Seoul recently agreed to reopen its market to most U.S. beef cuts, lifting a
five-year ban placed after the outbreak of the first mad cow case in the United
States. The decision reached on April 18 is expected to permit U.S. beef
shipments to arrive here around in mid May.
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"We are very pleased that Korea has taken the decision," Vershbow said, "And this agreement is based on international scientific standards, which I think is the only policy for trading nations that they want to observe, that they want to have healthy economic relations with other nations."The Lee Myung-bak administration, however, faced mounting domestic criticism for rushing to the beef agreement despite lingering concerns over mad cow disease and feared impact on the local cattle industry
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Resuming U.S. beef imports has been considered a key condition for Seoul gaining U.S. ratification of the free trade agreement
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CNN.com - Voting begins in South Korea parliamentary elections - April 12, 2000 - 0 views
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oting has begun across South Korea in parliamentary elections that observers say are critical to the country's economic and political future. The elections come amid now-robust economic performance, as well as on the heels of the announcement of improved ties with North Korea. Rival candidates made last-ditch appeals for votes as the world focused on the first-ever summit between the two Koreas.
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Another pressing issue for Kim's 2-year-old government is the reform of South Korea's inefficient economic systems, especially its family-owned conglomerates, or chaebol. About a dozen of the conglomerates collapsed under debts in 1997, forcing South Korea to accept a record $58 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund.
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President Kim has publicly said reunions of those separated family members will top the agenda. Only 50 people from each Korea were allowed to cross the border in 1985 for the first temporary family reunions. No further reunions have since been arranged because of military and political tensions. The Korean border, the world's most heavily armed, is sealed with nearly 2 million troops deployed on both sides.
South Korea: Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette - 0 views
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Family welfare is much more important than the needs of the individual.
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Meeting Etiquette
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Wait to be introduced at a social gathering.
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good info about culture
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·Bow and say good bye to each person when you are leaving a party ·Wait to be introduced at a social gathering ·Person of lower status bows to those of higher status ·Use both hands when you are giving a gift ·Arrive up to 30 minutes late for a dinner ·Take off your shoes before you enter a persons house ·Eldest person is served dinner first ·Wait to be seated don't sit until you are told so
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South Korea customs and stuff like that...
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