SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of dogs that were on the verge of slaughter will live a new life after some merchants at Busan’s Gupo Dog Meat Market agreed with animal rights groups to close their businesses early. Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA), along with the Korean Animal Welfare Association, agreed with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults appear evenly divided over whether to legally ban the slaughter of dogs for meat, according to a poll released Friday. The survey of 501 Koreans older than 19 by local pollster Realmeter showed that 44.2 percent endorsed the enactment of a new law prohibiting the killing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The government may consider revising the law on domestic animals to remove dogs from the list of livestock but prohibiting the consumption of dog meat altogether may require more time and discussions, a senior presidential secretary said Friday. “The government will consider revising the related regulations so dogs may [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in’s pet dog, Tori, appeared at a protest against the South Korean dog meat trade that was held yesterday at Seoul Plaza. Read More: Moon Becomes First President to Adopt Stray Dog at the Blue House A Blue House official said that CARE, the animal rights group, had [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Animal activists filed a petition with the office of President Moon Jae-in and held a rally featuring one of Moon’s pet dogs on Tuesday to call for a ban on dog meat consumption on the first of the summer’s three hottest “dog days.” Tuesday is “chobok,” one of 24 seasonal [...]
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – WHAT: Last Chance for Animals (LCA) and sister organization in S. Korea, Animal Liberation Wave (ALW), will lead hundreds of protesters in three simultaneous demonstrations in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Seoul, South Korea to draw attention to the inhumane slaughter of approximately one million dogs annually in [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal rights group CARE revealed yesterday that a local court has found guilty a defendant accused of “killing an animal without reasonable cause.” The defendant killed the dog for the purpose of producing dog meat for consumption. According to CARE, the dog farm owner in Bucheon was prosecuted for [...]
GANGNEUNG, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Dutch delegation to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics apologized Thursday over speed skater Jan Blokhuijsen’s controversial remark, apparently targeted at dog meat consumption in South Korea. Leaving a press conference after the Netherlands captured bronze in the men’s team pursuit Wednesday, Blokhuijsen said, “Please treat dogs better in this [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In the run-up to Chobok, a day some South Koreans celebrate by eating dog meat, animal rights activists took to the streets of Seoul over the weekend to protest against the consumption of dog soup during supposedly one of the hottest days of the year in the country, while [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Now that South Korea’s newly elected president Moon Jae-in has been sworn into office, public attention is turning to whether his pets – rescued dog Maru and cat Jjingjjingi – will accompany him to the Blue House as the very first First Dog from a shelter and First Cat in [...]