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Stricter Sentencing Guidelines for Animal Abuse, Sexual Crimes, and Fraud Set for July in South Korea

SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court Sentencing Commission announced on Tuesday new sentencing guidelines aimed at strengthening penalties for animal abuse, sexual offenses, large-scale fraud, and violations of electronic financial transaction laws. The updated guidelines, finalized during the commission’s 137th meeting on March 24, 2025, will apply to crimes prosecuted from [...]

Supreme Court Panel Sets New Sentencing Guidelines for Animal Abuse, Sexual Offenses

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Sentencing Commission has finalized new sentencing guidelines for previously uncovered crimes, including animal abuse and sexual offenses against protected persons, with a public hearing scheduled for next month. The commission announced on January 14 that it had approved draft sentencing guidelines during its 136th meeting, covering sexual offenses, [...]

KBS, 3 Production Staff Referred to Prosecution over Fatal Horse Tripping During Production

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have referred KBS and three of its production crew members to the prosecution for further investigation and potential indictment on animal abuse charges related to the death of a horse during its television production, officials said Friday. The public network came under fire after a video clip circulated [...]

Seoul City to Deploy Expert Investigators to Deal with Animal Abuse

SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Judicial Police announced that it will recruit additional investigators for an effective crackdown on animal abuse, which has become a growing problem in the city. The Judicial Police recently organized an animal abuse task force comprised of 12 expert investigators including veterinarians. A police report [...]

Hana Tour Excludes Programs with Risk of Animal Abuse from All Travel Packages

SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top travel agency, Hana Tour Inc. said Wednesday it will no longer offer programs included in overseas travel packages that may involve animal abuse. Since November of last year, the company has excluded from all travel packages controversial programs like elephant trekking, carriage rides led by a [...]

Korean Film Producers Association Vows to Prevent Animal Abuse

SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean film industry is bolstering efforts to prevent animal abuse on movie sets following a recent case where an animal died while shooting the KBS drama series “The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won.” The Korean Film Producers Association said it had received a letter from the People [...]

S. Korea to Establish Guidelines to Prevent Animal Abuse in Films

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Tuesday it will introduce standard guidelines to protect animals appearing in films, TV series and advertisements. This comes as a response to the recent death of a horse that was forced to trip and fall while filming the KBS historical [...]

KBS Apologizes for Horse Tripping During Filming of ‘Lee Bang-won’

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — KBS TV has apologized after revelations that a running horse was tripped by a rope and crashed head-first to the ground during filming of a historical drama and died about a week later amid allegations of animal abuse. Video footage showed the dark-colored horse running full-speed with a stunt [...]

Police Add New ID Code for Faster Response to Animal Abuse

SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Law enforcement agencies in South Korea have introduced special ID codes for animal abuse to quickly address the increasing number of animal abuse cases. The National Police Agency said Monday that it had issued a special 112 police emergency line identification code for animal abuse in January this year. [...]

S. Korea Implements Tougher Rules on Animal Abuse, Pet Owners

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it plans to implement revised rules on animal abuse this week that center on tougher punishment and more regulations on pet owners. Starting Friday, those who slaughter animals cruelly will face imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of 30 million won (US$26,840), [...]