"Establish the Basic Food Act within this year"

Published 2025년 10월 2일

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[Son Min-jeong, Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] Calls are mounting this year to legislate the Food Basic Act in light of the situation where food policies are being driven by individual ministries without unified legal grounds. There is criticism that the gap in the guarantee of basic rights is deepening according to local government financial capacity and the will of local leaders. The 'National Diet Discussion Meeting for the Enactment of the Food Basic Act to Guarantee Food for the People by the People's Sovereignty Government' was held on the 30th at the 3rd Conference Room of the National Assembly Building. This discussion meeting was jointly hosted by Democratic Party of Korea members Lee Won-taek and Shin Jang-sik, Justice Party member Jeon Jong-deok, and organized by the National Food Alliance. The Food Basic Act is intended to guarantee the minimum food for the people.

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Calls for the enactment of the Food Basic Rights Act are increasing this year, with concerns that disparities in the guarantee of food basic rights are deepening based on local government financial capacity and the will of local leaders. The 'National Diet Deliberation Meeting for the Establishment of the Food Basic Rights Act to Guarantee Food for the People by the People's Sovereignty Government' was held on the 30th at the 3rd Conference Room of the National Assembly Building. This deliberation was jointly hosted by Democratic Party of Korea members Lee Won-taek, Shin Jang-sik of the Justice Reform Party, and Jeon Jong-deok of the Justice Party, and organized by the National Food Coalition. The Food Basic Rights Act is a bill that defines the role of the state in guaranteeing a minimum amount of food for citizens and establishes a legal basis for integrating related procedures. Following the proposal of a bill by Democratic Party of Korea member Lee Won-taek in September last ...

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