SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has announced a comprehensive plan to phase out the country’s dog meat industry by 2027, allocating more than 100 billion won in next year’s budget to support the closure of nearly 6,000 dog meat businesses nationwide. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs unveiled its [...]
SEOUL, Sept.16 (Korea Bizwire) – In a stark contrast that highlights the growing cultural divide between North and South Korea, the consumption of dog meat has emerged as a contentious issue on the Korean peninsula. While South Korea has recently moved to prohibit the practice, North Korea continues to promote it as a cherished culinary tradition. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is poised to bid farewell to a controversial culinary practice with the government set to prohibit the breeding, slaughtering, and sale of dogs for consumption starting 2027. This move puts an end to a debate that has spanned half a century. Bosintang, literally translating to a soup that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly was set to pass a special bill banning dog meat consumption Tuesday, paving the way for a legal ban on the practice that has fallen out of favor in recent decades. The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) have jointly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — An association of dog meat farmers held a protest rally Tuesday against a proposed bill banning the consumption of dog meat, saying unilateral legislation amounts to an abuse of legislative power. The protest by members of the Korean Dog Meat Association came as a subcommittee of the parliamentary committee on agriculture and food was set to discuss a special bill banning the raising of dogs for meat, as well as the butchering, distributing and selling [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Legislative efforts to end dog meat consumption in South Korea are picking up speed amid rare political unity following the presidential office’s outspoken support for ending the centuries-old practice. Calls to end the practice are not new in South Korea, where butchering or eating dog meat is neither explicitly [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A ruling People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker on Friday proposed a bill outlawing the butchery and sale of dog and cat meat in what was seen as a bipartisan effort to put an end to the contentious cultural practice. Tabled by Rep. Tae Yong-ho of the PPP, the revision [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief policymaker of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Thursday that the party will seek to enact a special law aimed at rooting out dog meat consumption. Dog meat consumption has dramatically declined in recent decades amid perceptions that the tradition is becoming an international embarrassment. Still, [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — First lady Kim Keon-hee has called for an end to dog meat consumption, saying South Korea and China are the only countries among big economies where people eat dog meat, according to a newspaper interview published Monday. Kim, who lives with four dogs and three cats, made the appeal [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government-civilian consultative body on dog meat consumption decided Friday to extend its operations for two more months for further discussions on the sensitive issue in the country. The 21-member task force was launched in December to come up with compromise policy recommendations on dog meat consumption in [...]