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- <text id=89TT2973>
- <title>
- Nov. 13, 1989: World Notes:Nutrition
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Nov. 13, 1989 Arsenio Hall
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 57
- World Notes
- NUTRITION
- Man Wants To Bite Dog
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Want canine with your kimchi? You bet, said 61% of Korean
- men polled on whether they ate dogmeat. That's a problem,
- though: during the Seoul Olympics last year, the government
- cleared dogmeat sellers out of downtown and implored people to
- refrain from feasting on Fido. The campaign was aimed mainly at
- polishing Korea's image among visiting foreigners but also
- reflected unease among some officials that dog eating was
- declasse for a world-class country.
- </p>
- <p> But Koreans refuse to give up the practice. Nearly 82% of
- those surveyed oppose the save-the-dog campaign. Dogmeat is
- widely thought to have aphrodisiac powers, which may explain why
- it is prized by the older generation: 61% of those in their 40s
- admit to eating it, vs. 28% in their 20s. A health official said
- the government still discouraged eating dogmeat, but was
- planning no renewed crackdown.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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