SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seocho District Office in Seoul said Thursday it will introduce a caretaking service for pet dogs next month, to help individuals living alone go on business trips, travel, or receive medical treatment. The caretaking service sends pet dogs to a private caretaking facility for a maximum of 24 hours [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Mock alcoholic beverages for pets are gaining popularity in South Korea. There are now more than 3,500 mock alcoholic beverages for pets like soju, beer, makgeolli and wine available in Naver Store. More than 8,000 photos with hashtags related to pet liquor have been posted on Instagram. These beverages [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — First lady Kim Keon-hee has called for an end to dog meat consumption, saying South Korea and China are the only countries among big economies where people eat dog meat, according to a newspaper interview published Monday. Kim, who lives with four dogs and three cats, made the appeal [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of pets are once again being abandoned after what was once a serious social issue subsided during the first two years of the pandemic. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency reported that the number of abandoned animals newly registered between April 18 and May 18 reached [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government-civilian consultative body on dog meat consumption decided Friday to extend its operations for two more months for further discussions on the sensitive issue in the country. The 21-member task force was launched in December to come up with compromise policy recommendations on dog meat consumption in [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural Minister nominee Chung Hwang-keun said Wednesday he will push for an end to dog meat consumption through social compromise. Chung expressed his position on the long-standing controversy in his written answer to a lawmaker’s question ahead of his confirmation hearing scheduled for Friday. “As the number of families [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A lawmaker with a visual disability stressed that every year, the last Wednesday of April is the International Guide Dog Day, calling for more efforts to raise social awareness and public interest in guide dogs. Rep. Kim Ye-ji of the People Power Party told MBC radio Thursday that there [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Pet owners could face jail time starting next year if they starve their animals to death, the agricultural ministry said Monday, as the government seeks to prevent animal abuse and better protect them in line with the growing number of pet owners. Under the revision of the Animal Protection [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A pet dog is likely to appear in a postage stamp commemorating the presidential inauguration for the first time, transition team officials said Wednesday. The issuance of a commemorative postage stamp featuring President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol and his pet dog Tory is said to be in the review stage in [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of pet owners are turning to online communities for help as many of them lack sufficient information on how to administer medication for their pets. The College of Pharmacy at the Catholic University of Korea conducted a survey of 111 animal enthusiasts, in which 61 of [...]