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Picture of the Day: Protesting Cows

» by May 1st, 2012 at 12:40 pm » Comments (31)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Members from one of South Korea's leading civic groups, the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice, stage a protest near the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in ...more »

Park Geun-hye Calls For Stop To Import of US Beef Into Korea

» by April 27th, 2012 at 5:02 pm » Comments (47)

I guess Park Geun-hye sees the latest US beef controversy as an opportunity to further distance herself from the unpopular Lee Myung-bak administration: Ruling party chief Park Geun-hye said Friday South ...more »

South Korea Continues To Import US Beef Despite Latest Mad Cow Scare

» by April 25th, 2012 at 4:28 am » Comments (49)

It will be interesting to see if the Korean political left will try and demagogue this latest mad cow case in California to their own political advantage like they did ...more »

Is Pink Slime On the Menu In South Korea?

» by March 23rd, 2012 at 3:08 am » Comments (22)

Considering all the real concerns about US beef I always found it interesting that the anti-US leftists and their media allies in South Korea had to invent lies to create ...more »

MBC Admits To Distorting the Facts About US Beef

» by September 6th, 2011 at 9:36 am » Comments (12)

It is official, MBC has admitted that the US mad cow hysteria they started in 2008 was all based on lies: Broadcaster MBC has issued an official apology for reporting distorted ...more »

Korea Could Be Classified A Controlled-Risk Country for Mad Cow Disease

» by March 15th, 2010 at 8:19 am » Comments (34)

I have long pointed out the hypocrisy of the mad cow issue in Korea, but here is yet another article proving this: South Korea is likely to be categorized by an ...more »

Blue House Slams PD Diary Over “Freedom of the Press” Claims

» by June 20th, 2009 at 3:07 pm » Comments (2)

I have a hard time having any sympathy for the people over at PD Diary that intentionally broadcasted fraudulent information for political purposes last year: Blue House spokesman Lee Dong-kwan fired ...more »

Korea Bans Imports of Chinese Beef

» by April 16th, 2009 at 12:31 am » Comments (2)

Does anyone think there will be mass protest against the tainted Chinese beef that was being sold in Korea like there was over the US beef nonsense?: Concerned over the presence ...more »

Men Prosecuted for Selling US Beef as Australian

» by April 14th, 2009 at 11:31 am » Comments (1)

Is anyone surprised by this?: About 13 tons of American beef were falsely sold as Australian products five years ago in defiance of a disposal order issued after a case of ...more »

Authorities Arrest MBC Personnel Responsible for Fraudulent Mad Cow Scare Report

» by March 27th, 2009 at 11:30 am » Comments (1)

I like the fact that the Korean government is taking action against MBC for their fraudulent mad cow story, but I don't know if throwing these guys in jail is ...more »

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