South Korea likely to vote for businessman president
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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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President Roh Moo-hyun&#39;s visit to the so-called &quot;ABC&quot; nations of Latin America - Argentina, Brazil and Chile - in the next several days is aimed at building a strong beachhead for Korean companies.
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In a hastily organized news conference, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun&#39;s Spokesman Kim Jong-min on Thursday told reporters that the Presidential Office will
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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Monday his government will seek to increase investment and make selective tax cuts in an effort to maintain a 5 percent annual economic growth rate.
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Voters in Taiwan are set to elect MPs in a contest seen as a barometer for March's presidential election.
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SEOUL - South Korean leaders marked President Bushâs re-election by sending congratulatory messages Thursday and expressing their hope of furthering the âprogress in bilateral relations in the past two years.
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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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Japan's ruling party is to elect a new leader, in a vote that will also almost certainly decide the next PM.
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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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South Korean and U.S. officials are discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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Kenyans will vote on December 27 in what is shaping up to be a tight race pitting President Mwai Kibaki against opposition firebrand and current poll leader Raila Odinga for leadership of east Africa's biggest economy.
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South Koreans voted on Wednesday in a presidential election expected to be won by a conservative former CEO who has vowed to help business and get tough on North Korea, but whose leadership may be undermined by a fraud probe.
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Scandal-tainted Lee Myung-bak set to become South Korea's next president, exit poll shows
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South Korea's unification minister will this week visit a North Korean mountain resort that the United States has labeled a cash cow for Pyongyang's leaders, an official said on Monday.
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Right-wing businessman Lee Myung-bak  swept to victory in South Korea's presidential election, his  promises to revamp the economy pushing aside concern about his  ethics, official results showed on Thursday.
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South Korean and U.S. officials are  discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell  to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just  two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is likely to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general after cementing his lead in an informal poll on Monday with no opposition from the five council powers.