Korea to End Ban on U.S. Beef Imports (donga.com) Korea will resume importation of U.S. beef for the first time in two years and nine months by the beginning of next month. Beginning back in December 2003, Korea has imposed a ban on the import of U.S. beef based on health concerns from mad cow disease. [News Source]

Tyson Looks to South Korea Beef Sales (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat processor, hopes to resume beef sales to South Korea now that the Asian nation has finalized plans to lift a 2003 ban imposed over mad cow disease fears. [News Source]

South Korea to resume U.S. beef imports (WREG-TV Memphis) UNDATED South Korea is to resume imports of U-S beef -- lifting a ban that was imposed in 2003 over fears of mad cow disease. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]

South Korea to Resume U.S. Beef Imports (AP via Yahoo! Finance) South Korea on Friday approved resuming imports of U.S. beef after repeated delays in implementing an earlier decision to lift a 2003 ban imposed because of mad cow fears. [News Source]

US welcomes partial end to South Korean beef ban (AFP via Yahoo! News) The US government welcomed South Korea's decision to partially lift a ban on imports of US beef that was imposed to keep out mad-cow disease. [News Source]

WSJ Commodities Report: US Scales Back Mad-Cow Testing (CattleNetwork.com) Federal inspectors at U.S. beef-packing plants have already been told to reduce the number of cattle carcasses held for mad-cow disease testing as the government winds down its "enhanced" surveillance program. [News Source]

SKorea to resume U.S. beef imports (Boston Herald) SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Friday approved resuming imports of U.S. beef after repeated delays in implementing an earlier decision to lift a 2003 ban imposed because of mad cow fears. South Korea's... [News Source]

South Korea to end 3-year ban on U.S. beef (Reuters via Yahoo! News) South Korea, once the world's third-largest export market for American beef, said on Friday it would open its doors again to U.S. beef and end a three-year ban imposed because of mad cow disease. [News Source]

STILL CAUTIOUS ABOUT BEEF (IWon - Money) But there is still concern in South Korea about the safety of the U.S. product. Earlier this week, 36 South Korean lawmakers sent a letter to President Bush in which they said there may not be enough safeguards in place to make sure U.S. beef is free of mad cow disease. [News Source]