Businessman Lee coasts to South Korean poll victory
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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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A former tycoon who promises to reinvigorate South Korea's economy and take a tougher line with North Korea won a landslide presidential election victory Wednesday, according to exit polls and partial official results.
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A straw poll at the UN puts South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon ahead in the race to succeed Kofi Annan.
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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 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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SEOUL South Korea&#39;s industrial production climbed in November, the government said Wednesday, as exports of cars, computer chips and cellphones surged.
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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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It took Lee Chan almost half of his life to make it from North Korea to South Korea, but it took only a few months of living on the periphery of Seoul to change him.
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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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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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BETHESDA, Maryland  - South Korean K.J. Choi captured his second title in the last five weeks with a three-stroke victory at the Tiger Woods invitational tournament on a sweltering Sunday at Congressional Country Club.
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The South Korean president issues pardons to 400 businessmen and politicians convicted of financial crimes.
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DUBLIN, Ohio  - South Korean K.J. Choi charged from five strokes behind to win the $6 million Memorial tournament with a near-flawless final round on Sunday.
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&quot;Beijing ... can now put aside its worries over Hong Kong and concentrate on ... internal politics,&quot; reckoned Janus Lam in the online Asia Times, after Sunday&#39;s legislative council (LegCo) election.
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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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South Korea's parliament voted Monday to launch an independent investigation into fraud allegations against the leading presidential candidate just days ahead of the vote.
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One of South Korea's richest businessmen was handed a suspended 1-Â½ year sentence on Tuesday for beating up karaoke bar workers, the latest tycoon in the country to avoid jail despite a criminal conviction.