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 N. Korea to Shut
 Border With South 

Pyongyang angered by South Korean government's actions

BBC BBC 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 “get tough” with Pyongyang. His government co-sponsored a UN resolution criticizing North Korea’s human rights record. More »

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

North Korea Threatens
to Sever Ties With South

Calls South Korean government 'traitors'

Reuters Reuters 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 road of reckless confrontation with North Korea, defaming its dignity," officials will consider a "total freeze of relations," declared the state's Communist newspaper. More »

 N. Korea
 Suspends
 Nuclear
 Shutdown

Country threatens to restore weapons plant to working order

Reuters Reuters 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 by North Korea to maintain leverage to get the US to remove it from its terror blacklist. More »

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

Bush Warns Korea on Nukes

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

Bloomberg Bloomberg 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 continue to be the most sanctioned regime in the world." More »

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

Leader Offers Fresh Start as Korea Protests Snowball

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

New York Times New York Times 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 new beginning," just 4 months after taking office. He has asked his main political rival to become prime minister, reports Reuters. More »

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

S. Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign Over US Beef Imports

Cabinet offers resignation as 1m prepare to march

Bloomberg Bloomberg 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 today. The original agricultural dispute has expanded into a wider movement against Lee Myung-bak, the former construction executive elected president 4 months ago. More »

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

Irked North Korea Fires
Test Missiles

Pyongyang flexes military muscle as Seoul grows testy

Bloomberg Bloomberg 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 development comes at a key moment in the effort to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons, writes Bloomberg. More »

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

South Korea
to Back UN on North Korea

Seoul shifts gears to join in criticism of
human rights record

Associated Press Associated Press 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 absent when the UN considers issues relating to the North. More »

More about:  United Nations • North Korea • 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

The Australian The Australian 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 his conservative party fails to win a majority in April's parliamentary elections, the Australian reports. More »

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

Right-Wing CEO Wins Korean Presidency

Lee Myung-bak promises harder line with North

Reuters Reuters 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%, reports Reuters. Lee ran on a right-wing platform emphasizing improvements to the economy and a harder line with North Korea. More »

More about:  South Korea • Lee Myung-bak • Hyundai

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