SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that otters, a level 1 endangered species and a natural monument, currently live in the Han River. The habitats of 15 otters have recently been found in the Han River, Tan Stream, Jungnang Stream and Saet River by Yeouido Island, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol brought his newly adopted labrador retriever to work on Monday, his office said. The retired service dog, named Saeromi, was adopted by Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee on Christmas Eve, becoming the couple’s 11th pet. Yoon slept with Saeromi on both Saturday and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Seok-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee on Saturday adopted one more guide dog that recently retired from the Samsung Guide Dog School in Yongin, south of Seoul. The retired guide dog, named Saeromi, is a female labrador retriever born in Dec. 2013. She served as a guide [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday it will expand the scope of quarantine from fish, shellfish and crustaceans to include amphibians to prevent the inflow of contagious diseases. The ministry amended the enforcement regulations of the Aquatic Organism Disease Control Act in December of last year to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Black cranes, an internationally protected species, are flying between South Korea and Japan due to an infectious disease. The Ministry of Environment said that 3,600 black cranes were observed in a three-day survey of some 200 habitats for migratory birds across the country from Nov. 11-13. Of them, 3,400 [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A pair of dogs that were gifted to former President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have found a new home at a public zoo in the southwestern city of Gwangju, officials said Friday. Moon returned the dogs to the government early last month, citing legal grounds [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Army retired a scout dog, famed for his role in locating a missing teenager in 2019, from surveillance duty due to old age on Thursday, officials said, concluding his storied decadelong career. The armed service held a retirement ceremony for Dalgwan at the 32nd Infantry Division’s maneuver battalion [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has vowed to halve the number of animals being abandoned or lost every year. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday that it will attempt to reduce the number of animals being abandoned or lost each year to 60,000 by 2027. Last year, the [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Sejong National Arboretum in the administrative city of Sejong has set up fencing and a separate habitat to coexist with the local elk population. The arboretum has set up an 800-meter-long fence through a reed field and created a 20,000-square-meter habitat for elk. The fence has a gate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has registered its indigenous Pungsan breed of dogs as an intangible cultural asset, its state media said Thursday, amid a controversy in South Korea over a pair of such dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2018. North Korea’s cultural ministry has listed the breed, [...]