SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to offer financial incentives to individuals who adopt abandoned animals. The plan is to offer subsidies of up to 100,000 won (US$85.11) for each adoption as part of the country’s effort to raise awareness of respecting animal life and promote healthier ways to adopt animals, the [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications firm, announced Tuesday that it will join hands with KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates), an advocacy group for animal rights, to promote the adoption of abandoned animals. The company will open up smart hotels for dogs and cats at the Pet [...]
SUWON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province announced Sunday that more than 1,500 abandoned dogs found new families after receiving protection and training at the Nanum Dog Protection Center. The news comes six years and six months after the center’s first dog was adopted in Nov. 2013, and 14 months after the 1,000th dog [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangdong District plans to hold a homecoming day ceremony next Monday to thank those who adopted abandoned pets at ReBorn Center. The center is an animal welfare agency established to improve public perception of abandoned animals and foster a healthy pet culture. The ceremony will offer various programs [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced on Thursday that it will give 50,000 won (US$42.46) worth of congratulatory gifts to citizens who adopt abandoned animals under a business agreement with Samsung Card Co., the credit card arm of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group. Under the agreement, the SMG [...]
DAEGU, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Two South Korean-born sisters, who were abandoned as infants and sent abroad by an adoption agency in the early 1970s, were reunited in Daegu on Monday after living separately in North America and Europe for nearly five decades. American Christine Pennell, 49, and Belgian Kim Haelen, 47, were reunited [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Attached to a concrete wall covered in colorful murals in a neighborhood in southern Seoul, a small metal handle leads to an unlikely crawlspace barely large enough for a newborn. Balmy warmth fills the interior thanks to a heating system. But the space is for those who are losing [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Approximately 2 out of 3 domestic adoptees are girls, reflecting the current public sentiment in which girls are more popular among those looking to adopt. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of girls who were adopted accounted for 68 percent of all adoptees last year. [...]
SEOUL, Aug.11 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 17 training camp cuts and newly retired sniffer dogs (drug detection dogs) were recently put up for adoption, with 12 finding new homes. Starting on June 28, the Korea Customs Service received applications over a period of six days. When processing the requests, the agency took into [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Prejudice against adoptees still runs rampant in South Korean society, despite growing domestic adoption, with nearly three in 10 adoptive parents facing difficulties dealing with negative stereotypes, a new report has revealed. A report on childcare support for marginalized groups published by the Korea Institute of Child Care & [...]