▁against ▁the ▁cor rupt ▁cha ebol ▁government . ▁Media ▁reports , ▁public ▁networks , ▁and ▁P D Not ebook ▁un cover ed ▁the ▁new ▁president ' s ▁policies ▁to ▁be ▁putting ▁South ▁Kore ans ' ▁health ▁at ▁risk ▁of ▁contract ing ▁mad ▁cow ▁disease . ▁The ▁deal ▁has ▁spark ed ▁public ▁out rage ▁for ▁expos ing ▁the ▁country ▁to ▁a ▁higher ▁risk ▁of ▁mad ▁cow ▁disease . ▁ ▁N atively ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" Mill ion ▁Cit izen ▁Pro tests ," ▁the ▁events ▁compr ised ▁nation ' s ▁largest ▁anti - g overn ment ▁movement ▁in ▁two ▁dec ades , ▁drawing ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁citizens ▁daily ▁and ▁ 1 , 7 0 0 ▁civ ic ▁groups ▁over ▁a ▁span ▁of ▁three ▁months . ▁The ▁conflict ▁es cal ated ▁to ▁over ▁ 7 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁protest ers ▁in ▁cont ention ▁with ▁ 4 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁police . ▁ ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁protest ▁▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁On ▁ 2 3 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁a ▁first ▁case ▁of ▁B SE ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁Washington ▁state . ▁The ▁Hol stein ▁cow ▁had ▁been ▁imported ▁from ▁Canada ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁On ▁ 9 ▁December ▁the ▁ 6 . 5 - year - old ▁cow ▁was ▁sla ugh tered . ▁The ▁cow ▁was ▁a ▁" down er " ▁( a ▁cow ▁that ▁is ▁unable ▁to ▁walk ). ▁For ▁that ▁reason , ▁the ▁US ▁Department ▁of ▁Agricult