2008년 5월 15일 목요일

The nights of candle light in Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea agreed on Friday to resume beef imports from the United States, ending a ban begun in 2003 over concerns about mad cow disease.

The decision removed a major dispute between the allies, hours before President Bush was to meet South Korea’s new president, Lee Myung-bak, in Washington to discuss free trade and North Korea.

Mr. Lee welcomed the beef deal as “removing a stumbling block for the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement,” the news agency Yonhap reported from Washington.
South Korea suspended American beef imports in 2003 after an outbreak of mad cow disease, depriving United States exporters of their third-largest market for American beef.
Agricultural officials in Seoul said Friday that South Korea would allow American beef imports from cattle younger than 30 months. Younger cows are believed to be less at risk from mad cow disease. - From New York Times

The article here says Korea will import beef that is younger than 30 months. So now Korea became one of few countries that takes this aged beef and people in Korea are strongly complaining toward Korean government and the new president Mr. Lee because of the worry of the mad cow disease. Citizens gather together and hold candle light to show their dissatisfaction about the pact from FTA(Free Trade Agreement) and the decision of Korean government. According to the totalization from Korean media, now number of people who participate for this gathering are almost 15,000 only in Seoul at every night from 7 to 11 pm.

I really want to see the happening, I am sure this scenery will be beautiful.
Whether the beef is fatal to take for Korean, I think the fact that the candle lights of the spontaneous union are meaningful and it can be very political art that people can make.

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