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. Of the total 1,537 dog ...

Over 2 million dogs are killed for their meat every year in South Korea. Estimated to be a $2 billion industry, dog meat is most commonly eaten during the hot summer months in a spicy stew called ...

But South Korea’s dog meat industry has drawn more attention because of the country’s reputation as a cultural and economic powerhouse. It’s also the only nation with industrial-scale dog farms.

The two years I spent teaching English in South Korea proved to be a wonderful and enriching experience. I met many warmhearted and generous people who were only too willing to help a naïve American ...

It’s like eating your friend. Ironically, some of those people who are eating dogs, if those dogs were their pet, that dog would be protecting that person’s life, that’s the irony.

While dog meat dishes are being sold in the Olympics' host city, hundreds of dogs are also being raised in unlicensed American kennels and sold for their meat Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

As deadly wildfires ravage the country's southeastern regions, an animal protection group has been rescuing domestic animals ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Thursday said it’ll launch a task force to consider outlawing dog meat consumption, about two months after the country’s president offered to look into ending the ...

Henney volunteers with Humane World for Animals and has rescued and adopted five canines for the the dog meat trade ...