Helicopters heading to aid 476 passengers and crew aboard a South Korean ferry sinking on its way to Jeju island from Incheon, some 20 kilometres off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo. A passenger ferry with 459 people on board has capsized and sunk off the coast of South Korea, with two people declared dead and almost 300 missing. The sinking has been declared the country’s biggest peacetime... 

Dogs in a case are waiting to be slaughtered at Moran Market in Seongnam, east of Seoul. Moran Market is the largest dog meat market in South Korea. (click to enlarge) Abuse of Dogs Still Rampant in S. Korea, China. A shocking case of animal abuse in Seoul’s largest dog meat market, revealed recently, has left many people in South Korea and China horrified and angry. The abuse of hundreds of...