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South Korea's Mad Cow Protest Has Ignited Larger Political Effort

The “mad cow” protests mask a strong mistrust of Mr Lee and his plans to revive the economy. For the past six weeks he has faced widespread protests over plans to restart imports of American beef, suspended five years ago amid concerns over BSE. The vehemence of recent protests last month was enough to delay Mr Lee’s plans to begin US beef imports, which are now being tweaked to make them appear more acceptable. The restarting of beef imports is part of a wider free-trade agreement struck between Seoul and Washington in the last days of Mr Lee’s now widely despised predecessor, Roh Moo Hyun.

                                  UK Times Online
                                  June 11, 2008

That was from South Korean Government of Lee Myung Bak in meltdown,

It makes as much sense as anything we've read about the evolving protests against U.S. beef over Mad Cow disease that last night put 80,000 into the streets of the South Korean capital.  Police used shipping containers to block off streets and keep the potential riot away from the President Lee's residence.

Full post as published by Mad Cow Blog on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).

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