
willworktogethertocreateacreditablehalalcerti?cation
AtpresentthereareonlytwouniversitiesinKoreathat
system, adding it will help Korean food companies
serve halal food. Hanyang University, which has about
expandintheregion.
100Muslimstudents,openedahalalfoodcourtinMarch
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
2013.ThefoodcourtoffershalalfoodtoMuslimstudents
established a task force for halal food under the Korea
twiceaweek.
FoodResearchInstitute,andsignedatripartiteagreement
Sun Moon University in South Chungcheong Province
on March 12 involving the ministry, the institute and
opened a halal food court in April 2013. The food court
the Korea Muslim Federation to develop the halal food
serves halal food to Muslim students on weekdays.
industryinKorea.Thisnewlyopenedgroupwillprovide
Besides the food court, the university authorities have
consultation about halal food to the local food industry
also established the Sun Moon Islamic Center to attract
besides doing research and studies on the Middle East
Muslimstudents.
anditsfoodmarket.
Muslims account for about one-fifth of the world’s
population and represent the majority population in
The day is not far off when Korea will get the most
about 50 countries and territories throughout the world.
benefit out of halal food by exporting it to foreign
If Korean universities ensure the availability of halal
markets and supplying halal food to local markets. At
food for Muslim students, many more Muslim students
least the recent initiatives of the current administration
would come to Korea to pursue higher education. It will
aregivingusthathope.AtthesametimeMuslimaround
acceleratetheglobalizationprocessofKoreanuniversity
the globe are eagerly waiting to see if the halal waves
campuses by attracting Muslim students from diverse
sweeping Korea now is going to generate another hallyu
background.
orKoreanwave.
With the growing demand of halal food around the
world, Korean companies are also striving to increase
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