After meteoric rise, and fall, S. Korea president to quit party
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SEOUL -- Even by the standards of South Korea's turbulent politics, the reversals in President Roh Moo Hyun's fortunes have been dramatic. Not even the recent breakthrough deal to shut down North Korea's nuclear program, a seeming boost to his longstanding policy of reconciliation with Pyongyang, restored his popularity.
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A former Hyundai CEO appeared headed for a landslide win in South Korea's presidential election, according to exit polls. Lee Myung-Bak broke from the pack by virtue of his rags-to-riches story and business background. But the vote became uncertain after foes released a clip of him saying he founded a company at the center of stock manipulation charges.
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The leader of the main opposition party in South Africa, Tony Leon, is to step down after 13 years.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he would resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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South Korea's ruling Uri Party is teetering toward possible collapse as 23 lawmakers quit to create a new political outfit, thrusting President Roh Moo-Hyun's group into a minority ahead of elections in December.
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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he wants to resign, news reports said Wednesday.
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Thailand's ousted prime minister resigned this week, but his populist ideals may influence his successors.
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South Korea's next president said Thursday he will try hard to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and offered the communist state a dramatic rise in living standards in return.
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North Korea appears to be reducing the level of official reverence paid to its leader Kim Jong Il, marking the first signs of a shift away from the
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The head of South Korea&#39;s ruling party resigned yesterday amid suggestions that he had covered up his father&#39;s past as a military policeman for Japanese occupiers. The resignation comes during renewed national debate on the role of collaborators under ...
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party resigned on Thursday after saying his father had served as a military police officer during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule on the peninsula.
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The head of South Korea&#39;s governing party has resigned over disclosures that his father collaborated with the Japanese during their occupation more than half a century ago.
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Lee Myung Bak swept to victory in South Korea's Presidential election on promises to revitalize the economy
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation sent his ruling party scrambling to find a new leader who could revive public support following an election defeat in July and a string of scandals.
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Former President Jiang Zemin resigns his post as head of military.
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South Korea's army chief  offers to resign, amid growing unease over an investigation into a promotions scandal.