※ 질문하기질문내용Responding to calls from civic groups and opposition politicians to step down, Vice Health Minister Lee Bong-hwa yesterday offered to resign.
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Her intention to resign was conveyed to President Lee Myung-bak, said presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan.

Though I feel ashamed, I hope the scandal could serve as an opportunity to rectify the flaws in the rice subsidy system so that the impoverished farmers can benefit from it, the vice minister said in an email message to the ministry officials after tendering her resignation to the health minister.