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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said Friday that he is ready to meet with his DPRK counterpart Kim Jong-il "anytime and anywhere" to resolve the nuclear issue. In a live television town hall meeting that began late Friday, the president said he would meet him at any time to convince the DPRK to withdraw its nuclear programs and vowed to arrange the meeting schedule transparently....
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said Friday that he is ready to meet with his DPRK counterpart Kim Jong-il "anytime and anywhere" to resolve the nuclear issue. In a live television town hall meeting that began late Friday, the president said he would meet him at any time to convince the DPRK to withdraw its nuclear programs and vowed to arrange the meeting schedule transparently....
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said Friday that he is ready to meet with his DPRK counterpart Kim Jong-il "anytime and anywhere" to resolve the nuclear issue.
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VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
On November 19, 2009 President Obama and President Lee Myung-Bak of the Republic of Korea held a joint press conference. You can see the video of the conference on youtube and read the official transcript here. Obama had plenty of embarrassments on his Asia tour. In Japan, Obama took a deep bow to their emperor and [...]
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The politics of public-works projects USUALLY, right-wing politicians such as President Lee Myung-bak are unwelcome in South Korea’s south-western region of Cholla. South Korean presidents have tended to neglect the area, directing investment instead to Kyongsang, in the south-east, from where Mr Lee hails. But he chose the banks of Cholla’s Yeongsan river to launch the public-works...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
South Korea's two umbrella union bodies threatened Thursday to stage a rare joint strike next month in protest over the government's plan to weaken unionism. The move came as talks involving unions, management and the government faltered over a bill proposed by President Lee Myung-Bak to bring greater flexibility to South Korea's labour market. The bill would allow multiple unions at each workplace,...
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Sparks from the Anvil (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Photo: President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Credit: EPA Wow….a Barack belt. That’s just so many ways of awesome, right there. Is there anything that this man can’t accomplish without ever having earned it, first? A book deal, the presidency, a Nobel Peace Prize…. now a black belt (hat tip to Patvann ): Anyway, there he was in Seoul, the last stop...
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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: In the recent circuit through Asia, President Barack Obama met up with South Korea’s President in order to further trade negotiations between the two countries. South Korea’s economy and ETF, may have made a full recovery and normal growth could likely resume. Obama and South Korea President Lee Myung-Bak both expressed their desire to complete a...
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The Writing Life II (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... meet future challenges, and he announced a new Educate to Innovate Campaign. He told how President Lee Myung-bak explained that demanding parents are South Korea's biggest education problem. "Even if somebody is dirt poor, they are insisting that their kids are getting the best education," Obama recalled the conversation, sounding almost whimsical in describing Lee's biggest education...
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Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Obama already got a Nobel Peace Prize without doing anything at all. And now, he’s been awarded a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, without ever even having practiced the martial art. Yes, really. [O]ut of the Seoul sky, President Lee Myung-bak hands over to the American leader a tae kwon do outfit. And [...]
