SKorea unions may strike over beef imports, more talks set (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korean unions threatened Tuesday to strike in protest at a US beef import deal, as negotiators in Washington scheduled more talks to try to end the crisis shaking the Seoul government. [News Source]

U.S., South Korea switch course, restart beef talks (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. and South Korean negotiators resumed talks on Monday on a deal to resume U.S. beef exports, which has triggered furor among South Koreans, just hours after officials announced discussions had ended without a resolution. [News Source]

SKorea, US try to salvage talks over beef imports (TODAYonline) South Korean protesters hold placards reading "Mad-cow and President Lee Myung-Bak Out" during a rally against US beef imports in Seoul on June 16, 2008. US and South Korean negotiators scrambled Monday to salvage a bilateral trade deal threatened by Seoul's push to secure extra safeguards for American beef imports. [News Source]

Trade Protests in South Korea (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]

Jolley: South Korea Looking For A Politically Feasible Way To Renegotiate Beef Deal (CattleNetwork.com) South Korea 's trade minister Kim Jong-hoon met with U.S. trade representative, Susan Schwab in Washington over the weekend in an effort to revise the bilateral beef import agreement over fear of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Bad Cow Disease. Lately there always seems to be at least one food-safety crisis in the headlines — tainted spinach, poisonous peanut butter and, currently, the attack of the killer tomatoes. [News Source]

Examining Obama’s call for scrutiny of trade deals. Sen. Obama often singles out Japan and S. Korea, complaining they have erected “all kinds of restrictions and barriers” to shut out American products, including beef and automobiles. [News Source]

South Korea continues beef talks with U.S. U.S. and South Korean trade envoys broke off and then agreed to resume talks on revising a beef import accord that has pushed President Lee Myung-bak's government into political crisis, officials said Monday. [News Source]

US, South Korean officials end beef talks. The United States and South Korea said Monday that high-level talks meant to resolve a crisis in Seoul over renewing imports of American beef would continue. [News Source]

U.S., S. Korea switch course, restart beef talks (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. and South Korean negotiators were set to resume talks on Monday on the deal to resume U.S. beef exports which has triggered furor among South Koreans, just hours after officials announced the weekend discussions had ended without a resolution. [News Source]