date:Dec 27, 2018
Gallup Korea in June 2018, about 70% of South Koreans said they would not eat dog meat in future -- up from 44% in 2015.
South Koreans' changing perception of dogs can be attributed to multiple factors, but several experts stressed the need for companionship in an increasingly competitive and atomized society.
Increasing single-household numbers and a relatively high level of stress experienced from interacting with people in South Korea might have contributed to this change, said Suh Eun-kook