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North Koreans urged to eat dog-meat soup
The gist
South Korea is set to ban eating and selling dog meat.
The shift leaves dog-meat soup, or bosintang, a shrinking niche in the region.
How it unfolded
- 2005The number of bosintang (dog meat soup) establishments in South Korea stood at 528.
- 2014The number of bosintang establishments had fallen to 329.
- Sep 13, 2026A Trip.com post describes dog meat soup as a dish reserved for special occasions and refers to North Korea's metro as the most closed in the world and its fare as the lowest in the world.