To those who laugh at the ‘candle of mad cow disease’

The U.S. should only export beef from cattle under 30 months old to Korea

Only 86 U.S. workplaces certified to adhere to this standard can export beef to South Korea

All are the result of the 2008 mad cow disease quarantine candlelight

At that time, former President Lee Myung Bak asked me to investigate where the money to buy candles comes from

He apologized, saying, “I’m deeply reflecting on myself.”

However, in his memoir released in 2015 after retirement

The new government has faced one major barrier from the start due to the mad cow disease situation, which began with absurd rumors,’ he wrote

Asking those who laugh at mad cow disease quarantine candles, the U.S. has long banned all imports of Korean beef, so is this the result of the U.S. demonizing Korean beef

BSE quarantine candles were not aimed at U.S. beef in U.S. meat workshops beyond the Pacific

It was anger at the government’s misconduct in quarantine sovereigntypicality

As even the Chosun Ilbo wrote on the front page of the article on May 13, 2008, “Misinterpretation of the government’s regulations on the use of animal feed” and “total poor beef negotiations.”

The Lee Myung Bakn government’s wrong negotiations with the U.S. were the cause

What was the outcome of the negotiations at the time

The negotiations made it impossible for South Korea to ban U.S. beef even if mad cow disease occurs in the U.S. It made it impossible to maintain the 30-month age limitAs a symbolic event, on April 18, 2008, the Lee Myung Bakn government announced legislation that it would also import beef aged 30 months or older if the United States promulgated “enhanced feed measures” to prevent some animal feed from being given to cattle The U.S. announced the above measures on the 20th, just two days later, as if it had been waiting for this We agreed on a secret room in advanceIn this way, the Lee Myung Bakn government tried to break the important criterion of a 30-month age limit

It was in 1995 that the WHO made this guideline

But the Lee Myung Bakn government has rather covered up Even if mad cow disease occurs again in the U.S., it has not been properly disclosed that it has made it impossible to ban imports The contents of the so-called U.S. feed measures were informed to the people upside down

Dangerous information communication is still very important. Japan decided on April 13 to dump radioactive contaminated water into the sea in about two years Public concern is very high

In view of Japan’s attitude, Korea must make a very important decision in the next year It has to decide whether to accept Japan’s discharge of contaminated water or file an international lawsuit demanding an end to the release

And this decision will have a very important impact on Koreans’ dining table, fisheries, and future Korea-Japan relations

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Summary

Meaning of the 2008 BSE candlelight vigil

If you eat American beef, you’ll get mad cow disease, so don’t import it

Korean beef must be forcibly imported from the U.S. more than 30 months old when it cannot be exported -> Protests began over the government’s follow-up measures and trust in public safety against the Lee Myung Bakn government’s humiliating negotiation diplomacy

As the protests gradually spread, mad cow disease was promoted as the focus, but 700,000 to 800,000 people did not rush to Seoul Plaza only because of the mad cow disease conspiracy theory

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