SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Choi Jung-in, a 33 year-old clinical psychologist, lived with two kittens in a studio in Seoul before the trio moved in with her parents in December. She fondly remembers her first cat, Mango, which she brought in last year, for helping her ease the feelings of loneliness when she [...]
SEOUL, Feb.11 (Korea Bizwire) – With the number of Korean pet-owners now exceeding 10 million, various businesses catering to the needs of pets are appearing. The size of the pet industry was estimated to reach 1.8 trillion won last year. Despite the sluggish economy, ‘petfams’ (a term created by putting together ‘pet’ and ‘family’) are [...]
INCEON, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon Residents are calling out for a crematorium for pets. The city has the fourth largest number of registered pets in the nation. According to officials in Bupyeong-gu, another suggestion has been made to the local government of Incheon to establish a crematorium for pets. It was the second time [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – Research indicates that comprehensive health check-ups including computer tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans could expose the human body to dangerous levels of radiation. According to the research team of professor Kim Mu-young at the Seoul Medical Center, the ‘basic check-up’ procedures expose the human body to an [...]
“I think there’s no need to live if I didn’t have family. It was my family that supported me when I was going through a four-year slump, which felt like an endless rut at the time. I met my husband and decided not to quit when I was thinking of retiring from golf. I am [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A dog that was buried alive in the bushes near an apartment complex was rescued by police. Police officers were notified that there was a groaning sound coming from the ground. When they arrived at the scene, they found a Maltese buried in the ground. The dog was about [...]
Seoul, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – With the increase of ‘for-pets’, people who invest in their pets freely, the sales of vacation items for pets are soaring. The pet product market, which was previously concentrated on practical products such as food and snacks for pets is broadening its product family. According to the online shopping [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A special “vending machine” designed to collect donations for animal welfare or other causes has been installed in Seoul. On June 16, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it set up the reverse vending machine that accepts cans, PET, paper and glass bottles for recycling on a street in the [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is planning to employ 1,000 citizens as animal rights monitoring agents until 2020, according to a statement presented at an open debate about animal rights on May 12. The city is set to develop five more pet playgrounds in Seoul, achieve registrations of more than 600,000 pets, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean children were hoping to get a pet as a present for this year’s Children’s Day, according to a survey conducted by Tooniverse, a Korean cable channel for children, from May 1 to 4 on 1,400 children aged between 4 and 14. According to the survey, 21.3 percent of [...]