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NEWS ABOUT: Lee Myung-bak

Lee Myung-bak stories: 18 news summaries
OBAMA'S FREE RIDE

 Latest Undeserved 
 Honor: Black Belt 

Obama is now a master of tae kwon do, with 0 years practice

Nov 19, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - This has gone too far. First President Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize “without actually producing any peace,” writes Andrew Malcolm. Now the South Korean president has awarded him a black belt in tae kwon do “after zero long years of study. What would Chuck Norris do?”... More »

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South Korea • Nobel Peace Prize • martial arts • Lee Myung-bak • taekwondo • President Obama • state visit • tae kwon do • black belt • Obama tae kwon do

 Obama: We Will Sanction Iran 

Obama ups pressure on Tehran, North Korea in South Korean speech

Nov 19, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama offered his toughest talk yet on nuclear issues today in a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Obama blasted Iran for turning down a deal to turn their nuclear stockpiles into fuel rods, “for internal political reasons, or perhaps because they are stuck in... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • North Korea • South Korea • sanctions • international sanctions • Lee Myung-bak • President Obama • Iranian nuclear program

US, South Korea Offer North 'Grand Bargain' on Nukes

Obama's envoy heading to Pyongyang next month

Nov 18, 09 10:47 PM CST
(Newser) - South Korea's president says he and President Barack Obama have agreed to offer North Korea a "grand bargain" aimed at ending the North's nuclear program. President Lee Myung-bak, speaking at a joint news conference today in Seoul, said the deal would be similar to his proposal for a package... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • nuclear program • Lee Myung-bak • President Obama • special envoy • Stephen Bosworth

(Newser) - An envoy from Kim Jong-il met with South Korea's president today to deliver the first direct communication between the two nations in 18 months, reports Reuters. The content of Kim's message to President Lee Myung-bak was not disclosed. But the fact that the 30-minute meeting happened at all indicates an... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Kim Jong Il • Lee Myung-bak

 Nuclear N. Korea 
 a 'Grave Threat': Obama 

S. Korean, US leaders say UN resolution must be enforced

Jun 16, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(AP) - A nuclear-armed North Korea poses a "grave threat" to the world and cannot achieve its own security by building illegal weapons, President Obama said today. With South Korea’s president at his side in the Rose Garden, Obama said they agreed that a new UN resolution seeking to halt... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear weapons • Lee Myung-bak • UN resolution • President Obama

(Newser) - When President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak meet today, they will discuss a host of security and economic issues, but Paul Wolfowitz hopes they take some time out for a purely humanitarian concern: North Korea’s refugees. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have fled to China, but... More »

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China • Barack Obama • North Korea • South Korea • United States • refugee • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Lee Myung-bak

 N. Korea Set to Launch 
 2nd Long-Range Missile 

Weapon may be launched when S. Korea prez visits DC

Jun 1, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is preparing to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile, according to South Korean media reports. Pyongyang is said to have moved its most advanced missile, whose 4,000 mile range puts Alaska within striking distance, to a brand-new launch pad and has forbidden ships from sailing the waters off... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • missile • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear missiles • Lee Myung-bak

Obama, S. Korea Prez Warn North Over Missile Launch

He and Lee will have 'united' response if Pyongyang fires rocket

Apr 2, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama and South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak agreed today on the need for a "stern, united" international response if North Korea goes ahead with a planned rocket launch. The two presidents met before today's round of talks at the G20 summit in London. Yesterday Obama told Chinese president... More »

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Barack Obama • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • rocket launchers • ballistic missile program • Lee Myung-bak • G20

 N. Korea to Shut
 Border With South 

Pyongyang angered by South Korean government's actions

Nov 12, 08 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - North Korea says it will cut access to South Korea on Dec. 1, by closing the border and severing the sole civilian phone link between the two nations, the BBC reports. The North has grown increasingly hostile to the South since it elected President Lee Myung-bak, who promised to “... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • Pyongyang • reunification • Lee Myung-bak

North Korea Threatens
to Sever Ties With South

Calls South Korean government 'traitors'

Oct 16, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is threatening to sever ties with South Korea in a war of words that has plunged relations between the partitioned neighbors to a new low, Reuters reports. North Korean officials are upset about hardline policies of South Korea's conservative government.  "If the traitors keep to the... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • disarmament • plutonium • Lee Myung-bak • state sponsored terrorism

 N. Korea
 Suspends
 Nuclear
 Shutdown

Country threatens to restore weapons plant to working order

Aug 26, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has halted the disablement of its nuclear facilities and says it may restore a reactor that can make material for atomic weapons, Reuters reports. Analysts say the move, which follows a visit to arch-enemy South Korea by pseudo-ally and Chinese President Hu Jintao, appears to be an effort... More »

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North Korea • Yongbyon • Hu Jintao • nuclear facilities • nuclear disarmament • nuclear missiles • Lee Myung-bak

Bush Warns Korea on Nukes

In Seoul, tells North
to follow through or
be 'most sanctioned regime in world'

Aug 6, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush urged North Korea to keep its pledge to end its nuclear program ahead of a looming American deadline, reports Bloomberg. Speaking in Seoul alongside South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Bush said that Pyongyang must either "verifiably do what you say you are going to do, or you'll... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Seoul • beef • Axis of Evil • nuclear disarmament • Lee Myung-bak • George W. Bush

Leader Offers Fresh Start as Korea Protests Snowball

Biggest protests in 20 years push Lee Myung-bak's presidency to the brink

Jun 11, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea's president is battling for his political life as swelling protests continue to rock the country, the New York Times reports. At least 100,000 people joined a massive anti-government rally in Seoul yesterday as Lee Myung-bak—himself a former participant in a pro-democracy student movement—pledged "a... More »

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South Korea • Seoul • protests • Koreans • Lee Myung-bak • beef industry

S. Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign Over US Beef Imports

Cabinet offers resignation as 1m prepare to march

Jun 10, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The entire South Korean government has offered to resign in the face of a popular protest triggered by the lifting of import restrictions on US beef. The Korean government withdrew a ban introduced to prevent mad cow disease, setting off demonstrations expected to bring a million people onto the streets... More »

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South Korea • beef • protests • mad cow disease • Lee Myung-bak • beef industry

Irked North Korea Fires
Test Missiles

Pyongyang flexes military muscle as Seoul grows testy

Mar 28, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea test-fired a number of short-range missiles into the waters off its west coast, according to South Korean officials, in an apparent show of anger at Washington and the new government in Seoul, Reuters reports. "We are monitoring the situation," said a South Korean presidential spokesman. The... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • Six nation talks • Kim Jong Il • nuclear disarmament • Lee Myung-bak

South Korea
to Back UN on North Korea

Seoul shifts gears to join in criticism of
human rights record

Mar 26, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea is set to vote in favor of a United Nations resolution that criticizes the "systematic, widespread, and grave violations" of human rights in North Korea, the AP reports. The South's new president, Lee Myung-bak, is changing a decade of precedent: earlier administrations have either abstained or been... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • human rights • Lee Myung-bak • human rights violations

'Bulldozer' Prez Takes Helm
in S. Korea

Conservative ex-CEO charges into office, pledging reform

Feb 25, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Proclaiming that "economic revival is our most urgent task," South Korea's new president took office today. Ex-Seoul mayor Lee Myung-bak, a longtime Hyundai exec known as "the Bulldozer," won the office in a landslide but is likely to struggle implementing the reforms he has promised if... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear program • Hyundai • Koreans • Lee Myung-bak

Right-Wing CEO Wins Korean Presidency

Lee Myung-bak promises harder line with North

Dec 19, 07 5:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Opposition leader Lee Myung-bak, nicknamed "The Bulldozer," has been elected president of South Korea by the largest margin in the country's democratic history. Lee, a former CEO at Hyundai and once mayor of Seoul, won 50.3% of the vote, trouncing his nearest rival, who captured just 26%,... More »

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South Korea • Hyundai • Lee Myung-bak

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