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Thousands of South Korean cattle farmers held a rally against the import of U.S. beef yesterday. Their agriculture ministry announced that it would relax import regulations.

STORY:
South Korea's beef industry has denounced the import of U.S. beef. Thousands of stock raisers rally in front of the agricultural ministry in Gwacheon, Seoul.

They are afraid for their industry since Washington agreed to improve its safety standards by toughening animal feed regulations.

That opened the way for South Korea's agriculture ministry to relax regulations on importing U.S. beef.

The head of South Korea's beef association, Nam Ho-gyung, condemns South Koreans for willingly accepting U.S. beef.

[Nam Ho-gyung, Hanwoo Beef Association]:
"The U.S. Bush administration, along with the Senate and the House, are aggressively looking for ways to sell their beef using free trade agreements, and the country succeeded. We're living in a country which is crazy about buying U.S. beef."

South Korea currently imports only boneless beef from US cattle younger than 30 months as a result of a case of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003.

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