South Korean garlic video ad roasted over purported obscenity

Bulbs of garlic are displayed at a shop in a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea. A rural South Korean town is in hot water over its video ad on garlic that some farmers say is obscene and has even sexually objectified the agricultural product. — AP

SEOUL, South Korea: A rural South Korean town is getting roasted over its video ad on garlic that some farmers say stinks of obscenity and has even sexually objectified the agricultural product.

The controversy surrounds a 30-second video that had been posted on a YouTube channel for Hongseong County, a small central-west South Korean town of about 100,000 people known for its local “Hongsan” garlic, for about two years.