SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will ban private bear farming starting January 24, marking a significant shift in the country’s wildlife protection policies. The Ministry of Environment announced that the new regulations will also allow local governments to prohibit feeding pigeons and impose fines on violators. The revised Wildlife Protection and Management Act [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 70% of South Koreans are now familiar with the nation’s animal protection laws, reflecting a steady increase in public awareness of animal welfare issues, according to a recent government survey. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs conducted an online survey of 5,000 respondents aged 20-64 across [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is set to intensify its efforts to reduce wildlife roadkill by designating and managing 100 high-risk road segments, up from the previous 50, according to a joint announcement by the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on December 26. The new [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Eight out of ten South Koreans believe the country’s animal protection laws should be extended to include fish raised for food consumption, according to a new survey highlighting growing public awareness of aquatic animal welfare. The Animal Welfare Awareness Research & Education (AWARE) released findings on October 24 from its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced Wednesday that it has come up with new measures and policies to protect the Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins that live near Jeju Island. The dolphins were designated as a protected species in 2012. Some 120 of them are known to reside near the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in June of next year, popular figures will be able to demand reparations or remedy if financial damage is incurred by someone illegally using their name or pictures. The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) said Tuesday that new legislation including these rules had passed the state council. While [...]
SEJONG, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oceans ministry said Tuesday it has added three additional species to the list of protected marine organisms in line with efforts to join the international move to conserve the ecosystem. The newly included species are the olive ridley sea turtle, killer whale and false killer whale, according [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oceans ministry said Monday it will seek to include killer whales in its list of protected marine species as the country plans to bolster measures to preserve marine mammals in line with tightened global environment rules. The move came in line with efforts to meet the requirements [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced a new plan on Tuesday to protect finless porpoises reportedly dying off the southwestern coast. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries will begin looking into the habitats of finless porpoises in the southern region of the west coast and the coastline along South Gyeongsang Province to collect [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will create a multi-language police hotline to better protect foreign wives from domestic violence, the gender ministry said Friday. The government will also ban men with records of serious crimes from bringing in foreign brides and enhance education for marriage migrants and mix-race families to help them [...]