Fuel Prices (Global Envision) Throughout the past 40 days, South Koreans have vehemently opposed a government proposal to lift a five-year suspension on the import of U.S. beef. Fear of meat tainted with mad cow disease prompted 100,000 Koreans took to the streets of Seoul. [News Source]

U.S. official raps Japan on beef barrier (The Japan Times) WASHINGTON (Kyodo) A senior U.S. government official urged Japan on Thursday to scrap all its import restrictions on U.S. beef stemming from fears of mad cow disease and swiftly move to fully open its market. Asked during a congressional hearing if he thinks Japan's import restrictions on American beef are a "fair proposition," Alexander Arvizu, deputy assistant secretary of the bureau of East ... [News Source]

Bad cow disease. “Mary had a little lamb, and when she saw it sicken, she shipped it off to Packingtown, and now it’s labeled chicken.” That little ditty summarized the message of Upton Sinclair’s 1906 exposé of conditions in America’s meat-packing industry. Here we are again. [News Source]

US open to beef labeling for South Korea. The Bush administration supports beef packaging labels showing the ages of cows that were slaughtered as a way to ease tensions in South Korea where massive protests have threatened the pro-American government, a senior State Department official said Thursday. [News Source]

South Korea seeks a revised beef deal. South Koreans have taken to the streets daily to protest the agreement to resume imports of American beef despite their widespread fears of mad cow disease. [News Source]

SKorea minister heads for US beef talks, more protests planned (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea's trade minister left Friday for talks in Washington aimed at easing fears over US beef imports, as a fresh protest against the supposed dangers of mad cow disease flared up. [News Source]

SKorea minister heads for US beef talks (Khaleej Times) SEOUL - South Korea's trade minister left Friday for talks in Washington aimed at easing fears over US beef imports, as activists called for more protests against the supposed dangers of mad cow disease. [News Source]

S. Korea minister heads for US beef talks (Straits Times) SEOUL - SOUTH Korea's trade minister left on Friday for talks in Washington aimed at easing fears over US beef imports, as activists called for more protests against the supposed dangers of mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korean Internet catches ‘mad cow madness’ (Straits Times) SEOUL - ANGRY South Korean teenagers, Internet-savvy and armed with gadget-filled mobile phones, have helped turn a new conservative president's triumph into crisis and possibly changed the way the country does politics. [News Source]

SKorea minister heads for US beef talks, more protests planned (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea's trade minister left Friday for negotiations in Washington aimed at easing Koreans' fears of US beef imports but activists called for more protests against the supposed dangers of mad cow disease. [News Source]