BUSAN, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Local authorities are being praised for their role in shutting down Gupo Dog Meat Market, located in Busan’s Buk District, last July. For the last 30 years, the closure of the Gupo Dog Meat Market has been a popular topic of discussion. The market, however, managed to survive due [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment has launched a project to bring back scarabs to South Korea, which disappeared in the 1970s. The ministry and the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) announced on Sunday that they recently brought 200 scarabs from Mongolia to restore their population. Scarabs, classified as Level II [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are up in arms over the news that military working dogs are being fed low-grade food, after military working dog Dalgwan became a national hero for finding Cho Eunnuri, 14, who went missing in Cheongju. Rep. Kim Jong-dae of the minor opposition Justice Party asked the Minister [...]
CHEONGJU, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Cho Eunnuri, a 14-year-old girl who went missing in Cheongju for 10 days, was found in healthy condition in the mountains. Military working dog ‘Dalgwan,’ a 7-year-old male shepherd, is being praised for locating the lost middle school student. Cho was first found by ROK Army Sgt. Major Park Sang-jin and [...]
ANDONG, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next year, a beach where companion animals are allowed will open in North Gyeongsang Province on country’s east coast. For a month-long period starting around the end of July next year, visitors will be allowed to bring their companion animals to the beach, as North Gyeongsang Province reported. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Insurance services will provide point benefits on a trial basis within this year if companion animals achieve their target health goals. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Thursday it has designated five more innovative financial services, including point benefits for companion animals. To that end, insurtech startup SmallTicket will [...]
INCHEON, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Local authorities in Incheon are retrieving food bowls for stray cats to control the soaring feline population on Mount Gyeyang. Officials from Incheon’s Gyeyang District said that they have been retrieving cat shelters and food bowls placed near the entrance to the mountain since Thursday. The District Office put [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to apply stronger measures to control the population of stray cats, which has reached an all-time high and begun to impact local ecosystems. The Ministry of Environment decided to implement new neutering methods and put scarves on cats to limit their hunting capabilities. The ministry will [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of lodging facilities that welcome companion animals increased from 70 in 2016 to 700 this year, a 10-fold increase over the past three years. WITH Innovation Corp., which operates a reservation application, Yeogi Eottae, analyzed data from accommodation facilities that can be booked in real time. The [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent series of incidents in which pets left alone at home have started fires after pressing buttons on home appliances used for cooking. A fire broke out in a studio apartment in Gwangju on Sunday at 11:07 a.m., according to Gwangju Nambu Fire Station. There were no casualties, [...]