section_path: Roles with humans/Dogs as food/In Korea
section_name: In Korea
paragraph_text: In Korea
  
  The most popular Korean dog dish, bosintang, a spicy stew, aims to balance the body's heat during the summer months. Some followers of the custom claim this is done to ensure good health by balancing one's gi, or the body's 'vital energy'. Dogs are not as widely consumed as beef, pork, and chicken.
  
  The primary dog breed raised for meat in South Korea is the Nureongi, which is a breed that has not been recognized by international bodies. In 2018, the South Korean government passed a bill banning restaurants that sell dog meat from doing so during that year's Winter Olympics. On 9 January 2024, the South Korean parliament passed a law banning the distribution and sale of dog meat, to take effect in 2027.