SEOUL, Sep. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - When “Sang-geuni,” a renowned dog in Korea which had been on a TV show, died in April, his owner didn’t know how to handle the body. As the fido was one of his family members, he really wanted to bury his pet in his family burial ground but he [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study shows that the retired “baby boomers” are rapidly turning into “pet boomers.” According to a study conducted by Auction, Korea’s online auction and e-commerce company, on the sales of pet products on its website, the sales from buyers who are in the age group of 50s and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean research team has succeeded in developing a technology to directly transfer graphene from copper foil to various substrates such as PET(Polyethylene terephthalate), PDMS (a silicon-based organic polymer), and glass. As the technology can transfer graphene to a wide variety of substrates that can be reused over again, it is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Animal Protection Law in Korea is expected to be revised in order to prohibit shipping animals by courier service. The updated law, preventing pets from being delivered by pick-up and delivery service or courier service, will go into effect on August 14. Since the law bans abusing animals or [...]
ST. LOUIS, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Today, Friskies® kicked off its search to find the next Internet cat superstar with the third annual “The Friskies” – the renowned awards for the best Internet cat videos of the year. Does your cat have what it takes to earn one of the coveted catuettes? Now through [...]
ST. LOUIS, April 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Purina ONE is building on the feline phenomenon already popular in Europe and Asia to open the first ever Cat Cafe in America. Patrons can sip “cat’achinos” while spending time with and learning about cats, cat health and Purina ONE’s 28 Day Challenge. Purina ONE hopes this encourages [...]
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[Related Article] Most Pets Imported from Overseas (Korea Bizwire, April 15) As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 15, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, followed by the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Home Shopping has recently scored two smash hits with the sales of dog foods for which the online shopping operator earned more than 600 million won from the two items alone. It was the first time ever in the history of the Korean TV home shopping industry [...]
SUWON, Korea, Dec 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration said on December 15 that it would make available an educational video for dog owners on how to properly care for pet dogs as a way to reduce the incidence of abandoned pets. The number of abandoned pets has steadily increased for the past several [...]