Help N.Korea on Swine Flu, S.Korea Leader Urges
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Following reports that North Korea has been hit by swine flu, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak instructed his govern
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S.Korea plans to help DPRK deal with A/H1N1 flu
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday said the government plans to unconditionally offer drugs to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if the A/H1N1 flu breaks out in the country. Lee made the remarks at a cabinet meeting held in the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. There are reports about an outbreak of the new contagious disease in the DPRK. If it can be confirmed,...
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South Korea Offers Pandemic Humanitarian Aid To The North
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
# 4134 Although ` officially’ the North Korean government has yet to report any cases of the novel H1N1 virus, reports continue to filter out of that closed nation that the virus is spreading. South Korea today, based on these reports, has offered humanitarian aid to the North, although it isn’t clear whether it will be accepted. This from Yonhap News. Lee orders measures to help N. Korea...
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Seoul offers to help North Korea over swine-flu outbreak
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Seoul - South Korea on Tuesday offered help to its isolated northern neighbour following reports of deaths following a possible outbreak of swine flu in North Korea. President Lee Myung Bak ordered his cabinet to review the reports and find ways to h...
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More on the North Korean outbreak
H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
... swine flu broke out in the North last month. Such reports compelled the South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, on Tuesday to offer to send swine flu medication to North Korea. The North has not responded to the gesture from Mr. Lee, whom it had called a national traitor for taking a hard line over the North’s nuclear weapons program. The North’s health officials were stepping up “the quarantine...
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S.Korea leader urges help for N.Korea on swine flu
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak instructed his government Tuesday to provide swift medical help to North Korea following reports the impoverished communist country has been hit by swine flu. Pyongyang has not officially reported any cases. But Good Friends, a Seoul-based aid group that has contacts in the North, reported Monday A(H1N1) flu has been spreading rapidly there. Lee told a cabinet...
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South Korean president offers H1N1 aid to North Korea. You kidding????
ProjectDisaster (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... media outlets have remained silent on the reported outbreak. On Tuesday, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak instructed the Cabinet to verify the reports and study ways to send swine flu medication to the North without any conditions, his office said in a statement. “It would be good if emergency aid is provided as there are concerns that swine flu could spread rapidly,” Lee told the Cabinet...
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S. Korea, Canada agree to further promote FTA negotiation
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday promised to work together to promote negotiations between the two countries for a free trade agreement (FTA). During a summit meeting here, the two leaders agreed that the South Korea-Canada FTA will not only contribute to expanding the two-way trade, but also can further enhance the bilateral...
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More on the North Korean H1N1 outbreak
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... media outlets have remained silent on the reported outbreak. On Tuesday, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak instructed the Cabinet to verify the reports and study ways to send swine flu medication to the North without any conditions, his office said in a statement. ''It would be good if emergency aid is provided as there are concerns that swine flu could spread rapidly,'' Lee told the...
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Korean Government to Launch Feasibility Study for Chinese & Japanese Tunnel Projects
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
It looks like the tunnels from Korea to Japan and China continues to be studied to see if it is feasible: South Korea said Wednesday it will conduct an economic and technical feasibility study on building undersea tunnels with Japan and China, according to President Lee Myung Bak’s press office. The decision was made at a meeting [...]
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Editor-in-Chief Obama
Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and one with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. Obama did sit down interviews in Beijing with CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. ABC News got an interview with Obama shortly before he departed for Asia. Through both the campaign and his presidency, Obama has made little secret of his disdain for some of the horse-race, tabloid elements...
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South Korea rail strike called off
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
The railway workers' union has ended a strike, buckling under pressure from the pro-business government of President Lee Myung-bak, which refused to compromise even though the walkout slowed cargo transport
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South Korea to study undersea tunnel to Kyushu
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
SEOUL (Kyodo) South Korea said Wednesday it will conduct an economic and technical feasibility study on building undersea tunnels with Japan and China, according to President Lee Myung Bak's press office. The decision was made at a meeting of a committee chaired by Lee on regional development that is to draw up plans for nationwide land development by 2020, the office said.