Seoul’s Bosintang Scene Faces Decline Amid Changing Attitudes and New Regulations
SEOUL, South Korea — As the summer heat approaches, a culinary tradition in South Korea is fading, making way for new dining preferences. The dish at the center of this change is bosintang, or dog meat soup, which has long been consumed during the hottest days of the year, known as Boknal. On a recent Thursday, just days before Chobok, one of these hot days, a 58-year-old man named Park stood at the entrance of a bosintang restaurant in central Seoul’s Jung District. Hesitant, he expressed a nostalgic desire for samgyetang, a chicken ginseng soup … Read more