S Korean employees pressured to eat dog meat by chairman

A man who forced his workplace subordinates to eat dog meat was booked under charges of illicit coercion, Incheon Seobu Police said Monday.

The man, a 62-year-old chairman of a branch of the Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives in Incheon, is accused of ordering some 10 employees to prepare dog meat for team-bonding dinners.

Such meals allegedly took place three times between June and August.

According to police, the man admits partially to having meals with his staff to boost team spirit and having dog meat prepared for the dinners.