Seoul poll winner tough on North
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The new president-elect of South Korea says the North must ditch nuclear weapons and boost human rights.
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South Koreans went to the polls on Wednesday expected to choose as president a former CEO vowing to knock the economy into shape and stand up to the North, but whose authority could be weakened by a fraud investigation.
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South Korean Foreign Minister   Ban Ki-Moon retained his lead in an informal Security Council   poll for U.N. secretary-general on Thursday but got one less   vote than on the previous ballot, diplomats said.
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Conservative opposition candidate Lee Myung-Bak will win Wednesday's presidential election, according to two TV exit polls broadcast as voting ended.
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The US presidential election is finally over! Now the hard part begins. I&#39;m not talking about getting North Korea back to the negotiating table; that will come soon enough.
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South Koreans vote on Wednesday in a  presidential election expected to be won by a conservative  former CEO who says he'll help business and get tough on North  Korea, but whose leadership may be undermined by a fraud probe.
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Exit polls say a former construction executive nicknamed the âBulldozerâ overcame doubts about his ethics and won South Koreaâs presidential election.
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For Koreans living in Japan, support for Pyongyang used to be a matter of ethnic pride, but today, most turn away from Kim Jong Il
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North Korea armed with nuclear weapons is  still no match for the South, and Pyongyang knows better than  to attack its neighbor because it cannot win, South Korean  President Roh Moo-hyun was quoted as saying on Thursday.
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A former tycoon who promises to reinvigorate South Korea's economy and take a tougher line with North Korea won a landslide presidential election victory Wednesday, according to exit polls and partial official results.
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The former Hyundai CEO, now the front-runner in South Korea's presidential election, denied involvement Tuesday in a stock manipulation case, accusing his opponents of spreading lies that would not derail his bid for office.
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The Security Council hands South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon a second victory in a &quot;straw poll&quot; to select a successor to UN chief Kofi Annan, but the race remains wide open with more candidates expected to enter the fray.
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SEOUL - South Korea tightened security north of the capital Seoul Tuesday after finding signs that North Korean agents may have infiltrated the country.
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Ban Ki-moon, South KoreaÂs foreign minister, is closer to becoming the United NationsÂ next leader after a Security Council poll.
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South Korea's foreign minister wins a third informal vote on a new UN secretary general, diplomats say.
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A permanent solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis is unlikely until Pyongyang's communist system gives way to democracy, a prominent former South Korean general said on Friday.
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The South Korean front-runner to replace Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general rejected criticism that he is too weak for the job, insisting he has the "inner strength" needed to lead the world body.