dog meat-legislationNational Assembly speeds up efforts to outlaw dog meat consumption in S. KoreaBy Kang Jae-eun SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- Legislative efforts to end dog meat consumption in South Korea are picking up speed amid rare political unity following the presidential office's outspoken support for ending the centuries-old practice. Calls to end the practice are not new in South Korea, where butchering or eating dog meat is neither explicitly prohibited nor legalized. But the anti-dog meat campaign received fresh attention in late August as first lady Kim Keon Hee made a surprise visit to a civic group's press conference calling for an end to such a practice.

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