I thought it was North Korea who had a beef with the States

At least one major South Korean retailer has suspended the sale of American beef after authorities confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, sometimes referred to as mad cow disease, in a dairy cow in central California. Mad cow disease, which for the record is NOT another name for pre-menstrual syndrome, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. It is usually transmitted between cows through the practice of recycling bovine carcasses for meat and bone meal protein, which is fed to other cattle. In people, symptoms of the disease include psychiatric and behavioral changes, movement deficits, memory disturbances, cognitive impairments, and sometimes death. The South Korean government will step up checks on U.S. beef imports, but everyone else should follow suit just in case the disease spreads. Speaking of diseases, seven of the eight suspects who are accused of taking part in a brutal videotaped gang-rape of a teenager are to appear in a South African court today (local time) to ask for bail. It is unlikely that the suspects, accused in a crime that has shocked many in South Africa, will be granted bail, and an eighth suspect, a man who was found with the victim, is scheduled to appear in court next Friday.