Man bites dog: North Koreans eat dog meat to beat the heat

In North Korea, summer is not a good time to be a dog.

In the sizzling heat, North Korea's biggest brewery is pumping out twice as much beer as usual, Pyongyang residents are lining up to get their "bingsu" a syrupy treat made with shaved ice and restaurants are serving up bowl after bowl of the season's biggest culinary attraction: spicy dog meat soup.

Euphemistically known as "dangogi," or sweet meat, dog has long been believed to be a stamina food in North and South Korea and is traditionally eaten during the hottest time of the year, giving a sad twist to the old saying "dog days of summer."