Pungsan dog
| Pungsan | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pungsan dogs | |||||||||||||||
| Other names | Phungsan (official English name in North Korea) Poongsan (South Korean revised romanization) Pungsangae | ||||||||||||||
| Origin | former Phungsan county, Ryanggang-do, North Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Breed status | Not recognized as a breed by any major kennel club. | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Dog (domestic dog) | |||||||||||||||
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 풍산개 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 豐山개 |
| Revised Romanization | Pungsangae |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'ungsan'gae |
The Pungsan dog (Korean: 풍산개) is a breed of hunting dog from Korea, named for originating in Kimhyonggwon County, formerly Pungsan County. They are also called Phungsan, Korean Phungsan, or Poongsan dogs.
They were bred in the Kaema highlands of what is now North Korea, and were traditionally used as hunting dogs. The dog is a rare breed, and is sometimes smuggled over the North Korea–China border. The dog was made a national monument of North Korea in April 1956, and the national dog of the DPRK in 2014.