South Korea businessman wins election: TV
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South Koreans on Wednesday elected as president Lee Myung-bak, a right-wing former CEO vowing to improve the economy and stand up to North Korea, TV exit polls showed.
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The South Korean president issues pardons to 400 businessmen and politicians convicted of financial crimes.
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As South Koreans headed to the polls for their countryâs presidential election on Wednesday, voters appeared ready to choose Lee Myung-bak, a pro-business candidate.
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A millionaire soccer boss from Argentina's center-right opposition was elected mayor of Buenos Aires in a run-off vote on Sunday, defeating a candidate backed by President Nestor Kirchner.
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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 leader of the party allied to Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he has won the general election.
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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 voters head to the polls on Wednesday ready to end 10 years of rule by liberal presidents by selecting a former businessman who promises to run the world's 13th largest economy like a CEO.
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South Korea's president-elect pledged on Thursday to put the economy first once he takes office and not to be shy about telling prickly North Korea to mend its ways over nuclear weapons and human rights.
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South Korea's president on Monday commuted the death sentences of six inmates on death row and pardoned the founder of the Daewoo conglomerate, convicted of fraud in one of the biggest corporate bankruptcies in history.
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The challenger, Donald Tusk, declared victory for his pro-business party, Civic Platform, after high voter turnout in parliamentary elections.
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South Korean enterprises would tap the new opportunities posed by Poland's entry into the European Union and increase investment in the new EU member state, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said here Friday.
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The candidate of South Koreaâs conservative opposition party in next weekâs presidential election has surged far ahead of his rivals in the last opinion polls allowed before the balloting.
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Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak won South Korea's presidential election by a landslide on Wednesday with his promises to make voters better off and stand up to North Korea.
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Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak overcame doubts about his ethics to win South Korea's presidential election by a landslide on Wednesday with promises to make voters better off and to stand up to North Korea.
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Millions of South Korean voters are heading for polling stations to choose a president to succeed Roh Moo-hyun.
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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.