GOYANG, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite various initiatives to promote pet adoption, the animal protection center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, is facing challenges due to a prevailing aversion towards mixed-breed dogs, resulting in a declining adoption rate. According to the center, the number of adopted stray animals has decreased from 487 in 2020 to 496 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s first public dog pool will open at a Han River park in eastern Seoul over the weekend for a monthlong trial operation, officials said Friday. The dog pool will go into service Saturday at the Ttukseom Han River Park for a 23-day run, becoming the first such public [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Anmok Beach, located off the city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province, is now ready to welcome visitors and their pets as preparations for the grand opening have concluded. The municipality has designated a 100-meter coastal strip on the northern side of the beach, where Gangneung Port and Coffee Street [...]
JEJU, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After the ousting of the stray cats from Marado Island for the safety of crested murrelets, pet dogs on the island are also rising as a risk factor against the endangered bird species. The World Heritage Office of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province recently advised island officials to impose strict [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has confirmed that the deadly COVID-19 variants that swept the globe throughout the pandemic were also transmitted between dogs. A joint research team from Seoul National University and Jeonbuk National University infected a dog with the delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A former chief of an animal rights organization was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday for euthanizing 98 rescued dogs under her group’s care due mainly to economic costs. The Seoul Central District Court delivered the sentence against Park So-yeon, a former leader of Care, who was indicted [...]
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, 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, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Moon Jae-in returned to the state a pair of dogs that he had been in custody of since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave them as a gift in 2018, Moon’s side and Presidential Archives said on Tuesday. One male named Songkang and a female named Gomi, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Moon Jae-in’s side said Monday it wants to return to the state a pair of dogs and their puppy he has been keeping after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave the pair as a gift in 2018, citing a lack of support from the Yoon Suk-yeol government. [...]