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Back After Bad Beef.(Periscope; COMEBACK KID)(Lee Myung-bak's approval ratings increase)(Brief article)
Byline: B. J. Lee
The spasm of national fear that threatened to cripple South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is gone. Lee's decision to allow U.S. beef imports had set off violent protests in Seoul, fed by TV reports hyping the risk of mad-cow disease. Lee's approval rating fell to 15 percent, as the rallies turned into massive marches against his aggressive free-market-reform plans. But as quickly as the panic arose, it faded away. A media countercampaign drove home the reality--only one case of mad cow has ever been reported in the ...
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