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[Editorial] Jobless youths
The Korea Herald, Jul 30, 2010 / President Lee Myung-bak, whose administration is avowedly business-friendly, has been bashing big businesses for failing to make good on their promise to create 400,000 jobs this year.
Korea's Lee gets boost from by-election results
Vietnam Tribune, Jul 29, 2010 / South Korea's conservative ruling party swept to victory on Wednesday in parliamentary by-elections, giving President Lee Myung-Bak a major political boost midway through his five-year term.
Lee wants foreign workers
The Straits Times - Singapore, Jul 29, 2010 / SOUTH KOREAN President Lee Myung Bak ordered his cabinet on Thursday to raise the quota for foreign workers to ease a manpower shortage at small firms.
World › S. Korean prime minister set to resign
Tokyo Classified, Jul 29, 2010 / South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan will announce his resignation later Thursday to take responsibility for the government's failure to get parliamentary approval for a project to build a science-business hub in a central region, Yonhap News Agency said, citing a government source.
Return to Productive Politics
dongA.com, Jul 28, 2010 / Parliamentary by-elections in eight districts nationwide were held Wednesday.
S.Korea's Lee gets boost from by-election results
Seoul News, Jul 28, 2010 / South Korea's conservative ruling party swept to victory on Wednesday in parliamentary by-elections, giving President Lee Myung-Bak a major political boost midway through his five-year term.
South Koreans go to polls for key by-elections
Seven News Ltd, Jul 28, 2010 / South Koreans went to the polls Wednesday for parliamentary by-elections that could set the course for the second half of President Lee Myung-Bak's term.
Lee Myung-bak turning back on big firms?
Asia News Network (ANN), Jul 28, 2010 / South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is turning up the heat on business conglomerates whose reluctance in investing and caring for smaller firms hinder his key policies for a broader well-being of ordinary people.
Lee Holds 1st Meeting with New Aides
KBS World, Jul 19, 2010 / President Lee Myung-bak held his first meeting with new senior secretaries on Monday.
Pres. Lee Defends Delayed Transfer of Wartime Command
dongA.com, Jul 18, 2010 / President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that his government made a sovereign decision to delay the transfer of wartime operational command from the U.S. "Some are voicing criticism over the transfer's postponement in stressing the importance of an autonomous national defense. The rescheduling, however, constitutes a choice that is substantial and sovereign in nature," he said in a radio address.
S.Korea's ruling party picks new leader
Sin Chew Jit Poh, Jul 14, 2010 / South Korea's ruling party Wednesday elected a close confidant to President Lee Myung-Bak as its new leader in preparation for presidential and parliamentary elections in 2012.
Pres. Lee Defends Delayed Transfer of Wartime Command
dongA.com, Jul 12, 2010 / President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that his government made a sovereign decision to delay the transfer of wartime operational command from the U.S. "Some are voicing criticism over the transfer's postponement in stressing the importance of an autonomous national defense. The rescheduling, however, constitutes a choice that is substantial and sovereign in nature," he said in a radio address.
S.Korean PM's department searched over rights abuse
Asia One, Jul 09, 2010 / South Korean prosecutors raided the prime minister's department Friday over allegations that its officials conducted an illegal investigation into a government critic.
S.Korean PM's department searched over rights abuse
Sin Chew Jit Poh, Jul 09, 2010 / South Korean prosecutors raided the prime minister's department Friday over allegations that its officials conducted an illegal investigation into a government critic.
Labor Minister Appointed Chief of Staff
KBS World, Jul 07, 2010 / Minister of Employment and Labor Yim Tae-hee has reportedly been appointed the new presidential chief of staff.
South Korean Premier Chung May Resign After Loss in Elections, Yonhap Says
Bloomberg.com, Jul 06, 2010 / South Korean President Lee Myung Bak may accept Prime Minister Chung Un Chan 's offer to resign after the government lost in local elections and lawmakers rejected its strategy for developing a new city, Yonhap News said.
Four S.Korean officials face probe over illegal surveillance
Asia One, Jul 05, 2010 / Four South Korean officials face a criminal investigation over allegations that they conducted illegal surveillance of a government critic, the prime minister's office said Monday.
SKorea PM 'offers to resign'
The Straits Times - Singapore, Jul 05, 2010 / SOUTH KOREA'S prime minister has offered to resign for failing to get parliamentary approval to scrap the planned relocation of government offices out of Seoul, news reports said Monday.
Opposition groups call for vigils all month
Seoul News, Jul 04, 2010 / An alliance of five opposition parties and civic groups gathered at Seoul Plaza on Saturday night demanding President Lee Myung-bak halt his four rivers restoration project.
Lee orders surveillance probe
The Straits Times - Singapore, Jul 04, 2010 / SOUTH Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Sunday ordered an investigation into claims his government had conducted illegal surveillance of a businessman, officials said.
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Clinton announces new sanctions against NKorea
Boston.com - Boston MA
Boston.com - Boston MA, Jul 21, 2010/ U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea.
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'Disastrous' BP boss Hayward putting cap on career
New York Post - New York NY
New York Post - New York NY, Jul 21, 2010/ Embattled BP head honcho Tony Hayward will step down in the next 10 weeks over the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, sources said yesterday.
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U.K. leader, Obama slam release of bomber
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL, Jul 21, 2010/ President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday both strongly condemned the release last year of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland.
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What others are reporting on Afghanistan
The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada
The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada, Jul 21, 2010/ "The largest cadre of foreign ministers to descend on Afghanistan in three decades underwent an astonishing political conversion on Tuesday, turning from skeptics to advocates of the Afghan government's ambitious plan to take over all security responsibilities in the country by 2014.
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Cubs look ahead after Piniella says he will retire
St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO
St Louis Post-Dispatch - St Louis MO, Jul 21, 2010/ Just like a long line of predecessors, Lou Piniella thought he could lead the Chicago Cubs to that elusive championship and end a drought that dates to 1908.
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Lee Myung-bak (; ; born 19 December 1941) is a Korean politician and the President of South Korea.
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