Monday June 09th 2008, 11:44 pm
South Korea's entire Cabinet offered to resign Tuesday following a public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, despite concerns of mad cow disease.
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SKorea Cabinet offers to resign (AP via Yahoo! News)
SKorea cabinet offers to quit over beef row: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday June 09th 2008, 11:25 pm
South Korea's cabinet Tuesday offered its resignation to President Lee Myung-Bak to take responsibility for weeks of public uproar over fears of mad cow disease, the prime minister's office said.
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80,000 demonstrate in Seoul against imports of US beef; fear mad cow disease (Times & Transcript)
Monday June 09th 2008, 11:17 pm
South Korea's capital is witnessing its largest demonstration to date over a government decision to allow a resumption of U.S. beef imports.
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S. Korean cabinet offers resignations after beef protests (International Herald Tribune)
Monday June 09th 2008, 11:16 pm
The entire cabinet tendered their resignations following a public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, despite concerns of mad cow disease.
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SKorea cabinet offers to quit over beef row (Channel NewsAsia)
Monday June 09th 2008, 10:59 pm
SEOUL: South Korea's cabinet Tuesday offered its resignation to President Lee Myung-Bak to take responsibility for weeks of public uproar over fears of mad cow disease, Yonhap news agency said.
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[Editorial] Unjustifiable Demands of Protesters (donga.com)
Monday June 09th 2008, 7:42 pm
The People`s Association for Measures Against Mad Cow Disease will launch a “million candlelight march” today, which also marks the 21st anniversary of the 1987 democratic movement. The group also plans to reenact the funeral of Lee Han-yeol, a Yonsei University student killed in the movement.
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S Korean delegates head to US to discuss beef deal.
Monday June 09th 2008, 12:00 pm
South Korea was Monday sending two separate delegations to Washington to discuss changes to a US beef import deal which has sparked mass street protests over food safety concerns.
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Officials tire of protests over beef imports.
Monday June 09th 2008, 12:00 pm
South Korea's top legal official warned yesterday that the government was running out of patience following overnight street clashes amid rallies against a plan to resume United States beef imports.
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SKorea lawmakers to US for beef talks (Indianapolis Business Journal)
Monday June 09th 2008, 8:08 am
South Korea's president dispatched officials to Washington on Monday to try to calm weeks of public uproar over fears of mad cow disease. The move comes ahead of reports that the beef issue could prompt a reshuffling of President Lee Myung-bak's Cabinet less than four months after he took office.
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SKorea lawmakers to US for beef talks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Monday June 09th 2008, 7:46 am
South Korea's president dispatched officials to Washington on Monday to try to calm weeks of public uproar over fears of mad cow disease.
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