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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was enjoying a birthday party organized by his staff only a few hours before the announcement.

South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, was worried enough to call an emergency meeting with senior aides.

Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrong doing-but his rival still hopes to see his unpopular skepticism above the front runner.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak decided to cut other trade with the North but said the Kaesong complex has 'unique characteristics. '

Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, calls it a "hobby" business for rich girls that threatens the livelihood of poor shopkeepers.

The president spoke in the White House Rose Garden Tuesday at the end of a press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

ROK President Lee Myung-bak said he is willing to meet with DPRK leader Kim Jong Il to help the denuclearization of Korean peninsula.

South Korean political manipulation. . . The North may be trying to undermine support for the existing Lee Myung-bak administration.

After Wen spoke, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said he welcomed the idea of Seoul having its own two-way talks with North Korea.

Fifth, Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, does not seem to harbour any illusions about the likelihood of reunification.

PRIVATISATION was to be the hallmark of the administration of Lee Myung-bak, who became South Korea's president in February.

President Lee Myung-bak still seems to be promoting the chaebol.

Mr Roh's efforts while in office to redistribute wealth were reversed by his successor, Lee Myung-bak, a former boss of the Hyundai Group.

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak grumbles that Korea has no Mark Zuckerberg (the baby-faced founder of Facebook).

President Lee Myung-bak said the news was truly unbelievable and deeply sad.

ROK President Lee Myung-bak also said in his New Year remarks that the door for dialogue remained open.

President Lee Myung-bak pardoned 74 top executives that month, arguing that this would "reinvigorate the economy and create new jobs" .

Newly elected South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has promised to help rapidly double per capita incomes in a non-nuclear North.

President Obama spoke at the White House Thursday at a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

However, his successor, Lee Myung-bak, has wrenched policy towards American security once more.

Protestors this week also called for the resignation of President Lee Myung-bak, who advocates reinstating the U. S. beef trade.

Relations between North and South Korea have chilled somewhat since the inauguration of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in February.

Fortunately, since the Lee Myung-bak administration was launched, projects to restore the alliance are being implemented.

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak held talks Sunday morning at the President's office in Seoul.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, however, told Beijing now was not the 'right time' for the six-party talks.

President Lee Myung-bak said last week he has no intention of invading the North.

South Korea President Lee Myung-bak last month called on his people to "wear long johns to save energy" in his biweekly radio address.

South Korea has unexpectedly lifted interest rates in part of what President Lee Myung-bak has called his "all-out war" against inflation.

President Lee Myung-bak (the ex-boss of a Hyundai firm) has pardoned dozens of chaebol bosses convicted of corporate crimes.

In South Korea, President Obama and President Lee Myung-bak discussed a free trade agreement signed by their governments two years ago.

President Lee Myung-bak called an emergency meeting of his National Security Council for Friday.

ROK President Lee Myung-bak will hold an emergency meeting of his National Security Council on Friday.

So far, President Lee Myung-bak has not increased or reduced service.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and President Obama met Tuesday at the White House.

That trade agreement is likely to top the agenda of his host, President Lee Myung-bak.

Naoto Kan, Japanese Prime Minister South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the 14th with the signing of a cultural transfer agreement.

LEE MYUNG-BAK, South Korea's president, has shown impressive restraint since the Cheonan, a South Korean warship, was sunk on March 26th.

The sitting president, Lee Myung-bak, has defined his term in office with a hawkish stance towards the North.

Mr. Obama and visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told reporters that new responses must be found.

Compared with the previous two administrations here, North-South relations have significantly cooled under President Lee Myung-bak.

Lee Myung-bak, the country's conservative president, followed with a sombre address to the country.

ODDLY for a politician, South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, has never hidden his loathing of politics.

THERE was little to celebrate as South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, marked his hundredth day in office this week.

Mr Wen's remarks came at a summit in Jeju island with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

A public uproar followed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's April deal with President Bush to resume nearly all beef imports.

The demonstrations have evolved into much broader, grassroots criticism of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's leadership style.

The agreement was reached at the summit yesterday between President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

Mr Kim's high-stakes poker puts Lee Myung-bak, the conservative president of South Korea, in a terrible position.

Lee Myung-bak promised in his inauguration address to revive the country's economy and to introduce pragmatism into foreign policy.

Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, proposed a new international body to deal with cross-border economic problems.

President-elect Lee Myung-bak's plan is to fold the Unification Ministry into the Foreign Ministry.

President Lee Myung-Bak has switched from kimchi made from Chinese cabbages to European cabbages, Yonhap news agency reported.

By opening a direct line to Washington, North Korea would snub its arch-enemy Japan and South Korea's conservative president, Lee Myung-bak.

"There are some positive signs, but I believe we still stand somewhere in the middle of a long tunnel, " said Lee Myung-bak, the president.

Pundits lambasted President Lee Myung-bak for suggesting that Koreans try eating cheaper North American cabbage.

At a news conference with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, Obama called North Korea a "grave threat. "

New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak got straight to diplomacy on his first afternoon in office.

Meanwhile, North and South Korea held their first official meeting since Lee Myung-bak became the South's president in February.

New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was making diplomatic inroads within hours of Monday's inauguration ceremony.

The two leaders (President Lee Myung-bak and President Barack Obama) agreed to closely co-operate and monitor the situation together.

President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea has reversed his predecessors' "sunshine policy" of unconditional aid.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting of defense and security-related agencies.

Lee Myung-bak, who became president in 2008, is a former chief executive from within the Hyundai extended family of firms.

President Lee Myung-bak asked meanwhile for increased screening of imported food to check radiation levels.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Obama depart a press conference at the presidential Blue House.

At the invitation of President Lee Myung-bak, Premier Wen Jiabao will start his visit to the ROK tomorrow.

The ratio has fallen steadily since President Lee Myung Bak came to power insisting on a tougher line toward North Korea.

Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrongdoing - but his rival still hopes to seize on popular skepticism about the frontrunner.

Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, is pressing Pyongyang to pursue Chinese-style reforms to lessen the wealth gap.

Of course, China has its reasons for feeling dismay toward President Lee Myung-bak's diplomatic strategy.

President Lee Myung-bak's hard line has lost ground gained during a decade of the "sunshine" policy.

Its business-minded president, Lee Myung-bak, also wants closer bilateral ties, and saw Mr Kan's apology as helpful.

Congress passed the agreements as South Korean President Lee Myung Bak visited Washington.

President-elect Lee Myung-bak's special envoys to four regional powers have either returned home or are due back soon.

In South Korea, Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated as the country's 17th president following a landslide victory in December's election.

President Lee Myung-bak thanked Tang for especially attending the funeral as the envoy of the Chinese government.

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak held an emergency meeting with security advisers to discuss the issue.

His comments came as Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Monday reshuffled his Cabinet, replacing 3 ministers, a presidential spokesman said.

The government of President Lee Myung-bak has not been idle since it stared over the abyss in 2008, however.

He was expected to telephone South Korean President Lee Myung-bak late Tuesday night.

Now North Korea has grown shrill towards South Korea, which under President Lee Myung-bak does not want to give unconditional aid.

She says the Lee Myung-bak administration must accept full responsibility for the situation.

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak travels to Washington this week for talks with top U. S. officials.

Mr Kim's regime is also livid that South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has made aid conditional on progress over nuclear issues.

"This is a truly unbelievable, lamentable and deeply sad event, " President Lee Myung-bak, Mr Roh's successor, said in a statement.

Wen pledged a steady supply of the minerals during an Oct. 28 meeting with Kan and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak.

President Lee Myung-bak told rescuers they "should not give up hope. "

Instead, he chose to meet with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak later Monday.

Dear President Lee Myung-bak: Greetings, and first of all congratulations on becoming the new president of Korea!

The skirmish prompted President Lee Myung-bak to replace his defense minister on Friday.

However, Lee Myung-bak's policy while filling the escalating confrontation.

Lee Myung-Bak arrived in Beijing at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Now the focus of attention will shift to South Korea's recently elected president, Lee Myung-bak.

Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, would love a breakthrough on detainees before his Independence Day address on August 15.

LEE MYUNG-BAK, South Korea's president, made an unexpected pronouncement during his Liberation Day speech on August 15th.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik will meet Batbold.

President Lee Myung-bak has been at pains to present an amicable face to foreign business since his election.

Perino said Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak would discuss a proposed free-trade agreement along with security matters.

"THE entire nation is rotten, " said President Lee Myung-bak earlier this year.

President Lee Myung-bak has accepted Kims resignation, according to the presidential office.

He should call President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea to reassure him personally and directly of US support.

"NEVER waste a good crisis, " says Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president.

"This is hard to believe, " said Lee Myung-bak, the president. "It's very sad and lamentable. "

South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, met Barack Obama in Washington.

TO FOREIGNERS, South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, has done a decent job.

Clinton said after meeting South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak.

There he will meet with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and deliver a speech to American troops at Osan Air Base.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak demurred when asked about it.

She's already met with South Korea's outgoing President Lee Myung-bak.

Mr. Wen made those remarks to President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea.

More than 2, 000 guests, including President Lee Myung-bak and foreign ambassadors, attended the funeral.

Wen made those remarks to President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea.

A spokesman for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called the incident 'extremely tragic. '

Of the 2, 500 people the president, Lee Myung-bak, has chosen to pardon, 2, 375 were found guilty of illegal election campaigning.

In Seoul, he will discuss security and finance matters with President Lee Myung-bak.

But that changed when Lee Myung-bak became South Korea's president in February 2008.

USUALLY, right-wing politicians such as President Lee Myung-bak are unwelcome in South Korea's south-western region of Cholla.

The South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, has promised to take "stern action, " but Seoul won't risk a war it can't win.

Traffic to both zones nearly ground to a halt soon after the inauguration of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak early last year.

Under President Lee Myung-bak, a conservative who is cooler towards North Korea, that has dropped to 20 to 30 tonnes every two months.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has proposed a unification tax to set aside funds for the staggering financial burden of unification;

South Korea 's new president Lee Myung-Bak promised to donate his salary to the poor,

Obama signs the guest book before holding a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak at the presidential

Statement by President Lee Myung-bak at the Closing Press Conference of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit

Prime Minister Naoto Kan, President Lee Myung-bak, Ladies and Gentlemen

Lee Myung-bak is president of South Korea; Kevin Rudd is prime minister of Australia

South Korea Inaugurates Lee Myung-bak as President

President Lee Myung-bak, Dear Colleagues