Polls Project Lee as S. Korea's Next President
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SEOUL, Dec. 19 -- Lee Myung-bak, a former construction boss known as "the bulldozer," won a landslide victory Wednesday in South Korea's presidential election, according to exit polls conducted by national broadcasters.
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South Korea's foreign minister cemented his position as the near-certain successor to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday, the only one of six candidates to escape a veto in an informal Security Council ...Comment
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TOKYO - South Korea hopes to break the impasse over North Koreaâs nuclear ambitions through a bilateral summit meeting, according to an interview with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hai-Chan published in Japan on Friday.
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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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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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Millions of South Korean voters are heading for polling stations to choose a president to succeed Roh Moo-hyun.
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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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No matter who wins the Nov. 2  election, the United States is expected to move quickly to  engage North Korea in a new round of talks about its suspected  nuclear weapons programs, South Korean ambassador Han Sung-joo  said on Wednesday.
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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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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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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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The Security Council was to hold a fourth straw poll on the next UN leader which will determine whether the front-runner, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, seen here in September 2006, has the backing ...Comment
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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.
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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 Korean's Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, won Monday's crucial informal poll for the next U.N. secretary-general, with no opposition from any of the five veto-bearing council members.
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Exit polls showed Lee Myung-bak winning South Korea's presidential election by a landslide Wednesday
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South Korea's foreign minister kept his spot as the favorite in the race to succeed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in an informal poll yesterday, the only one among the seven candidates to get the needed majority of votes. Ban Ki-Moon received 13 votes in favor, one against, and one no opinion, China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya said. ...