South Korea votes, seen choosing businessman 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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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 parliament announces a fraud investigation of Presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak just two days before polls open. But it may be too late to change the results
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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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Indonesians voted on Monday in a landmark election expected to remove President Megawati Sukarnoputri and install an ex-general who has vowed firmer leadership in fighting terror and boosting the economy.
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South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun started an official visit to Brazil as part of his country's campaign to find new business in the region.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will approve a special counsel to look into fraud allegations against the president-elect despite calls to veto the measure, local media reported on Friday.
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South Korea's justice ministry said Monday it would accept a plan for an independent inquiry into new claims opposition presidential election frontrunner Lee Myung-Bak was linked to a fraud case.
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South Koreans will elect a new president on Wednesday who is expected to reposition Seoul closer to Washington, ending a decade in which left-leaning leaders sparred with their U.S. ally over North Korea policy.
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SEOUL, Dec. 18 -- Because he embodies a brand that voters here are itching to buy, Lee Myung-bak seems almost certain to be elected Wednesday as president of South Korea.
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South Korea's incoming president on Monday made his first cabinet appointment, naming veteran diplomat and economist Han Seung-Soo as his prime minister.
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South Korea's foreign minister has become the only candidate with a good chance of winning the race to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, but a mystery 'no' vote has thrown his victory into question.Comment
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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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The election Wednesday of former Hyundai executive may signal a review of South Korea's policy toward the North.
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South Koreaâs parliament voted to launch an independent investigation into fraud allegations against the leading presidential candidate just days ahead of the vote.
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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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South Korea might put forward a candidate  to take over from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan when his  term expires in 2006, a South Korean official said Sunday.