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Korea
Some 10,000 South Koreans gathered in Seoul late Friday to peacefully protest the government's decision to resume US beef imports, despite outcry over the safety of the product once banned over concersn of mad cow disease.
Thousands of South Korean workers rallied Thursday against a planned free trade pact with the United States and the pro-market policies of new President Lee Myung-Bak.
The United States is seeking to prevent Asian countries from pushing for closer economic cooperation while excluding Washington, a senior U.S. government official suggested Thursday.
Business leaders from Japan and South Korea on Monday asked their governments to create a favorable environment for the two neighboring countries to restart negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement.
Wrangling over agricultural and auto-parts market opening likely to continue
Federal Trade Minister, Simon Crean, has welcomed the key findings of a non-government study into the feasibility of a free trade agreement between Australia and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday (Apr. 22) renewed his calls for the parliament to convene a special session during May to ratify the long-delayed Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
South Korean farmers and civic groups on Friday accused the government of surrendering to US pressure in rewriting Seoul's beef import rules. Groups including the Hanwoo Association, the Korea Dairy Beef Farmers Association and the Korean Advanced Farmers Federation said negotiators gave up the right to protect South Koreans from the health risks of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, more commonly called mad cow disease.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said Monday she will hold exploratory free trade talks in Japan and South Korea next month -- only weeks after securing a comprehensive free trade agreement with China.
