Under the bill, anybody slaughtering a dog for food can be punished by up to three years in prison or fined up to 30 million Korean won (about $23,000). Anyone who breeds dogs for eating, or who ...

The Korean practice of eating dog has drawn criticism from overseas ... President Yoon Suk Yeol, has adopted stray dogs. Anti-dog meat bills have failed in the past because of protests by those ...

More than 6 million South Korean households now own dogs as pets in a country of about ... showed almost two-thirds of respondents opposed eating dog meat, with only 8% saying they had eaten ...