Pet owners arranging Chuseok boarding can face difficult compensation disputes if an animal is injured or dies while in someone else's care. The risk is greater when care is arranged informally through neighborhood groups or second-hand platforms rather than a registered pet business.
Legal guidance cited in Korean reporting stresses the importance of preserving evidence such as CCTV originals, messages, call recordings, terms of service, veterinary records and documentation of how an injury or death occurred. Informal care often lacks some of those records from the start.
Paid care of another person's pet is generally treated as a business activity that should be registered with the local government. That creates a practical distinction between licensed facilities with formal procedures and private arrangements where responsibility may be harder to prove.
For owners using holiday care, the issue is not that every accident leads to compensation but that evidence determines what can later be established. The strongest protection is a clear written arrangement and records of the pet's condition before and after boarding.