02/07/2008 22:15. In South Korean, protests against imports of US beef are continuing and have now broadened out into the automobile industry. Tens of thousands of employees stopped work at the Hyundai plant and at its sister company Kia Motors.

South Koreans have been protesting about US beef for several months now. They are worried that it is infected with BSE, or mad cow disease. Despite this public concern, the government in Seoul resumed imports of US beef... // Radio Netherlands