Internationally recognized non-animal methods are neither promoted by the government nor adopted by industry in South Korea, and many laboratories simply ignore them, even though the country is a member of the OECD. In 2019, 3,712,380 animals used in South Korea with an alarming increase of 187% in animal testing for insecticide testing and a 115% increase in animal testing for industrial chemicals.

The bill now being proposed to promote the development, dissemination, and use of alternatives to animal testing methods would give priority to human-specific technologies to modernize and improve human health research and product safety testing.

Source:
https://www.hsi.org/news-media/hsi-korea-welcomes-historic-bill-to-prioritize-technologies-that-replace-animal-testing-in-south-korea/