New South Korean leader to put economy first
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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 integration into the global economy is still relatively low despite its dramatic growth in recent decades, the head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said.
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South Korea's incoming president says he is ready to meet the North Korea leader, if it would help the nuclear deal.
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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would soon meet with South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun as he works to patch up strained ties with Seoul and Beijing.
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North Korea&#39;s second-most senior leader toured a shiny new science park in Beijing Monday, a first stop on visit aimed at finding ways to help the North&#39;s moribund economy as much as jump-starting stalled nuclear talks.
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South Korea's next leader Lee Myung-Bak on Thursday promised pragmatic policies aimed at revitalising the economy and persuading North Korea to denuclearise and improve its rights record.
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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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To keep the economy rolling, Japan's new leader must push ahead with reform
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South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak told the country on Monday that his government would achieve annual economic growth of about 6 percent in 2008, while preventing inflation from rising sharply.
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The new head of S Africa's ruling party is expected to call for unity in his first public address to the ANC.
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South Korea will be able to avoid a sharp   drop in the economy even if the U.S. economy slows down next   year, thanks to growth in big regions such as Japan, China and   the euro zone, the nation's finance minister said on Tuesday.
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It has only just begun and already South Korea&#39;s program of historical reckoning of the often brutal Japanese occupation and colonization has produced its first victim. With no small amount of irony, it was the chairman of the governing ...
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South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun begins Monday a high-profile visit to Russia that is a chance for Moscow to showcase its role as a regional power in northeast Asia.
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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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When Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, clasps the hands of Chinese and South Korean leaders before the cameras at ice-breaking summits on Sunday and Monday, much of his mission will be accomplished.
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The daughter of a former dictator many credit for kick-starting South Korea's rise from the ashes of war to Asia's third biggest economy announced she would run for the presidency next year, local media reported on Monday.
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The new president-elect of South Korea says the North must ditch nuclear weapons and boost human rights.