S. KOREA warns crackdown on protests over U.S. beef - (Reuters)
June 8, 2008 – 7:02 pmSEOUL — The South Korean government vowed on Sunday to crack down on street protests after daily candle-lit rallies against President Lee Myung-bak’s decision to resume imports of U.S. beef turned into a violent clash with police.
Critics say the deal could expose South Koreans to mad cow disease from infected beef.
The dispute over U.S. beef imports has wider implications because it could derail a separate free-trade deal between the two countries that studies said would boost two-way trade by $20 billion annually.
Lee, clearly caught by surprise by mounting protests over the past month, has so far refused to scrap the deal but said he would not allow in meat from cattle more than 30-months old and on Saturday spoke to U.S. President George W. Bush to seek his help.
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