Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Seoul schools to ban frog dissections amid animal cruelty, psychological trauma concerns

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Thursday that it had revised provisions on animal cruelty in the city's education ordinance.

2025-03-30

From street to shelter: Seoul city animal centers raise adoption rates for abandoned pets

The Seoul Animal Care Center, operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, has been emerging as a new channel for reducing animal euthanasia and fostering the adoption of abandoned pets.

2024-11-07

Cruel killing of animals to carry 3-year prison term

Killing an animal using cruel methods will carry a sentence of up to three years in prison under new sentencing guidelines, the top court said Monday.

2024-11-04

Not born to be wild, abandoned dogs return in roving feral packs

Abandoned dogs are posing an increasing problem across the country as they form roving packs, with sightings and even attacks on the rise.

2024-10-29

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.

2024-01-10

Proposed dog meat ban passes committee despite boycott of party that proposed it

The Democratic Party (DP) on Thursday criticized the Yoon government as a bill to prohibit dog meat consumption passed through a parliamentary subcommittee without the presence of the People Power Party (PPP).

2023-12-14

Abused and buried alive

Members of the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA) and animal protection group Life are gathered for a joint press conference on Tuesday, outside the Yongsan Presidential Office in central Seoul, to expose an alleged massacre of dogs and cats...

2023-05-30

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...

2023-05-12

Forum calls on government to replace animal testing

Key issues raised was the lack of commitment from the government and public institutions to replace animal testing and training of experts, in addition to the passive approach from private sectors to adopt such technologies due to low demand.

2023-05-03

Man reported to police for abandoning dog in ice cream store

An animal rights group filed a complaint to the police against a man who abandoned a dog in an unmanned store. A man appearing to be in his 50s or 60s allegedly abandoned a white dog in an unmanned ice cream shop in Busan around midnight...

2023-02-23