South Korea has strengthened customs inspections due to the smuggling of Chinese-made capsules filled with powdered human flesh. Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced that the capsules found by Korea Customs Service (KCS) in May contained dried fetuses and dead babies. Since those capsules were from China, all medicines or pills carried by Chinese tourists will be inspected, and packages from China also will be checked thoroughly.

The number of human flesh capsules found by KCS in August of last year is about 30,000. According to KCS, most capsules were from northern east China, such as Tianjin city or Yanbian area, and they were mostly carried by Chinese tourists or international mail. However, customs believes that there exists more smuggled capsules that didn’t get caught.

It is known that most human flesh capsules are made in China. About three hundred million babies have been aborted in China under China’s one child policy since 1979, and it is alleged that doctors have sold these dead babies to human flesh capsule manufacturers.

The capsules are believed to boost people’s stamina or even cure critical diseases such as cancer. Middle-aged women are also known to be eager to consume the capsules because they believe the capsules are good for their skin.

However, none of these is true. According to KFDA, the capsules made of dead babies contain super bacteria and other harmful ingredients. Nine out of 12 types of capsules that KFDA inspected had bacteria exceeding the acceptable limit, and one of them even contained eighteen billion bacteria.

This is because even though the capsules are made of dried powder, they still carry the bacteria that fetuses had, and most capsules are made in an unsanitary environment.

Meanwhile, on October 18, Oh Won-choon, the Korean-Chinese who allegedly killed woman who was in her 20s last April for the purpose of selling her dead body to human flesh capsule manufacturer in China, was commited to life imprisonment, Korean people show their rage toward Seoul High Court which made the decision. Oh originally was sentenced to death by Suwon District Court on June.

Seoul High Court said that was hard to find certain evidence that Oh’s murder was planned, and that is the main reason for their decision.

When Oh committed murder in April, there was a rumor that there exists some secret organization in Korea which kills Korean people and sells them to human flesh capsule manufacturer in China. The rumor is still in the air in Korea.

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Tae-jun Kang
Tae-jun Kang graduated from Korea University with a business degree as well as a minor in Russian language and literature. He had worked as a riot police in Korea for 2 years before he started his degree. This gave him an opportunity to focus on the social issues which he overlooked before, and spiked his interest in the field of journalism. In 2011, he worked for Voice of America Seoul News Center for nine months as an intern, building his goal to become an international journalist. You can reach him by sending an email to taejun.kang@toonarimedia.com