New South Korean leader to put economy first
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South Korea's president-elect promised on Thursday to put the economy first once he takes office and not to be shy about telling prickly North Korea to mend its ways over nuclear weapons and human rights.
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US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is due in China for his first visit since taking up the post.
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Impoverished North Korea's first steps to  take apart its nuclear arms program may reap the reward of food  aid from the South when the two hold their first high-level  meeting in months on Tuesday.
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We're going to begin with some pomp and ceremony in London where President Roh Moo-hyun has made history becoming the first South Korean leader to pay a state visit to Britain.
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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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Polls opened Wednesday in South Korea's presidential election, with a business-friendly conservative tipped to end a decade of left-leaning rule despite an upcoming fraud investigation.
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As South Koreans headed to the polls for their countryâs presidential election on Wednesday, voters appeared ready to choose Lee Myung-bak, a pro-business candidate.
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South Korea's top economic official says the government would not sit idle in case of a speculative attack on the country's currency.
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South Korea's next president said Thursday he will try hard to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and offered the communist state a dramatic rise in living standards in return.
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South Korea must be more transparent in business to reach its goal to be a financial hub of Asia, visiting Alderman Robert Finch, Lord Mayor of London said yesterday.
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South Korea announced Wednesday that a 30-year-old expert in artificial intelligence will be the country's first person in space when he flies on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station early next year.
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South Korean President, Roh Moo Hyun, is due in London, becoming the first South Korean leader to make a state visit to Britain.
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In his first state visit to Singapore, the president of Indonesia gave business leaders a glimpse of the more dynamic economy he wants his nation to be.
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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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South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak told the country on Monday that his government would achieve annual economic growth of about 6 percent in 2008, while preventing inflation from rising sharply.
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South Korea's next leader Lee Myung-Bak on Thursday promised pragmatic policies aimed at revitalising the economy and persuading North Korea to denuclearise and improve its rights record.
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JAKARTA - Indonesian presidential front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Friday he plans to boost economic ties with Japan once he assumes his post.