South Korea's First Lady speaks up against controversial dog-eating habit (special focus by The Straits Times)


South Korea's First Lady Kim Keon-hee going for a walk with her pet dogs near her residence in Seoul. - The Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL, June 18 (The Straits Times/ANN): South Korea's First Lady Kim Keon-hee has become the latest public figure to voice out against the country's controversial habit of eating dog meat.

An animal lover, she is known to rescue abandoned dogs and is raising four dogs - and three cats - at home with her husband, President Yoon Suk-yeol.

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