South Koreans Protest US Beef Imports

(10 June 08-RV) South Korean President Lee Myung-bak struggled to dampen weeks of public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports today as the entire Cabinet offered to resign in the uproar over the policy. The government agreed in April to lift almost all restrictions imposed on imports of U.S. beef over fears of mad cow disease. The decision sparked weeks of protests demanding the government scrap or renegotiate the beef deal amid perceptions it did not do enough to protect citizens. We spoke to South Korean based journalist Frank Smith about the current political situation...