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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

Goats are gathered in a farm in Korea on Feb. 24 . [MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS]

Let them eat goat: Gov't to boost local production with dog meat ban

A government push to boost domestic goat meat production is underway as consumption surges following the ban on dog meat, with an aim to build a stable production and distribution system by 2029.

2026.2.25

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A dog meat restaurant in Seoul is seen vacant on Spet. 26, 2024, as the Ministry of Agriculture annoucned a plan to ban dog meat the same day. [YONHAP]

70% of dog farms in Korea closed business in 1st year of dog meat ban: Agriculture Ministry

Seven out of 10 dog farms in Korea have closed their doors since the country enacted a law banning dog meat consumption a year earlier, the Agriculture Ministry said Thursday.

2025.8.14

Tourists walk past a bosintang (dog meat soup) restaurant in central Seoul on Sept. 26, 2024. [NEWS1]

New laws, changing attitudes spell end of controversial Korean summer dish

The decline of dog meat consumption in Korea follows a new law banning dog slaughter, resulting in closed restaurants and farms, a shift toward alternative dishes, and changing public sentiment.

2025.7.20

This image, captured from Korean Central Television on July 4, shows a ″sweet meat″ cooking competition held in Pyongyang. [YONHAP]

North Korea holds dog meat cooking contest, touts it as summer health food

North Korea hosted a dog meat cooking contest in Pyongyang to elevate culinary standards for the red meat.

2025.7.4

An alleyway where vendors sell dog meat in Seoul on Feb. 9. [NEWS1]

Four out of 10 dog farms in Korea closed since dog meat ban

Four out of 10 dog farms in Korea have closed their doors since the country legislated a law banning dog meat consumption last year, the Agriculture Ministry said Monday.

2025.2.10

A researcher works on identifying dog species. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul government develops kit to detect dog meat fraud

The Seoul Metropolitan Government's Institute of Health and Environment has developed a new kit that can detect if dog meat is being fraudulently sold as beef or pork by dog breeding farms and restaurants.

2024.8.14

People walk by a dog meat restaurant in Jongno District, central Seoul, on July 15. [NEWS1]

Korea to help dog meat restaurants get out of the business

The Korean government said Tuesday it would help the owners of dog meat-related businesses leave the industry or close their establishments before the grace period for a recently enacted ban on the controversial dish ends.

2024.8.6

Bosintang Street in Gyeongdong Market, Dongdaemun District, eastern Seoul, is empty at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Dog meat restaurants empty, alternative summer delicacies thrive after ban

Although Monday marked chobok, the first of the three hottest days of summer known as boknal, a once bustling street in Seoul with dog meat restaurants was eerily quiet. Instead, people flocked to establishments serving other energy-boosting dishes.

2024.7.16

Members of an association of dog farmers protest the government's proposed dog meat ban in front of the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, last November. The banner reads, ″The rights to eat is foremost!″ [YONHAP]

Dog meat ban faces backlash as farmers bite back

Korea's recently passed dog meat ban is facing a backlash from dog farmers threatening to unleash 2 million dogs in front of the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul.

2024.1.10