Word: dogmeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
...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...
...rectification" campaign requires all party members endure selfcriticism, attend weekly study sessions and digest three volumes of prescribed readings. All, ironically, are techniques pioneered and perfected by Mao (who once declared, "Selfcriticism is like eating dogmeat: if you haven't tried it, you don't know what you're missing"). But the reformers have taken care to avoid the mass rallies, shrill tirades and media fanfare of purges past. Says a Peking party functionary: "Deng doesn't want this to develop into a movement that will create chaos and instill fear...