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 Korea's impending ban on the dog meat trade leaves the fate of hundreds of thousands of dogs uncertain. While farms are closing and compensation is offered, official records show minimal ...

A heat wave gripped Korea on Monday, two days before "chobok," traditionally believed to be the beginning of the hottest days ...

Reverend Joo Yeong-bong raises dogs, for a business that's now become illegal. "Since last summer we've been trying to sell our dogs, but the traders just keep hesitating," says Joo, 60, to BBC. "Not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dog leash lays on the floor at an abandoned dog slaughter facility in Pyeongtaek (Jung Yeon-je) Electric prods rest against the ...

South Korea's parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark ban on the production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have grown sharply over concerns about animal rights and the ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Seventy-five years of division have led the two Koreas to adopt diametrically opposed policies on the peninsula’s most notorious culinary item. Pyongyang last week proclaimed the ...

WASHINGTON - Nearly three dozen dogs arrived in the U.S. this week after being rescued from South Korean dog meat farms and will soon be ready for adoption, officials with Human Society said — calling ...

Most of the 57 dogs rescued from the butcher in South Korea are doing well at a San Francisco animal shelter and are getting ready to find new homes in the United States. On Friday, the dogs, mostly ...

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Electric prods rest against the wall near rusty cages containing dog skulls in an abandoned canine slaughterhouse in a South Korean town. The deserted site in Pyeongtaek, ...