South Korea's Roh is albatross on candidate's neck
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GWANGJU, South Korea  - His raised thumbs on pumped fists moving in rhythm to dance music, the political heir to two successive liberal South Korean presidents fires up the crowd, but not the voters.
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South Korean public sector workers  launched an unprecedented strike Monday, setting them on a  collision course with the government of President Roh Moo-hyun,  which has vowed a tough line on what it labels an illegal  action.
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SEOUL, Dec. 17 -- Lee Myung-bak was cruising toward a landslide victory in Wednesday's South Korean presidential election when he skidded over the weekend into a speed bump built out of his own words.
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South Korean voters head to the polls on Wednesday, ready to end 10 years of liberal presidents by picking a former businessman who promises run the world's 13th largest economy like a CEO.
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When South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun  meets President Bush later this week in Washington, the two  will try to resolve differences in managing North Korea, which  has strained ties between the allies.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun suffered a major political setback yesterday when the Constitutional Court ruled his controversial US$45 billion plan to move the capital was unlawful.
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When South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun   meets President Bush later this week in Washington, the two   will try to resolve differences in managing North Korea, which   has strained ties between the allies.
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Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day.
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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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His raised thumbs on  pumped fists moving in rhythm to dance music, the political  heir to two successive liberal South Korean presidents fires up  the crowd, but not the voters.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will have a summit meeting in Kagoshima, Japan, on Friday to discuss issues of mutual interest, Chong Wa Dae said Wednesday.
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Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea's foreign minister, is the leading candidate to replace Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun is considering &quot;walking across&quot; the heavily-fortified border to North Korea for a summit early next month, a report said Sunday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun is in Argentina for three days of trade talks with his Argentine counterpart, La Nacion reported Monday.
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South Koreans went to the polls on  Wednesday expected to choose as president a former CEO vowing  to knock the economy into shape and stand up to the North, but  whose authority could be weakened by a fraud investigation.
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&quot;The National Security Law should be scabbard and sent to the museums,&quot; President Roh Moo-hyun said in September, asserting the law was an evil product of the Cold War era that should be repealed immediately.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on left for Greece on Sunday as the first leg of his 14-day swing through European countries and the U.S., Roh's office Cheong Wa Dae said.