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It is gratifying that our government will go to such lengths to stamp out a dangerous bacterium. It is less encouraging to know that the inspectors were not looking at massive labor rights violations, especially the systematic employment of young children in hazardous conditions, which have existed in the tomato industry for decades.
South Korean activists Monday sent a petition to the United Nations, asking the international organization to admonish their government for its hardline crackdown on street protests over US beef imports.
Through the prism of beef, Koreans confront the limitations of key contemporary institutions: democracy, capitalism, and nationalism.
Indonesia's ban on New Zealand beef could threaten plans to sign a lucrative free-trade pact with South-east Asian nations this year, industry officials say.
No one is sure how successful the movement will be in stopping the importation of American beef into Korea but it has certainly fractured the seemingly monolithic aura of President Lee and his neo-liberal bulldozer and will perhaps spark a new generation of class struggle in South Korea.
Workers at Hyundai Motor Co. staged a partial strike Thursday over stalled annual wage negotiations with management and the resumption of US beef imports.
Le lien entre « la crise du boeuf » et les accords de libre-échange est évident. « À travers l'un, nous luttons contre l'autre, explique-t-on. Même si c'est un lien que ne font pas tous ceux qui descendent dans la rue aujourd'hui. Notre mouvement exige la rectification des accords conclus en avril de l'an dernier. Ceux-ci concernent durablement la vie de tous les citoyens, les paysans en premier lieu. »
South Korean activists Saturday promised to draw one million protesters nationwide in the biggest anti-US beef rallies so far
Some 240 tons of beef products from an approved US exporter to Korea suspected of being contaminated with the O-157 strain of E. coli have been recalled, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday.
South Korean activists on Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to boycott US beef as President Lee Myung-Bak issued a fresh warning against violent protests.
