May.13,2008

Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Lee Dong-kwan on Monday apologized for a mistranslation of the U.S. Federal Register which, amid widespread panic over beef imports from the U.S., has been read in some quarters as deliberate muddying of waters. "We regret that we have caused unnecessary misunderstanding and concern," Lee said after Seoul wrongly translated cattle feed rules in the bilateral beef deal as carried in the official gazette so they looked more stringent than they actually are.

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