SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon Metropolitan City Government announced that it will hold a marathon for people and their pets at the Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in October. The marathon will see both pets and their owners run a 6-kilometer course together. The marathon will accept some 10,000 participants. The entry price [...]
JEJU, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The domestic arrival hall at Jeju International Airport garnered attention after the arrival of some unusual passengers on Thursday. The 33 passengers who came along with 18 pet dogs arrived on the island on a chartered plane, which was part of the Jeju Island Private Jet Plane for Passengers [...]
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, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of pet cats in South Korea jumped by almost 300,000 in the last 12 months. The state-run Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries reported that 7.1 of all households in South Korea owned cats as a pet as of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s resorts and hotels are scrambling to attract so-called “petfam” guests with pets. Petfam (pet+family) refers a family that treats pets as a family. The Kensington Resort Chungju, which became a pet-friendly resort facility in December 2020, has been visited by 50,000 people ever since, who brought 65,000 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors living alone can raise their level of life satisfaction and lower stress by adopting a pet, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs surveyed 1,308 people over 60 years of age forming single-person households, to learn about their pets, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An artificial intelligence (AI)-based pet health management platform developed by a South Korean startup will be used for non-face-to-face diagnosis in the U.S. AI FOR PET, the operator of the pet health management application TTcare, said Wednesday it will provide an AI-based pet medical environment in collaboration with American [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean credit card companies are releasing a string of new cards targeting pet owners. The Samsung iD PET Card, released this month by Samsung Card Co., offers a 30 percent discount of up to 50,000 won (US$34.81) per month when cardholders use veterinary clinics or pet-related shopping malls. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Koreans are bringing their dogs and cats with them when they travel by air. According to Korean Air Lines Co., 6,020 pets flew on its international flights and 12,775 pets travelled on domestic flights in the passenger cabin from January to August. During the same [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will open pet care centers for socially vulnerable groups on a trial basis. The project, to end on Dec. 22, aims to support vulnerable groups who face difficulties arranging accomodation for their pets in case of a long-term absence. The pet care [...]