It's more shallow than that: dog consumption was already nearly eradicated except among the poorest in South Korean society. This is a cheap optics win for a fascist administration trying to take eyes off of the failures of President Yoon's economic policy, or him targeting women, minorities, and disabled people.

It's good that dog meat is banned, but it was already rapidly fading. It wasn't a delicacy, it was for the poorest of the poor and now Yoon gets to pat himself on the back.

Without knowing, I suppose it depends on whether the dog meat industry specifically had poor standards.

If for some reason it did (like it was unregulated or something), and this ban is actually enforced, then I suppose this would improve things.

I do acknowledge that I know nothing on the subject though.