{"topic_id":"kr_market_stats_pending","category":"kr-market-stats","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_market_stats_pending\ncategory: kr-market-stats\ntitle: \"South Korea Pet-Food Market Size — PENDING: no first-hand source retrievable\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Attempted: MFDS (www.mfds.go.kr, KO + EN landing) and KOSIS (kostat.go.kr) via Seoul relay Playwright, 2026-07-24\"\nsource_file: \"\"\nsource_type: pending\nsource_file_status: \"no file source\"\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-24\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: false\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 0\nstatus: pending\npending_reason: \"No first-hand official Korean pet-food (반려동물 사료) market-size figure could be retrieved as verbatim source text. Relay Playwright (Seoul, 2026-07-24) fetched MFDS KO landing (www.mfds.go.kr/kor/index.do, 3,444 chars — generic e-Gov portal shell: '대한민국 공식 전자정부 누리집입니다'), MFDS EN landing (www.mfds.go.kr/eng/index.do, 1,976 chars — generic 'MINISTRY OF FOOD AND DRUG SAFETY' shell), and KOSIS (kostat.go.kr/portal/korea/kor_kor/1/index.board, 303 chars — '요청하신 페이지를 찾을 수 없습니다' 404). None contained a first-hand verbatim pet-food market-size statistic; the figures are published only inside JS-rendered stat yearbooks / PDFs not reachable through the relay browser, and no second-hand source was substituted. Per the project C1 / no-fabrication rule, this topic is left PENDING with zero claims.\"\n---\n\n# South Korea Pet-Food Market Size — PENDING (source unreachable)\n\nThis topic is a **placeholder only**. No first-hand official Korean source stating the pet-food (반려동물 사료) market size could be retrieved as verbatim source text.\n\n## Retrieval finding (2026-07-24, Seoul relay Playwright)\n\n- **MFDS Korean landing** (`https://www.mfds.go.kr/kor/index.do`): 3,444 chars — generic e-Government portal shell (\"대한민국 공식 전자정부 누리집입니다\"), no market statistic.\n- **MFDS English landing** (`https://www.mfds.go.kr/eng/index.do`): 1,976 chars — generic \"MINISTRY OF FOOD AND DRUG SAFETY\" shell, no market statistic.\n- **KOSIS** (`https://kostat.go.kr/portal/korea/kor_kor/1/index.board`): 303 chars — \"요청하신 페이지를 찾을 수 없습니다\" (page-not-found 404).\n- The actual pet-food market figures are published only inside JS-rendered statistical yearbooks / PDFs that were not reachable through the relay browser in this session.\n\nNo first-hand text was obtainable, and no second-hand source was substituted. Per the project's C1 / no-fabrication rule, this topic is left **pending** with zero claims.\n\n## Claims\n\nNo claims are asserted — source unreachable (pending).\n\nSource: none (no `source_file`). Retrieval attempted 2026-07-24 via Seoul relay Playwright (MFDS, KOSIS).\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":434,"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."}