North Korean State Media Promotes Dog Meat Soup During Heatwave

A North Korean state newspaper has promoted dangogi guk, or “sweet meat soup,” as a nutritious meal during an extreme heatwave on the Korean Peninsula. The report cited a doctor who claimed the soup could help people cope with heat-related illness. Dog meat is traditionally consumed by some people in North Korea, although the practice remains controversial internationally. The heatwave has brought record temperatures to both North and South Korea, damaging farmland and increasing heat-related hospital admissions.

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