2008 US beef protest in South Korea | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-10

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2008 US beef protest in South Korea


00:00:55 1 Background
00:01:59 2 Origin of the protest
00:02:09 2.1 2003
00:03:35 2.2 2006
00:04:20 2.3 2008 – Lee's reversal of the beef import ban
00:06:15 3 MBC "PD Notebook" program
00:06:50 3.1 Downer cows
00:07:19 3.2 Aretha Vinson
00:07:51 3.3 Risk of US beef to South Korea
00:08:25 4 Reaction to "PD Notebook"
00:08:46 4.1 Korean communications commission
00:09:28 4.2 MBC versus Government
00:10:07 5 "Candlelight" demonstrations
00:11:03 5.1 Influence of social media
00:11:33 5.2 The demonstrators
00:12:16 5.3 Police action
00:13:49 6 Effects of the protests
00:13:59 6.1 Korean government
00:15:15 6.2 US
00:16:54 6.3 Hi! Seoul festival
00:17:19 6.4 Commentators
00:17:46 7 US beef imports in South Korea
00:18:11 8 See also



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The 2008 US beef protest in South Korea was a series of protest demonstrations between 24 May 2008 and about 18 July 2008 in Seoul, Korea. At its height, the protest involved tens of thousands of people. The protest began after the South Korean government reversed a ban on US beef imports. The ban had been in place since December 2003, when the prion responsible for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or 'mad cow disease' was detected in US beef cattle. The protests occurred on a background of talks concerning the US-Korea free trade agreement. Unrest was fanned by local media reports such as the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) PD Notebook program "Is American Beef Really Safe from Mad Cow Disease?" televised on 27 April 2008.