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Dog meat soup alley quiet during final boknal season before government ban takes effect

As Korea’s dog meat ban looms, once-crowded specialized eateries are seeing fewer customers and preparing to switch menus or shut down entirely.

2026.7.20

Handlers pull fighting bulls into the ring by tugging on their nose ropes during a bullfighting event in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang, earlier in the year. [ANIMAL LIBERATION WAVE]

Korean bullfighting faces criticism over conditions, injuries

Korea’s traditional bullfighting events, long held under the banner of cultural preservation, are facing increasing criticism for animal cruelty, as new data reveals that many bulls refuse to fight and suffer injuries when forced into combat.

2025.6.26

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Animal rights activists hold a rally at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on March 23, calling for appropriate punishment for the person responsible for the deaths of more than 1,000 cats and dogs. [YONHAP]

Man given 3 year sentence for starving over 1,000 cats, dogs to death

A court sentenced a man in his 60s to three years in prison for starving more than 1,000 abandoned cats and dogs to death. The Suwon District Court's branch in Yeoju, Gyeonggi, sentenced the man with the maximum penalty imposed against animal...

2023.5.12

Dogs in a private shelter in Daegu share a small cage. With the revised Animal Protection Act, shelters have to be provide adequate housing in order to operate. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Animal protection law gets long-awaited overhaul, but advocates worry about loopholes

Korea’s Animal Protection Act that was drawn up in 1991 has been long due for an overhaul. And finally, for the first time in 31 years, the law went through a complete revision. On April 26, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ...

2022.5.29

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Man given 3 year sentence for starving over 1,000 cats, dogs to death

Animal protection law gets long-awaited overhaul, but advocates worry about loopholes