Welcome to what the President has called "the Official Week of Pork Consumption," Analyzing It Sociologically...
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/113_44194.html
Friday, May 1, 2009: Prime Minister Han Seung-soo eats pork belly strip at a restaurant in Seoul, Friday, to promote the safety of domestic pork amid growing fear over influenza A (H1N1), formerly known as swine flu. ['promote the safety' or promote the sales: How does eating pork in public address the biophysical issues of the public health concerns? It doesn't. It's called 'symbolic politics', another nice picture:...]
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/113_44608.html
The Next Friday, May 8, 2009: Presidential Chief of Staff Chung Jung-gil, third from left, Kim In-jong, second from left, chief of the presidential security service, and other officials enjoy some pork at Cheong Wa Dae, Friday, as part of a campaign to encourage people to eat pork products, after the Mexico-originated (is it?) swine flu (is it?) hit Korea and other parts of the world. The presidential office designated May 11-15 the ``week of pork consumption” during which foods made of pork will be served to its officials. / Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/05/113_44608.html
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