Streisand Effect
"In this context, a multi-decade jail sentence for being sarcastic to a dog starts to make sense."
No, it doesn't. Not for a second. It'll never make sense to a reasonable person.
" In reality, he adopted the dog..."
So, he's a liar.
"Tongdaeng would lower herself down on the floor, her ears in a respectful drooping position, as if she would say, 'I don't dare.'"
And that's a dog that has been beaten.
I know who I'd like to see take a long stretch in prison; This so-called royal PoS, but I guess I'll have to settle for finding the original images and ensuring they are used to highlight this bullshit. I guess this "king" has never heard of the Streisand Effect.