Beef and mad cow disease

Today June 10 is the anniversary of the pro-democracy demonstration in Seoul, South Korea. It was a huge mobilization of South Koreans that challenged the military dictatorship of Chun Do-Hwan. For the last tow weeks hundreds of thousands of people have been staging protests actions against the importation of U.S. beef to Korea. This has been the bone of contention of political wranglings in the parliament and on the streets. For the last few years the U.S. and South Korea governments have negotiated under the Free Trade Agreement to increase importation of beef.