{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_legality_kr","category":"exotic-pet-legality","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_legality_kr\ncategory: exotic-pet-legality\ntitle: \"South Korea — CITES / exotic (non-domestic) wildlife import, export and private-keeping trade restrictions (Wildlife Protection and Management Act + CITES)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Korea Ministry of Environment — Wildlife Integrated Management System (WIMS), '국제적멸종위기종 수출·입 허가' (official CITES permit guidance)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-b4/kr_wims_cites_permit_2026-07-30.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-30\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"WIMS (wims.mcee.go.kr) — CITES export/import permit guidance, Ministry of Environment\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Korea Ministry of Environment (Ministry of Environment Wildlife Integrated Management System)\"\n  title: \"South Korea — CITES / exotic wildlife import-export and private-keeping trade restrictions\"\n  url: \"https://wims.mcee.go.kr/wims/minwon/cms/cmsCont.do?cntnts_sn=5\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-30\"\n  ref: \"야생생물 보호 및 관리에 관한 법률 (Wildlife Protection and Management Act) arts 14(6), 16; CITES\"\n  doc_type: \"official government permit guidance (first-hand)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# South Korea — CITES / exotic (non-domestic) wildlife import, export and private-keeping trade restrictions (Wildlife Protection and Management Act + CITES)\nFirst-hand facts from the Korean Ministry of Environment's official Wildlife Integrated Management System (WIMS) CITES permit guidance — the government's own statement of the rules implementing the Wildlife Protection and Management Act (야생생물 보호 및 관리에 관한 법률) and CITES for keeping, importing and trading exotic/non-domestic species. The verbatim Korean snippets below are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified; an English gloss follows each. This is the Korean framework governing exotic-pet (CITES-listed) import, commercial trade and private keeping.\n## Scope of permit control\n- KR-1 (verbatim): \"CITES 부속서 Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ에 등재된 모든 동·식물\" — All animals and plants listed in CITES Appendices I, II and III are subject to export/import permit control.\n## Commercial / private-keeping import ban (key exotic-pet rule)\n- KR-2 (verbatim): \"상업용(개인 사육) 목적으로 CITES 포유류·조류(앵무목 제외) 전종 수출‧입 불가\" — For commercial (private-keeping) purposes, the export/import of ALL CITES mammal and bird species (except parrots, Psittaciformes) is prohibited.\n- KR-3 (verbatim): \"상기에 해당하지 않더라도 부속서 Ⅰ 생물종의 경우 상업용 목적으로 수출‧입할 수 없음\" — Even where not otherwise covered, Appendix I species may not be exported/imported for commercial purposes.\n- KR-4 (verbatim): \"살아있는 부속서 I, II, III 종을 순회전시, 인공증식 및 유통‧판매 등 상업적 목적으로 수출‧입할 경우 과학당국 의견 수렴 후 수출‧입 허가 여부 결정\" — Live Appendix I/II/III species exported/imported for commercial touring exhibitions, captive breeding, distribution or sale require scientific-authority review before a permit decision.\n## Captive-bred and personal-pet allowances\n- KR-5 (verbatim): \"외국에서 판매용으로 인공증식된 것 중 국내 생태계 교란의 우려가 없는 종으로서 환경부 장관이 정하여 고시하는 종을 수입 또는 반입하는 경우\" — Import is allowed for species commercially captive-bred abroad that are designated by the Minister of Environment as not threatening the domestic ecosystem.\n- KR-6 (verbatim): \"일시 체류를 목적으로 입국하는 사람이 출국 시 반출하기 위하여 애완용 국제적 멸종위기종 등을 반입하는 경우(P)\" — A temporary visitor may bring in pet internationally-endangered species (to take them back out on departure) under code P.\n## Interaction with domestic endangered-species law\n- KR-7 (verbatim): \"CITES 종이면서 동시에 국내멸종위기종일 경우 [야생생물 보호 및 관리에 관한 법률 제14조제6항](https://www.law.go.kr/법령/야생생물보호및관리에 관한 법률 \"새창열림\") 에 따라 CITES 허가만 받아도 됨\" — Where a species is both CITES-listed and a domestic endangered species, obtaining the CITES permit alone suffices under article 14(6) of the Wildlife Protection and Management Act.\n","sources":["California Department of Fish and Wildlife — 'Living with Wildlife' — South Korea — CITES / exotic wildlife import-export and private-keeping trade restrictions (retrieved 2026-07-30)"],"source":{"authority":"California Department of Fish and Wildlife — 'Living with Wildlife'","title":"South Korea — CITES / exotic wildlife import-export and private-keeping trade restrictions","url":"https://wims.mcee.go.kr/wims/minwon/cms/cmsCont.do?cntnts_sn=5","retrieved":"2026-07-30","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"WIMS (wims.mcee.go.kr) — CITES export/import permit guidance, Ministry of Environment","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-b4/kr_wims_cites_permit_2026-07-30.txt"},"source_document":"WIMS (wims.mcee.go.kr) — CITES export/import permit guidance, Ministry of Environment","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-b4/kr_wims_cites_permit_2026-07-30.txt","tokens_estimated":685,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}