A few months ago, Korean President Lee said the relationship between Korea and the U.S.A was going to be more intimate. One of those results in the two nation’s relationship is the importation of U.S beef. However, it is a pretty big problem. One of the results of this issue are demonstrations parade in Korea. The problem is that the Korean public is not happy with the agreement. There are two main reasons. First, this agreement will effect the domestic meat market. American beef is cheaper than Korean beef. Lots of Korean beef are not going to be sold by customer rather than before. Second, only Korea accepted beef that is from cattle that is thirty months old. The problem is that older cows have a greater possibility of health risks to consumers and it could cause disease called BSE. BSE( Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is not common disease in Korea. If a person eats beef infected with BSE, the person will be infected with CJD(Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) which is 100% lethal. So workers who work at meat market and consumers come to street to prevent the U.S beef and the public is worried about mad cow’s deadly effect. Most of all, the reason why people are angry is the Government’s inappropriate act behavior. Every week, lots of people attend street demonstration. Each major city has also seen its citizens demonstrate. If our government properly negotiated with the U.S.A, we wouldn’t have to protest like these days. Lots of Korean are assuming that our government isn’t properly representing the population. Also the population doesn’t want president’s policy. The government’s point of view about these public protest is that they are illegal so they are putting down lors of people by compulsion. In the protest, there are many casualties. In my opinoin, mainly this issue is not only the president’s fault but also our fault. Firstly, the President should make sure we will not import old beef and first of all make an apology to every Korean public in a few days. I really hope that everything will be go amicably and the Korean government and the public do the peaceful settlement of this issue.
