What is "pulmuone"

Pulmuone Co., Ltd. is a South Korean company that produces perishable foods such as tofu and soybean sprouts. It was founded in 1981, is based in Seoul, South Korea and sells its products both within Korea as well as internationally. The company provided major funding for the establishment of the Kimchi Field Museum in Seoul in 1986.

The company sells products under the brand names Pulmuone, Chan-ma-ru, Saeng-ga-deuck, and Soga. In addition to soybean products, it also sells fresh noodles, dumplings, eggs, kimchi, mushrooms, laver, pastes and sauces, desserts, frozen foods, soups, and juices.

The company was founded by Won Kyung Sun as a small vegetable store. There is a subsidiary in the United States, called Pulmuone Wildwood, Inc., with offices in Fullerton, California, Watsonville, California, San Rafael, California, Grinnell, Iowa, and Tappan, New York.

Pulmuone truck drivers went on strike on September 4, 2015, in protest over frozen wages, unsafe working conditions, and attempts to revoke unionization rights. 1