Fair
Temp: 31 F (-1 C)
Humidity: 36
South Korea To Resume Importing US Beef Save Email Print
Posted: 11:30 AM May 29, 2008
Last Updated: 11:30 AM May 29, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press
Email Address: news@nbc11news.com

A South Korean housewife holds a cutout depicting U.S. imported cow during a rally against a recent South Korea-U.S. agreement on the expansion of U.S. beef import near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. A senior South Korean official rejected mounting calls Tuesday for the government to scrap an agreement to resume U.S. beef imports. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A | A | A

Seoul, South Korea (AP) South Korea's government says it will resume importing U.S. beef despite fears of mad-cow disease that have led to street protests.

The agriculture minister says the government is easing quarantine regulations on U.S. Beef in accordance with an April 18th agreement with Washington.

The new rules will take effect in a few days, after they're published in a government journal.

Today's announcement is the final administrative step necessary to resume U.S. Beef imports. It had been delayed several times in recent weeks amid anti-government protests calling for scrapping the deal.

More Stories
Wall Street Seen Adding To Global Rout

More Losses Overseas

Syria has 2 Missing Americans

Diplomats: North Korea Bans UN Staff from Nuke Complex

Video: Meltdown in Iceland

Fed Rate Cut Coordinates With Europe

Video: Suicide Bomber Kills 27 in Sri Lanka

Aussie Boy Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals To Croc

AP Online Video