[Courtesy of the presidential Blue House]
SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in has received a pair of Pungsan breed dogs sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift to mark their summit in Pyongyang in September.
The dogs named Songkang and Gomi were born in 2017. In Moon's residence, they will live together with two other dogs including Tori, an adopted dog rescued from a dog meat farm. Tori has become the symbol of a social campaign to accelerate the adoption of abandoned dogs and cats.
Pungsan dogs were bred to hunt wild animals in the North's Kaema highlands. After a landmark inter-Korean summit in 2000, North Korea gifted two Pungsan dogs. After living in the presidential residence, they were moved to a zoo, where they gave birth to 15 puppies before dying at age 13.
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Lim Chang-won
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