ROK presidential aides offer to resign over US beef row

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Source: CCTV.com | 06-07-2008 09:58

Seven senior secretaries to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak have offered to resign over the escalating dispute concerning the government's controversial US beef import deal.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak apologises  to the country over the handling of the beef  accord with the USA in May 2008. (AFP/POOL/File/Lee Jin-Man)

Presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan, who is among the seven, said they had already expressed their intention to resign individually to the president, but the offers were declined each time, citing inappropriate timing.

A shop employee checks beef imported from the United States in Seoul, 2003. South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak  insisted he would not re-negotiate a deal on US beef  imports that has triggered the biggest crisis yet to face  his young administration.(AFP/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)

Editor:Du Xiaodan