SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Unregistered pets will now be denied access to public facilities in South Korea. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum passed a new policy for the management of abandoned animals on Thursday at a state council meeting. The government announced that it will raise the proportion of registered animals to more than 70 percent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourism and accommodation businesses are locked in fierce competition for customers by introducing new facilities and package deals. They are also introducing so-called ‘pet-cation’ packages that allow guests to bring pets to five-star hotels and resorts. Sono Hotels & Resorts currently runs a pet hotel at Vivaldi Park ski [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to open up 1,201 uninhabited islands designated as ‘usable’ for fishing and camping with pets. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to legislate a newly revised law that lifts restrictions on uninhabited islands to allow public use such as fishing, exempting them from the list [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential hopefuls are competing over the votes of 15 million pet owners in South Korea. Gyeonggi Gov. Lee Jae-myung, the current front-runner among the ruling Democratic Party (DP)’s presidential contenders, has carried out various initiatives for pets including the establishment of pet playground and cat adoption centers, as well [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Presidential contenders from the ruling and opposition blocs have added a new approach to their widening campaigns to win voters at next year’s presidential election: reaching out to cats and dogs. Gyeonggi Province Gov. Lee Jae-myung and Rep. Lee Nak-yon, the top two presidential hopefuls from the ruling Democratic [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to enter the so-called ‘petconomy’ market, or market for pet merchandise. Last week, drugmaker Yuhan Corp. introduced GedaCure, the country’s first drug to treat Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) in pets. South Korean cancer immunotherapy drug company Vaxcell-Bio Therapeutics Co. recently completed clinical trials [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 30 percent of stray pets protected by animal shelters found new homes in 2020, data showed Monday, amid the growing popularity of raising pets in South Korea. The number of pets rescued by animal shelters came to 130,401 in 2020, down 3.9 percent from 135,791 posted in the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Monday that it will begin a four-month trial of M.Vibe, the company’s newest integrated mobility service for electric vehicle (EV) drivers with pets. Customers can book pet medical treatments, beauty salons, and accommodations using M.Vibe, and easily travel with pets onboard a specially designed Kia [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — About 1 in 3 South Korean households raised pets in 2020, a survey showed Thursday, with the number of pet dogs and cats here reaching 8.6 million. The number of households raising pets was estimated at 6.38 million in 2020, up 8 percent from the previous year’s 5.91 million, [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to one third of South Korean households own pets. However, recent data shows that 3 in 4 pets are often left alone at home, for around six hours every day. KB Financial Group’s research unit reported Sunday that as many as 6 million homes owned pets as of [...]