Bosintang
(, South Korean name) or (, North Korean name) is a Korean soup () that uses dog meat as its primary ingredient. The meat is boiled with vegetables such as green onions, perilla leaves, and dandelions, and flavorants such as doenjang, gochujang, and perilla seed powder. It is seasoned with agastache rugosa before eating. The soup has been claimed to provide increased virility. The dish, as with all dog meat consumption in South Korea, has become highly controversial in recent decades. There are now a number of significant legal restrictions around the butchering of dogs. According to a 2020 survey of South Koreans, 83.8% have never eaten dog meat before. Names There are a number of names for the dish. History Most scholars agree that people on the Korean peninsula have consumed dog meat for thousands of years. The history of is more recent. A 1849 book Dongguksesigi contains a recipe for that includes boiled dog and green onion. Boshintang is considered to be a similar dish to yukgaejang, which uses beef as its primary ingredient. Recent status In June 2018, a South Korean municipal court ruled that killing dogs for their meat was illegal, though this law did not