Gabriel and Lydia Teo, a Taiwanese couple, spent two weeks traveling across South Korea in February with their seven-year-old ...

Across South Korea recently, abandoned pets are flooding adoption listings on the national animal protection information ...

Instead, they have opted to shower Sancho with love and gifts. They are not alone. South Korea's pet industry is booming, fueled by the same factors that have made the country's birth rate ...

More than half of pet owners in Korea are unaware that humans can contract parasites directly from pets, a recent survey led by a government agency showed Sunday. Some 51.5 percent of the 604 ...

More Koreans are raising pets and want them cremated when they die. But no one wants a cremation facility in their town.

According to Statistics Korea, the consumer price index for pet products, including food, toys and grooming supplies, reached 116.8 percent in 2024. The figure steadily increased from 100 percent ...

One out of three people in Korea is a “plant mom or dad,” who takes care of plants as a family member, and the domestic market for pet plants is worth more than 2.4 trillion won, according to a ...

A veterinarian took samples from her nose and rectum and transferred them to Seoul's Animal Sanitation Laboratory, the city office said South Korea is conducting COVID tests on pets with ...

High1 Resort, owned by Kangwon Land Inc., will host "Daengdaeng Trekking 2025," South Korea's largest pet-friendly hiking event, in May. The event, now in its fifth year, will take place along the ...

Lastly, the fact that households with pet dogs and cats generally have higher incomes is also a reason the market is shifting toward premium offerings. According to a recent report from the Korea ...