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South Korean dog-meat farmers clash with police over potential ban, threaten to release 2 million dogs in targeted protest

November 30, 2023 by Andrew Chapados Leave a Comment

Dog farmers in South Korea are protesting a ban on the consumption and farming of dogs as food, threatening to unleash dogs from their farms all at once. The government has promised support to those closing their farms.

There are approximately 1,150 dog breeding farms, with 34 slaughterhouses, and 219 distribution companies for the industry, according to Reuters. An additional 1,600 restaurants serve dog, according to government data, the outlet reported.

Farmers have protested in front of the legislature to demand the ruling People Power Party get rid of the legislation. The farmers reportedly said that banning the industry would destroy their livelihood and limit the options of diners. They alleged claimed that the food has traditionally been consumed to beat summer heat.

“If I have to close down, with the financial condition I’m in, there really is no answer to what I can do,” said Lee Kyeong-sig, who runs a farm of up to 1,100 dogs. “I’ve been in this for 12 years and it is so sudden.”

A Gallup Korea poll from 2022 reportedly showed that almost two-thirds of respondents opposed eating dog meat, with 8% saying they had eaten dog meat within the last year. That number was 27% in 2015.

A poll by Humane Society International and Nielsen resulted in 86% of respondents saying they “have little to no intention of consuming dog meat in the future, regardless of their past consumption.”

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s party introduced the ban on the sale and breeding of dogs for consumption. More than 6 million South Korean households own a dog as a pet. The first lady has been vocal about the issue and has adopted dogs and owns six in total.

The agriculture minister said the ban would be implemented quickly but that farmers would be provided the maximum support possible, with financial compensation and a three-year grace period.

Still, farmers clashed with police at the legislature and even attempted to drive trucks in front of the presidential office with dogs in cages, which they said they would release at the scene.

South Korean ‘dog lovers’ protest govt bid to outlaw dog meat industry

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The protest was composed of about 200 dog farmers from the Korea Dog Meat Farmers’ Association. According to Time, the union said it was contemplating the release of 2 million dogs near government landmarks in protest.

“If you ask how big the opposition from farmers is, we’re talking about releasing 2 million dogs we’re raising,” Joo Young-bong, head of the association, reportedly said on a radio show.

The union boss listed potential target sites such as the aforementioned presidential office, along with the agriculture minister’s home.

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Filed Under: Dog Meat, Farmers, News, South Korea, The Blaze

Kim Jong-un Claims North Korean Satellite Is Spying on White House

November 28, 2023 by Frances Martel Leave a Comment

The communist propaganda outlet of North Korea claimed on Tuesday that an alleged surveillance satellite launched on November 21 had already taken photos of several sensitive American military sites and the White House.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the flagship media network of the communist North Korean regime, reported that dictator Kim Jong-un spent much of his day on Tuesday perusing a report on the “Malligyong-1” surveillance satellite, whose launch prompted stern condemnations from South Korea, America, and the United Nations. The satellite reportedly took photos of several sites in the United States and abroad.

“The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un saw the satellite photos of Rome of Italy taken at 17:56:28 on Nov. 25 (Pyongyang Time) and Anderson Air Force Base taken above Guam in the Pacific at 09:17:07 on Nov. 27 (Pyongyang Time) and pilot satellite images of other regions,” KCNA claimed.

In the U.S. mainland, Kim reportedly saw photos “in detail” of “the Norfolk Naval Station, the Newport News Dockyard and an airfield of Virginia, U.S., taken at 23:35:53 on Nov. 27 and the White House and the Pentagon of Washington and other objects at 23:36:25 on Nov. 27.” In an apparent attempt to verify that the photos exist, KCNA claimed that “four U.S. Navy nuclear carriers and one British aircraft carrier” were in the photos.

Kim expressed “great satisfaction” with the project, the propaganda network claimed.

North Korea notably did not publish any of the images and made dubious claims surrounding the functionality of the spy satellite almost immediately after South Korean officials confirmed its launch. Pyongyang claimed that it had photos of American military facilities in Guam less than 24 hours after the rocket carrying the satellite launched, a declaration South Korean officials dismissed as an “exaggeration.”

Kim Jong-un, according to North Korean state media, declared shortly after the launch that he had plans for “many more reconnaissances satellites” to “closely monitor and grasp the nature … of the U.S. imperialists.”

“The launch of reconnaissance satellite is a legitimate right of the DPRK [North Korea] for strengthening its self-defensive capabilities and it will make a significant contribution to definitely ramping up the war preparedness of the armed forces,” KCNA said at the time, “in conformity with the security environment created in and around the country owing to the enemies’ dangerous military moves.”

The “Malligyong-1” has caused significant consternation in South Korea and among American and U.N. officials, as reconnaissance satellites of this kind are sanctioned under U.N. law. The potential involvement of the Russian government has also prompted irritation and alarm, as North Korea had attempted two prior launches of the satellite with no success, but launched the Malligyong-1 after Kim personally visited one of Russia’s top space launch facilities, the Vostochny Cosmodrome, in September. The stop was part of a tour of western Russia that included an in-person meeting with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and was the longest Kim had been outside of North Korea since taking over for late father Kim Jong-il in 2011.

“The leader of the DPRK [North Korea] shows great interest in rocket engineering. They are also trying to develop space,” Putin said at the time.

Neither North Korea nor Russia has given any indication of direct Russian involvement in the launch of the satellite, but Seoul officials have not disguised their suspicions.

“In the first and second attempt, (the rocket) crashed due to engine issues, but the engine was successful this time,” South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik told the country’s KBS radio station last week. “Putin’s offer to help appears to not have been empty words.”

A U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday turned tense as North Korea chose to send a representative to defend the launch of the satellite, leading to intense exchanges between the Pyongyang representative and America’s envoy.

“The DPRK is unabashedly trying to advance its nuclear weapons delivery systems by testing ballistic missile technology in clear violation of this council’s resolutions. This reckless unlawful behavior threatens all of the DPRK’s neighbors and all member states,” American Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said. The spy satellite technology can be used to similarly develop ballistic missiles and thus falls under U.N. weapons sanctions.

The North Korean envoy, Kim Song, insisted that his country had the “legitimate right” to launch satellites, and that it had done so in the context of being at war with the United States.

“The relation between the DPRK [North Korea] and the United States is not merely a relation between unfriendly countries,” Kim said, according to the Korea JoongAng Daily. “[They are relations] between belligerent [countries] which are at war in status, technically, legally, practically for seven decades.”

North and South Korea – and their respective allies, China and America – have technically been locked in a formal state of war since 1950. The active hostilities of the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice agreement, but neither side surrendered or signed a peace treaty, so the war remains technically active.

Thomas-Greenfield dismissed the need for North Korea to protect itself from a preemptive American bombing as “paranoia.”

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Filed Under: Asia, Breitbart, communism, Kim Jong-un, National Security, News, North Korea, Politics, Russia, Satellite, South Korea, United Nations, White House

South Korean City Holds Mass Blind Dates to Shore Up Birth Rates

November 27, 2023 by John Hayward Leave a Comment

The South Korean city of Seongnam held a mass blind dating event at a hotel on Sunday evening for the express purpose of helping more young people get married and have children to shore up South Korea’s collapsing birth rates.

Seongnam pulled out all the stops to make magic happen, serenading a hundred singles and surrounding them with “red wine, chocolates, games, free make-up services, and even background checks for the participating singles,” as Reuters reported.

A relationship coach was sent in to break the ice by leading the twenty- and thirty-somethings through a “rock-paper-scissor game,” which might have been uncomfortably close to Squid Games for a romantic mixer.

The attendees seemed pleasantly befuddled by the whole affair. It was actually the fifth in a series of mass mixers held by Seongnam this year. The city government said 198 of the 460 participants left the event with promises to keep in touch.

“We are facing a real demographic crisis and the government needs to do whatever it can. I don’t understand people complaining over this,” one of the participating men told Reuters.

The primary criticisms seem to be that government-sponsored date-and-mate operations are a little creepy and they probably will not work because the major causes of South Korea’s catastrophically low birth rate are high child-rearing expenses, long work hours, expensive real estate, and the opportunity cost of motherhood, not a shortage of venues for young men and women to meet each other.

“You need to spend more money directly on supporting pregnancy, child delivery and parenting to call it a policy to boost birth rates,” scoffed Seoul Women’s University professor Jung Jae-hoon.

The capital city of Seoul canceled its own plans for mass blind dating due to criticism that it would just be a waste of money. On the other hand, the people of Seongnam seem very interested in continuing the events. Thousands of people have signed up, and some of those who attended Sunday’s mixer said they were surprised at how competitive the sign-ups were.

The mayor of Seongnam, Shin Sang-jin, said he was under no illusions that low birth rates could be “resolved with a single policy,” but he thought the city could help “create the environment for people who want to marry to find their partners.” 

Shin also thought the singles events could promote “positive views of marriage” and encourage people to think of dating as fun. Attendees of a Seongnam blind dating event in August told the New York Times (NYT) they were surprised at how quickly the evening flew by. The city has spent less than $200,000 on blind dating events this year, which could be a modest price for reversing South Korea’s demographic decline — if it works.

The NYT found “mixed” evidence that government dating assistance is leading to more marriages. A few smaller cities have tried mass blind dating over the past decade or so, and produced only one or two marriages per year, with no indication of whether those unions led to children.

Seongnam is one of the ten largest cities in South Korea, and it is part of the Seoul metropolitan area, so it might offer the best chance for government-sponsored blind dating to catch on.

The NYT found a fascinating mixture of ennui, skepticism, and cautious optimism among the young professionals of Seongnam. Some scoffed at the crass artificiality of the government running a dating service because it needs more babies, while others were excited at the thought of jump-starting their social lives after the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the singles who attended the city-sponsored events talked about launching their own impromptu blind dating parties, which sounds like the response Mayor Shin was hoping for.

South Korea’s demographic crisis is arguably the worst in the world, with the fastest drop in fertility rates ever recorded. Communist China is panicking over a fertility rate of 1.09 births per woman; South Korea’s rate stands at 0.78. Japan, which for many years was considered a fearsome case study in population decline, is hovering around 1.3 at the moment.

American demographers worry about a marriage crisis as the average rate of weddings drops to six per thousand people. In South Korea’s last nationwide study, the marriage rate was only 3.8 per thousand.

South Korea seems to suffer under the most powerful of all the economic and social trends pushing birth rates down in China and the West, all at the same time.

In November, the Associated Press (AP) spoke to young South Korean women who bluntly stated they did not want to sacrifice their careers for motherhood, while men seem extremely anxious about embarking on marriage and family in uncertain economic times:

Many young South Koreans say that, unlike their parents and grandparents, they don’t feel an obligation to have a family. They cite the uncertainty of a bleak job market, expensive housing, gender and social inequality, low levels of social mobility and the huge expense of raising children in a brutally competitive society. Women also complain of a persistent patriarchal culture that forces them to do much of the childcare while enduring discrimination at work.

“In a nutshell, people think our country isn’t an easy place to live,” said Lee So-Young, a population policy expert at the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. “They believe their children can’t have better lives than them, and so question why they should bother to have babies.”

Many people who fail to enter good schools and land decent jobs feel they’ve become “dropouts” who “cannot be happy” even if they marry and have kids because South Korea lacks advanced social safety nets, said Choi Yoon Kyung, an expert at the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. She said South Korea failed to establish such welfare programs during its explosive economic growth in the 1960 to ’80s.

The problem — in South Korea, China, the United States, Europe, and every other industrialized nation — is that demographic decline is a catastrophic blow to systems that assume a steady or growing supply of skilled labor in each generation, plus large numbers of workers to support pensions and social safety net programs.

Students of South Korea’s demographic crisis were a bit surprised that South Korean culture did not offer more resistance to the low-fertility pressures affecting other advanced economies. More than in most other societies, South Koreans traditionally view young people who refuse to marry and have children as selfish and irresponsible. For whatever reason, all of that cultural pressure in favor of marriage and family dissipated over the last generation, leaving South Korea with the worst fertility problem on Earth.

Filed Under: Asia, Breitbart, Dating, Demographics, Family, fertility, Marriage, National Security, News, South Korea

Sen. John Barrasso Spends Thanksgiving with Wyoming Troops Stationed in South Korea

November 23, 2023 by David Ng Leave a Comment

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) flew to South Korea to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with military service personnel from his home state of Wyoming.

The senator shared a Thanksgiving meal with Wyoming service members and their families stationed at USAG Camp Humphreys.

The service members Barrasso visited hail from Casper, Cheyenne, Thayne, Sheridan, Rock Springs, and Lander, according to his office.

Had the honor of sharing Thanksgiving dinner with our troops from Wyoming stationed in South Korea. Wyoming is so thankful for their service and the sacrifice they’re making to defend our safety and security abroad. https://t.co/Y5FEUVGls0 pic.twitter.com/gcdpv56sKP

— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) November 23, 2023

In a statement, Barrasso praised the troops serving in the region, calling them “the first line of defense” against an increasingly belligerent North Korea.

“This Thanksgiving, Wyoming has a lot to be thankful for, including our brave men and women in uniform who are serving our country. We have service members from all across Wyoming stationed thousands of miles away in South Korea. They’re our first line of defense against an increasing threat from a dangerous and emboldened North Korea.”

“I made sure they knew everyone back home is thinking of them and their families over the holidays. Wyoming is so proud of their service and the sacrifice they’re making to defend our safety and security abroad.”

Barrasso, who serves as the Senate Republican Conference Chair, has been an outspoken defender of former President Donald Trump in the face of the charges brought by Biden’s Justice Department related to the January 6 riot.

“The American people have lost faith in Biden’s Justice Department,” he recently said. “They are uncomfortable watching the current president weaponize the justice system against his political opponent.”

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden reportedly spent Thanksgiving luxuriating at the Nantucket mansion of his billionaire pal David Rubenstein.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden landed late Tuesday in Nantucket, where they’ll reportedly spend the Thanksgiving holiday at private equity billionaire David Rubenstein’s compound. pic.twitter.com/aqZ2ZkuvA8

— Forbes (@Forbes) November 22, 2023

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Filed Under: Asia, Breitbart, John Barrasso, News, Politics, South Korea, Thanksgiving, Wyoming

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