Last January, South Korea’s parliament passed a bill banning the breeding and slaughter of dogs for consumption, ending the controversial practice of eating dog meat. It’s a fitting bill ...

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 ...

South Korean animal rights activists stage a rally opposing South Korea’s culture of eating dog meat near the presidential Blue House in Seoul on July 16, 2020. (AP Photo) ...

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.

SEOUL--South Korea announced plans Thursday to compensate farmers and others in the country’s dwindling dog meat industry before a formal ban goes effect in 2027, a move that is drawing ...