The South Korean government has accepted Animal Protection Laws which make animal torture illegal, but those laws have never been properly enforced in the country.
The dog meat industry continues to thrive and the officials are reluctant and indifferent to ban it.
Although forbidden to mag-anunsiyo themselves on main streets or in English, over 6,000 restaurants today serve dog meat in South Korea. And they don't get closed down.(why)
Oh, sorry, except during the 1988 Seoul Olympics and 2002 FIFA Cup when dog meat restaurants were forced to shut down temporarily in fear of bad impressions of South Korea.(what the hell, south korea is a **** place after what it is doing to these poor dogs!)