Kim Jong Un tells North Koreans to ‘turn their dogs into soup’ during deadly heatwave
North Koreans are being encouraged to cook up their dogs and turn them into a ‘nutritious’ soup, as the country stuggles with a record-breaking and deadly heatwave
Dog meat is a popular delicacy in North Korea (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
North Koreans are being urged to eat dog soup as the country struggles to manage a brutal heatwave.
A state newspaper in the highly secretive country published an interview with one of the nation’s top docs that encouraged citizens to start making the highly controversial soup dish.
Translated as “sweet meat soup”, the article published in Rodong Sinmun describes the dish as offering North Koreans a ‘highly nutritious’ food option that can help counter the symptoms of heat stroke, such as ““cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hyperthyroidism”, according to the South China Morning Post.
It has also long been believed to cause increased virility in men, as well as boosting immune systems.
North Korea’s capital city Pyongyang has its own dog meat restaurant that specialises in dangogi guk, with Kim Jong Un known to be a big fan, serving the dish at dinner parties and state events.
Would you try dog meat soup? (Image: Getty Images)
According to one online recipe the dish, which is set to be banned in South Korea, is made using dog meat along with a mix of vegetables and herbs, including leeks, onions, perilla leaves, taro stalks and red pepper. Also known as Bosin tang, some recipes also feature things like dandelion and mint.
The meat is first boiled with a premade gravy and the taro stalk, which is a Korean plant similar to okra or a more bitter celery. It is then boiled again with all the other vegetables and herbs, before being sprinkled with pepper and served warm.
The dish has been banned in South Korea(Image: Getty Images)
Descriptions of dog meat often compare it to richer, more gamey meats such as mutton or goat.
The advise comes as the Korean peninsula faces its worst heatwave for more than a century, with both North and South seeing record breaking temperatures scorch farmland and fill hospitals.
Kim is believed to be a dog meat super fan(Image:
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South Korea has recorded its hottest day for more than 100 years on Sunday, with the celsius reading 42.5 in the city of Yangsan.
Across the border, North Korea is believed to have been hit by multiple 40C days, with the usual mild Pyongyang being described as tropical by local reports.
