South Korea Boosts Fight Against Infant Flesh-Pill Smuggling
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South Korea said it will strengthen inspections aimed at preventing the smuggling from northeast China of capsules containing powdered flesh of dead infants.
The pills also have potentially lethal substances including so-called superbacteria and have been sold in South Korea as supplements that increase stamina or cure diseases, according to a statement the Korea Customs Service posted on its website. The notice didn’t say how the capsules’ contents were determined or whether the infants’ origins were known.