ST. LOUIS, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Today, Friskies® kicked off its search to find the next Internet cat superstar with the third annual “The Friskies” – the renowned awards for the best Internet cat videos of the year. Does your cat have what it takes to earn one of the coveted catuettes? Now through [...]
Selangor, Malaysia, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, the research team reported that all three strains – which belong to the species Lactobacillus salivarius - would probably be able to survive and colonize the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of chickens: they exhibited good tolerance to acid, bile [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Before the commercial sales of its new bio-methionine product “L-Methionine,” CJ CheilJedang held a discussion forum to inform the strengths of the product and set up a marketing strategy with the world’s renowned scientists. CJ held the first Amino Acid Forum in Animal Nutrition at CJ Human Ville in [...]
Muan, South Jeolla, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Driven by growing consumer interest in animal-welfare issues and “sustainably produced” meat and poultry products, not only the related industry but the local authorities have begun adopting such “feel good” labeling as “animal-friendly” certifications in their production systems or farming policies of late. A hog farm called “Gangsan [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, followed by the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – An animal “orphanage” will be introduced for those pets no longer needed by their owners soon in Seoul, the first local government which has led initiatives in animal protection by creating the animal protection bureau. According to a city government official, the city plans to introduce the scheme [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team successfully analyzed the genome of the Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius Monachus) for the first time. On March 31, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced the result of the research team comprised of the National Science Museum, the Theragen Etex Bioresearch Institute, the Cultural [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Home Shopping has recently scored two smash hits with the sales of dog foods for which the online shopping operator earned more than 600 million won from the two items alone. It was the first time ever in the history of the Korean TV home shopping industry [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Recently, a death of a dog which was aired on a TV reality show created a great sensation. The program showed the death of the dog cared for by a famous entertainer couple and left many Korean viewers in tears. The couple, Kang Won-rae from the 1990s dance due [...]
SUWON, Korea, Feb 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration has launched a new version of the Android app “Korean Cow Bridegroom Finder.” Developed in 2012 for both Android and iPhone devices, the original app has so far logged in more than 7,000 downloads, allowing cattle farmers and artificial insemination professionals to find appropriate breeding [...]