SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of four South Korean adults owns a pet, and they spend an average of around 100,000 won (US$89.95) per month on their companion, a report by KB Financial Group showed Wednesday. According to the report by the financial conglomerate, 25.1 percent of 1,700 South Koreans aged over [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Starfield, a shopping and theme park franchise operated by local retail giant Shinsegae Group, has set up South Korea’s first ‘dog lounges’ for customers and their pets. The dog lounges offer specially designed sofas for pets as well as their owners, restrooms for pets, and dog hooks where customers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government plans to build centers that will provide comprehensive services for pets to address increasing demand, as more than 6 million households now own pets. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Thursday that the government is planning to invest 4.8 billion won [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Every time 36-year-old Park leaves her home in Busan with her pet Maltese, she wishes she could do more than just take a walk around the block with Mongi, or take him to a dog café. As a very active 3-year-old male dog, Mongi needs a larger space to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Chung, a 31-year-old pet lover, has been keeping his air conditioner at home turned on while he is away at work for the past couple of weeks. This is for the sake of his pet dogs, who are at home all day long. “Previously, I kept the windows open [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — With three to four lost or abandoned dogs rescued daily at one animal center in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, the facility has maxed out its full capacity. With space for 40 animals, the shelter currently houses 105 dogs. As abandoned dogs keep being reported, the shelter has opened up a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With various types of video content featuring subject matter such as songs, dance and food having gained popularity on the video-sharing website YouTube, channels featuring pet animals are another trendy topic. Yesterday, YouTube Korea released a list of channels that had seen the biggest growth in the first half [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Park In-bee, currently the top-ranked player in the Women’s World Golf Rankings, has once again made a donation of pet food to abandoned animals. The Korean Animal Welfare Association announced Friday that the golf star, known as a great dog lover and owner of “Rio,” a pet dog of [...]
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, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Headlined by the recent death of an unidentified manager of the famous Han Il Kwan restaurant in Seoul, who passed away from blood poisoning six days after being bitten by a French Bulldog belonging to actor and K-Pop star Choi Si-won, the number of victims attacked by pet dogs [...]