Fast-forward more than three decades, and South Korea is a very different country, not least in how many people eat dog meat. According to a Gallup poll last year, only 8% of people had tried dog ...

For the typical Westerner, eating dogs certainly qualifies as one of those practices we find strange and unsettling. However, cultural biases aside, there is no getting around the fact that many dogs ...

Speaking to Daily NK, a newspaper in neighbouring South Korea, the source listed the offences that could leave dog owners in violation of the government's socialist ethos. 'Treating a dog as a ...

According to government statistics, South Korea had around 1,600 dog meat restaurants ... and Ms Kim has called for the practice of eating dogs to end. Animal rights groups, which have long ...

is neither explicitly banned nor legalized in South Korea. Recent surveys show more people want its ban and a majority of South Koreans don’t eat dog meat any longer. But the surveys also ...

Picture: KCNA VIA KNS / AFP / South Korea OUT But eating canines is still allowed. Dog meat is considered a national dish in North Korea, with numerous restaurants serving it. Owning pet dogs was ...

“South Korea is the only developed country where people eat dogs, an act that is undermining our international image,” Lee said. “Even if the K-pop band BTS and the (Korean drama) Squid Game ...

Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hotdogs and ordered imprisonment ... The dish was imported from affluent, pro-Western South Korea in 2017. The vendor also confirmed ...

But eating canines is still allowed ... Budae-jjigae — a spicy noodle soup made using hot dogs or Spam — was imported from pro-Western South Korea in 2017. But a vendor in the northern ...