Stories & guides
Stories, public records, and next steps in one place.
Read rescue updates, media coverage, public records, and follow-up stories from YongsanCats rescue work in Korea.
Featured public record
Street-Cat Welfare: Urban Redevelopment Triage, Veterinary Coordination and Limits of Small-Scale Rescue
Julie Choi writes about the care street cats need when redevelopment disrupts their territory, from field assessment and veterinary coordination to recovery and safe placement.
3D short-form stories
Follow the cats in short chapters
A public 3D shorts series inspired by real rescue-cat stories.
YouTube episodes
3 episodes you can continue with on YouTube
S7 Trailer Mama and Mia, Beyond the Red Bridge #용산캣츠 · Jun 30, 2026
Public record & archive
Coverage, broadcasts, and archive traces outside the app
News coverage
Giving a Name to the Lives Hidden in Our Alleys
Real-Time Korea introduces YongsanCats through the lives of street cats in Seoul's changing alleys and the continuing care that follows rescue.
News coverage
Making Room for a Cat Before the Building is Gone
Julie Choi describes the practical help that connects a cat at risk from redevelopment with treatment and a safe place to recover.
Media appearance
Saving Yongsan's Cats
Julie Choi joins Laurie Fivecoat to talk about Seoul's street cats, rescue work, medical care, fostering and adoption.
Media appearance
Cat Rescue in Seoul — “the Impossible Possible”
Julie Choi joins Tracie Hotchner for Cat Chat episode 323, discussing the challenges of rescuing cats from Seoul's redevelopment zones and the community around them.
News coverage
Julie Choi on Rescuing Seoul’s Street Cats
Julie Choi speaks with Byron Magazine about cats displaced by redevelopment, Ara's rescue, foster care and the community that keeps the work going.
News coverage
After the Doors Close
Julie Choi's photo essay looks at the rooms, walls and gardens that street cats continue to use after people leave a redevelopment area.
News coverage
After the Rescue the Care Continues
Julie Choi explains why getting a cat out of danger begins a continuing responsibility for treatment, recovery, foster care and a lasting home.
Media appearance
YongSanCats Rescues Street Cats in Seoul
Julie Choi speaks with Maria Milito about rescuing street cats left behind as Seoul neighborhoods are redeveloped.
News coverage
The Kitchen Rosé Chose
Cha published Julie Choi's essay about Rosé, a mother cat who used an abandoned kitchen in Bogwang-dong to shelter her kittens.
News coverage
What Happens to Seoul's Street Cats When a Neighbourhood Disappears?
The Seoul Select introduces YongsanCats through Ara, Jennie and Starlight, and the people helping cats displaced by redevelopment.
News coverage
She Lost Two Kittens, Then Raised Three
Urban Frontier Insights published Julie Choi's account of Ara, a pregnant cat rescued from a Yongsan demolition site who survived an emergency delivery and raised three kittens.
News coverage
The Knowledge That Disappears With a Neighborhood
New Bloom Magazine published Julie Choi's essay on the local knowledge that street-cat rescue depends on as Seoul neighborhoods are cleared for redevelopment.
Media appearance
606. Cities for cats - Julie Choi YongsanCats
Julie Choi joined Urbanistica host Mustafa Sherif to discuss how redevelopment affects animals and how urban planning can include the care networks already present in a city.
Media appearance
Urban Radar: YongsanCats and the city between care and violence
Urban Radar used Julie Choi's outreach and YongsanCats as the starting point for a discussion of redevelopment, supposedly vacant neighborhoods, and more-than-human urban care.
Media appearance
The Cats of Korea: Inside the YongsanCats Rescue Mission
Julie Choi joined The Humane Roundup to discuss community cats, redevelopment, YongsanCats' TNA model, and the route from rescue to foster care and adoption.
News coverage
The Boundary Was Drawn in a Day
The Humane Herald published Julie Choi's essay on the mismatch between fast redevelopment decisions and the years of learned routes that street cats depend on.
Media appearance
Trapped in the Rubble: Inside the Battle to Rescue Seoul's Redevelopment Cats
Julie Choi joined Animal Posse to explain what happens to street cats when redevelopment empties and closes an entire neighborhood around them.
News coverage
When demolition becomes a medical emergency
Pet & Vet Magazine published Julie Choi's account of why redevelopment rescue must connect fieldwork, veterinary care, foster recovery, and adoption.
News coverage
When the Streets Disappear: The Cats Caught in Seoul's Redevelopment
Cats Magazine published Julie Choi's firsthand account of YongsanCats rescue work in Seoul redevelopment zones.
News coverage
Xen Sapphire to host fundraiser for YongsanCats
The Korea Times reported on musician Xen Sapphire's community fundraiser in support of YongsanCats.
News coverage
The Korea Times: YongsanCats rescue work amid Hannam New Town redevelopment
The Korea Times reported on Julie Choi and YongsanCats rescuing cats displaced by Hannam New Town redevelopment and the pressure of relocating the rescue shelter.
Media appearance
A day with Julie Choi, who helped save 200 cats in a redevelopment zone
Banryeo Dongmu followed Julie Choi and YongsanCats through the rescue pressure, treatment work, foster placements, and adoption effort around a redevelopment zone.
News coverage
The Korea Times: Yongsan District's TNA program and its work with YongsanCats
The Korea Times placed YongsanCats and Yongsan District's Trap-Neuter-Adopt program in a wider policy discussion about street cats and redevelopment.
Media appearance
A rescue story carried through SBS Animal Farm
A public video record that helped more people see the rescue work and the cats behind it.
Media appearance
A rescue case introduced with Park Soo-hong
A public record of one rescue story traveling further through a familiar public voice.
Community partnership
A public rescue trace carried with Cosmic Cat Donuts
A local place that helped carry cat rescue stories
Community partnership
A public rescue trace carried with KIK Milk Seoul
An account that helped share foster and rescue stories
Archive record
Yongsan TNA and adoption-support poster archive
An archival image that shows the work has also lived in public-facing material, not only on social posts or website pages.
Community partnership
A public rescue trace carried with Guillaume Seoul
A community partner that helped extend the rescue story outward
Instagram records
Public Instagram posts around the rescue work
Media appearance
Comedian Park Soo Hong
Public Instagram record for Comedian Park Soo Hong.
Community partnership
Meow and Coffee
Public Instagram record for Meow and Coffee.
Media appearance
SBS Animal Farm
Public Instagram record for SBS Animal Farm.
Community partnership
Yongsancats Charity Event
Public Instagram record for Yongsancats Charity Event.
Community partnership
Applause for Paws Charity Event
Public Instagram record for Applause for Paws Charity Event.
Community partnership
Heodukgoo Support
Public Instagram record for Heodukgoo Support.
Community partnership
Sunnyhouse Visit
Public Instagram record for Sunnyhouse Visit.
Media appearance
The Korea Times
Public Instagram record for The Korea Times.
Media appearance
Julie's overview of the demolition site
Public Instagram record for Julie's overview of the demolition site.
Community partnership
Volunteer Celeste
Public Instagram record for Volunteer Celeste.
Community partnership
Volunteer Celeste #2
Public Instagram record for Volunteer Celeste #2.
Community partnership
Volunteer Kate
Public Instagram record for Volunteer Kate.
Community partnership
Volunteer Jessica
Public Instagram record for Volunteer Jessica.
Community partnership
hi Seoulies Visit
Public Instagram record for hi Seoulies Visit.
Community partnership
RGU Support
Public Instagram record for RGU Support.
Archive record
2025 recap
Public Instagram record for 2025 recap.
Archive record
Cat Rescue Flea Market
Public Instagram record for Cat Rescue Flea Market.
Community partnership
iNKO Support
Public Instagram record for iNKO Support.
Community partnership
Kim Hye Yoon Fandom Support
Public Instagram record for Kim Hye Yoon Fandom Support.
Community partnership
Lee Juyeon Fandom Support
Public Instagram record for Lee Juyeon Fandom Support.
Community partnership
Volunteer Celeste
Public Instagram record for Volunteer Celeste.
Community partnership
hi Seoulies Visit
Public Instagram record for hi Seoulies Visit.
Community partnership
Cats Village Support
Public Instagram record for Cats Village Support.
Archive record
Yongsancats January Flea Market
Public Instagram record for Yongsancats January Flea Market.
Media appearance
Comedian Lee Hong-ryul Support
Public Instagram record for Comedian Lee Hong-ryul Support.
Community partnership
hi Seoulies 2nd Visit
Public Instagram record for hi Seoulies 2nd Visit.
Archive record
Yongsancats Countless Hands Photo Exhibition
Public Instagram record for Yongsancats Countless Hands Photo Exhibition.
Community partnership
Volunteer Lucie
Public Instagram record for Volunteer Lucie.
Community partnership
thechendaily Support
Public Instagram record for thechendaily Support.
Community partnership
Karen Support
Public Instagram record for Karen Support.
Community partnership
Carotscream Support
Public Instagram record for Carotscream Support.
Community partnership
Hajar Support
Public Instagram record for Hajar Support.
Community partnership
Uplift Yongsancats Fundraiser
Public Instagram record for Uplift Yongsancats Fundraiser.
Community partnership
Dianainseoul Support
Public Instagram record for Dianainseoul Support.
Community partnership
desi_korean Support
Public Instagram record for desi_korean Support.
Media appearance
The reality from Julie
Public Instagram record for The reality from Julie.
Community partnership
Vika Support
Public Instagram record for Vika Support.
Community partnership
Dave Support
Public Instagram record for Dave Support.
Community partnership
Banryeodongmu Support
Public Instagram record for Banryeodongmu Support.
Community partnership
Banryeodongmu Support #2
Public Instagram record for Banryeodongmu Support #2.
Community partnership
Banryeodongmu Support #3
Public Instagram record for Banryeodongmu Support #3.
Archive record
Yongsancats Studio
Public Instagram record for Yongsancats Studio.
Media appearance
The Korea Times
Public Instagram record for The Korea Times.
Live rescue context
Stories about current rescue work and what happens next
Use these stories when you want the case background before you adopt, foster, or support.
