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...going to be very difficult. That is our position as well. But what's important is that my government will continue to work very closely with China and the U.S. in order to resolve this. We have no intention of taking two separate tracks, for instance by developing inter-Korean relations apart from the six-party talks. We will continue to try to convince [North Korea] that it is in their national interest - to protect the regime and to ensure better lives for the people - to give up their nuclear-weapons program. We are very genuinely seeking reconciliation and peace...
...wasn't, the U.S. would have a very difficult time trying to navigate and maneuver in Northeast Asia. Korea will continue to strengthen our traditional close alliance with the U.S. because this will not only ensure the peaceful stability of Northeast Asia but also will deter war on the Korean peninsula. At the same time, we will also develop and strengthen our relationship with China...
...year-old former CEO won election with ease, the lopsided victory seemingly providing Lee with a mandate to ram through his ambitious agenda of economic reform, tough love for North Korea and a higher international profile for his country. But a mere three months later, the man South Koreans call "the Bulldozer" has bogged down. In the past few days, tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of downtown Seoul to demonstrate against him. Lee's public approval rating has sunk to around a miserable 20%, and it looks like he'll have to reshuffle his Cabinet...
...accounts, they have arrived late to the crisis. The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) calls this emergency a "silent tsunami" that could have dire consequences for more than 100 million of the world's poor in countries as varied as Somalia and North Korea. A South Korean Buddhist organization recently quoted a North Korean official's chilling view of the mounting hunger there: "Life is more than difficult. It seems like everyone is going...
...Seoul A BELLYACHE OVER U.S. BEEF South Korea's government delayed a plan to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports after thousands of protesters clashed with police in Seoul. The ban had been instituted following a 2003 outbreak of mad-cow disease. Koreans accuse newly elected President Lee Myung Bak of caving to Washington after Congress linked a $29 billion free-trade agreement to the reopening of the Korean market, formerly the third largest worldwide for U.S. beef...