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Kim Jong Un's gift of two hunting dogs to South Korea in September is starting to bear more fruit, first with a litter of puppies and now with a landmark railway deal. South Korea will send trains across the border to North Korea for the ...
Akita ranks 2nd for Japan prefecture searches abroad thanks to dog breed
The northeastern prefecture of Akita came in second, behind Tokyo, in a ranking of Japanese prefecture names searched on the internet abroad, a survey by a digital advertising company has found. The result was unexpected, with Akita coming ahead of such prefectures as Kyoto and ...
All-points bulletin: A Shiba named Reina is in need of a home
Reina is smart, knows a lot of commands, loves other dogs and doesn't even mind veterinarians.
South Korean officials on Thursday began to dismantle the country's largest canine slaughterhouse complex, as animal rights activists push to end the custom of eating dog meat. About 1 million dogs are eaten a year in South Korea, often as a summertime delicacy, with the ...
President Moon Jae-in received a pair of North Korean indigenous hunting dogs from Pyongyang, his office said Sunday, the latest token of the rapidly blossoming friendship on the peninsula. "Cheong Wa Dae (the presidential office) was offered a pair of Pungsan dogs from the North ...
Tokyo exhibition to portray bond between Helen Keller and Akita dogs
U.S. author and activist Helen Keller (1880-1968) treasured the companionship of dogs throughout her life, including two Akitas from Japan that in the 1930s became the first of their kind to enter the United States. Half a century since Keller passed away, an exhibition touring ...
