Bangladesh slaps restriction on meat import (The Economic Times) Bangladesh has restricted the import of meat as a precautionary measure amid global concerns of mad-cow disease outbreak, officials said on Sunday. [News Source]

50,000 S. Koreans protest ‘unsafe’ U.S. beef (CNN.com) Tens of thousands of South Koreans were demonstrating Saturday on the streets of the capital to protest the government's decision to import what they say is unsafe U.S. beef. [News Source]

SKorean activists prepare ‘million-strong’ us beef rallies. South Korean activists Saturday promised to draw one million protesters nationwide in the biggest anti-US beef rallies so far, warning they would use young Christians as "human shields" against riot police. [News Source]

Big protest planned for Seoul against beef and Lee. South Korean police said they expect about 35,000 to gather on Saturday for a protest against a U.S. beef import deal and the polices of the new president, whose government has faced a crisis due to the weeks of street rallies. [News Source]

Burger King confirms use of beet from older cow. Burger King, which said in its Thursday’s apology letter to the Dong-A Ilbo that hamburger patties served in its American branches can be made of beef from cattle older than 30 months, also notified the same information on Burger King Korea’s Web site. [News Source]

Advertisement starts (Tiscali) June with a private-sector agreement that limits trade in beef to cattle under 30 months of age, thought to pose a low risk for mad cow disease, and prohibits shipments of risky body parts. [News Source]

South Koreans protest against beef and Lee (Reuters via Yahoo! News) South Korean police said about 50,000 people protested in Seoul on Saturday against a U.S. beef import deal and the policies of the new president, whose government has faced weeks of street rallies. [News Source]

Advertisement starts (Tiscali) the rallies in the hopes of calming things down. South Korean and U.S. trade envoys reworked the beef deal in June with a private-sector agreement that limits trade in beef to cattle under 30 months of age, thought to pose a low risk for mad cow disease, and prohibits shipments of risky body parts. [News Source]

New mass protest against govt, US beef in SKorea (AFP via Yahoo! News) Tens of thousands of South Koreans Saturday called for the scrapping of US beef imports and the resignation of President Lee Myung-Bak in the latest of a series of mass protests in Seoul. [News Source]

SKorean activists prepare ‘million-strong’ US beef rallies (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korean activists Saturday promised to draw one million protesters nationwide in the biggest anti-US beef rallies so far, warning they would use young Christians as "human shields" against riot police. [News Source]