New S Korean leader to face probe
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A South Korean court clears the way for a probe into fraud claims against President-elect Lee Myung-bak.
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Nigeria's Senate is to investigate graft allegations made by President Obasanjo against his vice-president.
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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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The UN nuclear agency is to present a report on South Korea next week ahead of a decision on whether the US ally should be taken to the UN Security Council for violating international nuclear safeguards, diplomats said.
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South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak nominated as prime minister Monday a veteran official with broad international experience to focus on achieving his goal of bolstering economic growth.
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South Korean President, Roh Moo Hyun, is due in London, becoming the first South Korean leader to make a state visit to Britain.
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South Korea launched a special  investigation into Samsung Group  on Thursday on  suspicions the country's largest conglomerate bribed public  officials to squash investigations into its management  practices.
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South Korea&#39;s markets watchdog has said it is to inspect Citigroup&#39;s local operations, days after regulators censured the bank&#39;s Japanese business.
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Special prosecutors are investigating accusations that the companyâs chairman, Lee Kun Hee, had amassed slush funds to bribe politicians, prosecutors and government officials.
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North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il inspected construction work on a hydro-electric power plant in his first public event of the new year, according to state media monitored Monday.
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South Korea's constitutional court is set  to rule on Thursday whether a special counsel can go ahead with  a probe into fraud allegations against President-elect Lee  Myung-bak.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says it will dispatch another team of inspectors to South Korea this month to pursue an investigation into South Korea&#39;s nuclear research.
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Dominic de Villepin says he will be formally investigated over an alleged smear campaign against President Sarkozy.
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The daughter of South Korea's assassinated president Park Chung-hee on Monday launched a bid to be the country's first woman leader in a race dominated by her main challenger for the opposition conservative's nomination.
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South Korea's constitutional court is set to rule on Thursday whether a special counsel can go ahead with a probe into fraud allegations against President-elect Lee Myung-bak.
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The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has arrived in Seoul to discuss South Korea&#39;s nuclear experiments after last month&#39;s two intrusive inspections.
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A fraud probe against a leading S Korean presidential candidate is reopened days before the vote.