"Who cares? Even policemen love eating dog meat soup."
--Kim Young-sun, a South Korean food vendor, explaining his decision to continue to violate a government ban on selling dog meat for human consumption. Although some critics claim that many of the butchered dogs are stolen pets, speciality shops continue to sell dog meat soups, which are often advertised as "tonic soups" or "bow-wow soups." Superstition holds that these soups heighten male sexual prowess.
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