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S.Korea's ruling party urges president to calm public anger over U.S. beef import plan ... - 0 views

  • S.Korea's ruling party urges president to calm public anger over U.S. beef import plan SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's ruling party chief urged the president Monday to revamp his Cabinet to calm a growing public outcry over the government's plan to restart imports of U.S. beef this week. Leave a Comment
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    SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's ruling party chief urged the president Monday to revamp his Cabinet to calm a growing public outcry over the government's plan to restart imports of U.S. beef this week. Leave a Comment
Jessica Weckhorst

North Korea rejects liaison office proposal from South Korea - Boston.com - 0 views

  • North Korea rejected a proposal from South Korea's new conservative president to establish liaison offices in both countries
  • SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea rejected a proposal from South Korea's new conservative president to establish liaison offices in both countries calling it a public relations exercise aimed at covering up deteriorating ties on the divided peninsula.
  • The proposal was Lee's first overture to the communist nation.
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  • Lee made the offer in an interview with the Washington Post last week during a visit to the United States for talks with President Bush, saying the countries need a better channel of communication.
  • Relations between the divided Koreas have chilled since Lee took office in February with a pledge to get tough on Pyongyang. Lee says he opposes unconditional assistance to the North and calls for its nuclear disarmament as a precondition for economic cooperation.
  • North Korea has bristled at the hard-line stance, and since late last month has expelled South Korean officials from a shared industrial complex, test-fired missiles, and threatened to reduce the South to "ashes." The Korean War ended in 1953 with a truce, not a peace treaty, which means the two sides technically remain at war. Relations improved significantly under Lee's two liberal predecessors -- Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun -- who pursued detente with North Korea with massive aid and concessions
Jessica Weckhorst

YONHAP NEWS - 0 views

  • Seoul recently agreed to reopen its market to most U.S. beef cuts, lifting a five-year ban placed after the outbreak of the first mad cow case in the United States. The decision reached on April 18 is expected to permit U.S. beef shipments to arrive here around in mid May.
  • "We are very pleased that Korea has taken the decision," Vershbow said, "And this agreement is based on international scientific standards, which I think is the only policy for trading nations that they want to observe, that they want to have healthy economic relations with other nations."The Lee Myung-bak administration, however, faced mounting domestic criticism for rushing to the beef agreement despite lingering concerns over mad cow disease and feared impact on the local cattle industry
  • Resuming U.S. beef imports has been considered a key condition for Seoul gaining U.S. ratification of the free trade agreement
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  • The U.S. ambassador to Seoul said Wednesday that Korea's decision to resume U.S. beef imports will strengthen their bilateral alliance and that he was confident Seoul's free trade pact with Washington will get ratified in the U.S. within this year.
  • The U.S. envoy noted opposition in the U.S. Congress in the presidential election year but said he was "confident" that it will get ratified within U.S. President George W. Bush's term.
  • Nonetheless, President Bush explained to President Lee in Camp David less than two weeks ago that it is a priority for him to get Congress to ratify KORUS-FTA in 2008 and I'm confident he can meet that goal
  • We often refer to FTA as a 'win-win' agreement because both Korea and the United States will benefit, but it might be more appropriate to call it a 'win-win-win-win' because not
  • only the countries benefit but because businesses and consumers will benefit as well," he said.
katenix

Lee Myung-bak inaugurated as president of South Korea - International Herald Tribune - 0 views

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    news about south koreas president
John Pedersen

South Korea (03/08) - 0 views

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      many invasions by larger neighbors in 2000 years of existence/// Repelled numerous foreign invasions
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      1910- Japan began 35 year period of colonial rule over Korea/// Many older Koreans stil hold a grudge against Japan
  • Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers in 1945, signaling the end of World War II, only further embroiled Korea in foreign rivalries.
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  • On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea
  • The war left almost three million Koreans dead or wounded and millions of others homeless and separated from their families.
  • The Second Republic under the leadership of Chang Myon ended after only one year, when Major General Park Chung-hee led a military coup. Park's rule, which resulted in tremendous economic growth and development but increasingly restricted political freedoms, ended with his assassination in 1979
  • . Subsequently, a powerful group of military officers, led by Lieutenant General Chun Doo Hwan, declared martial law and took power.
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      throughout the Park and Chun eras, there were many strong protests against the authorities, led by students and labor union activists
  • movements reached a climax after Chun's 1979 coup and declaration of martial law.
  • Former business executive and Mayor of Seoul Lee Myung-bak's 5-year term begins with his inauguration on February 25, 2008.
  • In 1987, Roh Tae-woo, a former general, was elected president
  • 1992 election of a long-time pro-democracy activist, Kim Young-sam. Kim became Korea's first civilian elected president in 32 years.
  • Thereafter, pro-democracy activities intensified even more, ultimately forcing political concessions by the government in 1987, including the restoration of direct presidential elections.
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      Look under People, Government, and Economy
  • Natural resources: Limited coal, iron ore, limestone, kaolinite, and graphite.Agriculture, including forestry and fisheries: Products--rice, vegetables, fruit, root crops, barley; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs, fish. Arable land--17% of land area
  • PeopleNationality: Noun and adjective--Korean(s).Population (2006): 48,846,823.Population annual growth rate (2006): 0.42%.Ethnic groups: Korean; small Chinese minority.Religions: Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, Confucianism, Chondogyo.Language: Korean.Education: Years compulsory--9. Enrollment--11.5 million. Attendance--middle school 99%, high school 95%. Literacy--98%.Health (2006): Infant mortality rate--6.16/1,000. Life expectancy--77.0 yrs (men 73.6 yrs.; women 80.8 yrs).Work force (2005): 23.53 million. Services--67.2%; mining and manufacturing--26.4%; agriculture--6.4%.
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      economy and natural resources
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      Economy and resources
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      Econmy and resources
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      SouthKorea and other countries
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    good info
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    economy facts
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    general information (economy)
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    info on economy, government, etc
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    This tells everything!!!!
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    everything but the kitchen sink!
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    overview general information
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    Mostly a history of modern South Korea
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    very good site.
brittanyb

CNN.com - Profile: President-elect Roh Moo-hyun - Dec. 31, 2002 - 0 views

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    more on president for government in video
katenix

CNN.com - South Korean president wins Nobel Peace Prize - October 13, 2000 - 0 views

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    president of south korea wins nobel peace prize
katenix

President of South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    president of korea
Sam Gladnick

CNN.com - Why gushy greetings are key to Korean talks - June 13, 2000 - 0 views

  • greeting South Korea's President Kim Dae Jung with a winning smile and a two-handed handshake -- the Korean cultural equivalent of a hug.
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    What a terrific article to use for your cultural communications!
Ian Gill

Despite slowing global economy, South Korea keeps growth target - International Herald ... - 0 views

  • South Korea's finance ministry said on Monday it was maintaining its 2008 economic growth target of around 6 percent, due to deregulation and tax cuts, despite a slowing global economy. Economic growth in 2007 was 4.9 percent. Asia's fourth-largest economy is expected to be capable of 7-percent growth and have a stable current account and prices in five years, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said in a report to the new president, Lee Myung-bak. "The new government will endeavor to achieve a growth target of some 6 percent, continuing efforts for economic recovery and managing risk factors," said the ministry.
Michelle Pio

BBC NEWS | Business | South Korean economy slows down - 0 views

  • Gross domestic product grew 0.7% from the previous quarter, down from the 1.6% expansion seen at the end of 2007. Falling exports were largely to blame for the quarterly slowdown along with weak consumer spending. President Lee Myung-bak took office in February promising to boost annual growth to 7% - it grew 5% in 2007. The investment bank Goldman Sachs said it was keeping its growth forecast for the full year at 4.8% despite the weak quarterly figures. It predicted the government's programme of tax-cuts and deregulation would boost growth while the weak currency would help exporters. Inflation figures were also released on Friday, with consumer prices rising 3.9% in the year to the end of March. That figure is above the government's target of between 2.5% and 3.5% for the fourth month running.
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staci fink

CNN.com - Voting begins in South Korea parliamentary elections - April 12, 2000 - 0 views

  • oting has begun across South Korea in parliamentary elections that observers say are critical to the country's economic and political future. The elections come amid now-robust economic performance, as well as on the heels of the announcement of improved ties with North Korea. Rival candidates made last-ditch appeals for votes as the world focused on the first-ever summit between the two Koreas.
  • Another pressing issue for Kim's 2-year-old government is the reform of South Korea's inefficient economic systems, especially its family-owned conglomerates, or chaebol. About a dozen of the conglomerates collapsed under debts in 1997, forcing South Korea to accept a record $58 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund.
  • President Kim has publicly said reunions of those separated family members will top the agenda. Only 50 people from each Korea were allowed to cross the border in 1985 for the first temporary family reunions. No further reunions have since been arranged because of military and political tensions. The Korean border, the world's most heavily armed, is sealed with nearly 2 million troops deployed on both sides.
Kyle Davis

Korea, South: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Infoplease.com - 0 views

  • South Korea came into being after World War II, the result of a 1945 agreement reached by the Allies at the Potsdam Conference
  • Elections were held in the U.S. zone in 1948 for a national assembly, which adopted a republican constitution
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    current events. sites with a lot of links to art&entertainment, business, etc.
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    some good info on history of South Korea, About elections and past presidents and rulers
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    this site will show a lot of the all diffrent history and many other things while you are here
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    very good information on south korea and its government
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    history, geography, govrnment type
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    some economic facts and geography facts, just some basic things and a sumamry of the history
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    How Korea was formed, how it works, general history.
brittanyb

South Korea's Presidential Candidate Roh Moo Hyun's Political Agenda - 0 views

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    president. (government for video)
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