South Korea’s UDP Agrees to Return to Assembly (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) July 9 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea's main opposition United Democratic Party agreed to return to work at the legislature, allowing the National Assembly to begin its 18th term after a 42-day delay, opposition and ruling parties said. [News Source]

Ranchers applaud order on imports. A group of ranchers Monday praised a federal court order requiring the U. S. Department of Agriculture to revisit its decision to allow older Canadian cattle into the United States. [News Source]

South Korea beef protests cost economy US$2.5b. More than two months of protests in South Korea against a US beef deal and the policies of the new president have cost Asia's fourth-largest economy about $2.5 billion (S$3.4 billion), a study released on Tuesday said. [News Source]

South Korean opposition to end boycott. South Korea's opposition party will end its boycott of the legislature over resumed U.S. beef imports, an official said Tuesday. [News Source]

Beef consumption falls on mad cow controversy. Farmers are choosing to keep a larger number of ``hanwoo,'' Korea's domestic cattle, at home rather than sell them on the market amid falling prices as more consumers become reluctant to eat beef in the wake of the mad cow disease controversy. [News Source]

Bush to meet leaders of India, China, South Korea (AFP via Yahoo! News) US President George W. Bush was to meet separately Wednesday with leaders of India, China and South Korea, with nuclear disputes, trade rows, and the fight over climate change high on the agenda. [News Source]

South Korean opposition to end boycott (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea's opposition party will end its boycott of the legislature over resumed U.S. beef imports, an official said Tuesday. [News Source]

The Last Laugh of the Monster Raving Loonies (Time Magazine) Candidates for Britain's Haltemprice and Howden by-election range from a maverick Conservative to the Mad Cow-Girl and the Church of the Militant Elvis [News Source]