GIMCHEON, April 29, (Korea Bizwire) — As wildlife activity increases in the spring months, South Korea’s highway authority is urging drivers to exercise heightened caution to prevent animal-vehicle collisions, known as roadkill incidents. The Korea Expressway Corporation said Monday that drivers should be particularly alert during May and June, when wildlife crossings on highways peak. [...]
SEOUL, April 29, (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will restrict the import of wild animals to a designated “white list” of 900 species starting later this year, while requiring permits for businesses that hold or sell large numbers of wildlife, the Ministry of Environment announced Monday. The ministry unveiled draft amendments to the Enforcement Decree [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — As springtime brings blooming forsythias along with the unwelcome arrival of fine dust and yellow sand, South Korean cat owners face a familiar dilemma: how to ventilate their homes without exposing their pets to polluted air. LG Electronics is offering a novel solution with the launch of its AeroCat Tower [...]
BUSAN, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenpeace, in collaboration with the Busan International Short Film Festival, will screen a documentary addressing the escalating crisis facing the world’s oceans on April 28 at 7 p.m. at the Busan Cinema Center’s outdoor theater. The documentary, titled Signal — a reference to the ocean’s “final signal” to humanity — [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Marking World Day for Laboratory Animals on April 24, South Korea’s Rural Development Administration held a solemn memorial service at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences to honor animals used in agricultural research. The ceremony, held in front of the institute’s animal memorial monument, included remarks by Institute Director Lee [...]
SEOUL, April 24, (Korea Bizwire) — On World Day for Laboratory Animals, South Korean animal welfare organizations accused the government of retreating from meaningful protection measures for lab animals and called for expanded support for non-animal testing alternatives. Seven advocacy groups, including the Life Abuse Prevention Forum and the Korea Animal Rights Advocates, held a [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A coalition of environmental organizations and international ecologists has formally petitioned the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to intervene in South Korea’s Saemangeum International Airport project, warning that it poses an existential threat to two ecologically vital tidal flats along a key migratory bird route. On April 23, 2025, the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting April 23, 2025, individuals with disabilities in South Korea will be allowed to enter nearly all public and private spaces with assistance dogs, following a newly revised enforcement ordinance and rule under the Disability Welfare Act (ACT ON WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES). Announced by the Ministry of Health [...]
SEOUL, April 16, (Korea Bizwire) — A recent investigation by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) has uncovered widespread mislabeling and deceptive advertising practices in pet supplements sold both online and offline, raising concerns over product safety and consumer misinformation. The agency announced on Tuesday that out of 20 pet nutritional products it tested, a significant [...]
JEJU, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has designated two new marine protected areas off the coast of Jeju Island, including the habitat of the endangered Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, in a major step toward conserving the region’s fragile marine ecosystems. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries officially declared on April 11 that the [...]