Lee Myung-bak

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South Korea Koreas Naval Clash

AP News 12 days ago

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak reacts at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before ...

Lee says SKorea economy exit strategy is premature

AFP Asian Edition 21 days ago

South Korea will continue its pro-growth fiscal and monetary policies until the global economy has fully recovered, President Lee Myung-Bak said Monday. While economic indicators are improving, "I can't say the crisis is over," he told parliament in a speech read by ...

China Japan South Korea

AP News 43 days ago

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, listens to an interpreter during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, and China's President Hu Jintao, unseen, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool) Copyright ...

South Korea Japan

AP News 45 days ago

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, second right, and his wife Kim Yoon-ok, left, welcome Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, second left, and his wife Miyuki at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Friday October 9, 2009. The Japanese leader arrived in ...

Many South Koreans ignorant about Korean War: poll

AFP Asian Edition 55 days ago

About a third of South Korean adults do not know when the Korean War began and almost 15 percent are unaware who started it, according to a survey released Tuesday. The recent poll of 1,000 people showed 33 percent of all respondents ...

Obama G20 Summit

AP News 58 days ago

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, bottom right, stands with South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, bottom center, South Africa President Jacob Zuma, bottom left, Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, top center, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, top right, and Jose Manuel Barroso, President of ...

G20 Summit South Korea

AP News 58 days ago

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, sits with South Korean Minister of Strategy and Finance Yoon Jeung-hyun during the start of the morning plenary session at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Copyright 2009 AP News

Obama G20 Summit South Korea

AP News 59 days ago

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Kim Yoon-ok as they arrive for the G-20 summit dinner in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Copyright 2009 AP News

South Korea Koreas Nuclear

AP News 64 days ago

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak answers reporters' question during an interview with South Korean and Japanese news agencies at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Lee said North Korea is showing no sign of giving up ...

SKorea's Lee replaces PM, five other ministers

AFP Asian Edition 81 days ago

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak Thursday named an economist as new prime minister and replaced five other ministers in his first major cabinet reshuffle since taking office 18 months ago. Chung Un-Chan, 63, an economics professor and former president of the prestigious ...

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