Being in a international college I have many friends from South Korea and they are not poor. One admits to eating dog meat, most I have never asked because I don't want to lose friends and a few are just as against it as we are. Dog meat is actually more expensive there than other food, it is not justifiable because poor people can't afford it. It's discusting, but some of my Asian friends think that eating deer meat is horrible, and I eat deer meat. I honestly would rather off a person than a dog, but would not do either one unless I had no choice.