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Wide of South Korea President Lee Myung-bak walking into news conference  2. Various cutaways of media 3. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's President: \"Even if it was a national issue that needed to be resolved quickly,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of South Korea President Lee Myung-bak walking into news conference  \u003cbr/\u003e2. Various cutaways of media \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Even if it was a national issue that needed to be resolved quickly, I should have considered how people would react and should have listened to what people want.  I and the government feel deeply sorry in this regard.\" \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide pan of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway to cameraman \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"As long as the people do not want it I will never let American beef from cattle over 30 months old be served on our table.  I'll get the firm guarantee from the US government.  I expect that the US, our alliance, will respect our peoples' minds.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Tilt-down from ceiling to wide of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway to monitors showing news conference \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When I look back at the past, was in a hurry after being elected president as I thought I could not succeed unless I achieve changes and reform within one year after inauguration.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway to photographers \u003cbr/\u003e11. Presidential Chief of Staff, Ryu Woo-ik, who offered to resign (on left) \u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of Lee \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's President: \u003cbr/\u003e\"As a president I did not want to miss this golden opportunity.  I could not sit back and idly watch this window of opportunity being closed without making any efforts.\" \u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide pan of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of people watching Lee's televised address \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Da-seul, Vox Pop: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm disappointed with President Lee Myung-bak today because I thought he would also talk about beef from cattle younger than 30 months, not just older than 30 months.\" \u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of people at a Seoul station \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Seo Ki-ho, Vox Pop: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the nation should believe what he said during the address and have faith in his policies and support them.\" \u003cbr/\u003e19. People watching Lee's televised address \u003cbr/\u003eSouth Korean President Lee Myung-bak apologised to the public on Thursday for ignoring their concerns in seeking to restore US beef imports, a move that sparked weeks of anti-government protests and has paralyzed his government.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a nationally televised address, Lee said he sought to restore beef imports to help passage of a broader free-trade deal with the United States, which has been approved by both governments but still awaits legislative approval in Seoul and Washington.\u003cbr/\u003eWith the global economy slowing, Lee said he saw the US-South Korea free-trade agreement as a \"shortcut\" to fulfil his campaign promise to boost the South's economy.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I and the government are deeply sorry\" for not caring about what the people wanted, he said.\u003cbr/\u003eIt was Lee's second apology in less than a month over the beef debacle, which has forced all of his top aides and the entire Cabinet to offer to resign. \u003cbr/\u003eLee, a former Hyundai Chief Executive Officer and Seoul mayor, took office in February after a landslide election win last year but has seen his popularity plummet over the beef issue.\u003cbr/\u003eLee said on Thursday that he \"was in a hurry after being elected president as I thought I could not succeed unless I achieve changes and reform within one year after inauguration.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"As a president, I did not want to miss this golden opportunity,\" he said of the trade agreement with Washington. \u003cbr/\u003e I could not sit back and idly watch this window of opportunity being closed without making any efforts,\" he added.\u003cbr/\u003eBut \"there was no possibility of ratification\" this year of the free-trade deal if South Korea continued to reject American beef, he said.\u003cbr/\u003eLee also said he wanted to improve Seoul's relations with the US to help the country's security, citing the nuclear threat from North Korea. \u003cbr/\u003eTies between the longtime allies had grown strained over a decade of liberal governments in Seoul.\u003cbr/\u003eLee's administration agreed to the beef deal in April just hours before he met US President George W. Bush for a summit.\u003cbr/\u003eTop trade officials of the two sides held their latest talks on Wednesday in Washington where Seoul was seeking to restrict beef shipments to cattle younger than 30 months. \u003cbr/\u003eThe meeting ended inconclusively and the sides agreed to meet again on Thursday, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said.\u003cbr/\u003eA South Korean Foreign Ministry official said there had been some progress but there were still issues to discuss.\u003cbr/\u003eThe official was speaking on condition of anonymity citing office protocol.\u003cbr/\u003eThe official did not elaborate.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Washington, Gretchen Hamel, spokeswoman for US Trade Representative Susan Schwab, described the negotiations as \"complex and sensitive,\" but added that both countries remained committed to finding a mutually agreeable path forward.\u003cbr/\u003eLee said he will \"ensure that the US beef older than 30 months will not be put on our dinner tables as long as the people do not want it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe South Korean leader said he had told Bush during a phone call earlier this month that South Korea \"would not be able to import US beef\" if Seoul's demands were not accepted.\u003cbr/\u003eLee said on Thursday he would replace his chief of staff and seven secretaries. \u003cbr/\u003eBut he gave no immediate indication of what action he would take regarding the Cabinet's offer to resign.\u003cbr/\u003eAnti-government protests climaxed last week with a candlelight rally that drew some 80-thousand people. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the scale of rallies has since markedly dropped as the government began seeking to limit the import deal and violence at the demonstrations drew criticism.\u003cbr/\u003eOn Wednesday evening, police said only 800 people turned out for the daily candlelight vigil.\u003cbr/\u003eSouth Korea suspended imports of US beef after the first American case of mad cow disease appeared in December 2003, closing what had been the third-largest foreign 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