SEOUL — South Korea is planning to introduce a ban on dog meat consumption by the end of this year, Seoul authorities said Friday.
Eating dog meat is neither explicitly prohibited nor legalized in South Korea, and successive governments have failed to make progress on pledges to stop the practice.
Public and political momentum to outlaw dog meat has been growing in the country as the centuries-old practice has fallen out of favor with most young Koreans. It has also attracted international criticism from international rights activists.
