Rabies is one of the most dreadful diseases known to human. Annually, more than 55,000 human deaths occur throughout the world. The main transmitters are dogs. In South Korea, urban rabies is eliminated after massive national vaccine programme but rabies is still present in wildlife around northern part of the country near the border. Occasionally, rabies cases are still reported and there are spill over cases from racoon dogs. No human case was reported since 2005. Therefore, risk of rabies from exporting domestic dogs and cats from South Korea is very low. Hence, foreign rabies can be introduced by importing wild carnivores and unvaccinated dogs and cats under the age of three months since the South Korean legislation does not cover them. Therefore, it is essential to update current import regulation to minimise the risk of rabies.

ABSTRACT
 Introduction
 History of Rabies in South Korea
 Rabies Status in Domestic and Wildlife Animals
 Current Legislation of South Korea
 Concluding Remarks
 References

• Yooni Oh(Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency) Correspondence
• Song Hak Lee(Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency)
• Dong-Kun Yang(Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency)
• Jae-Young Song(Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency)