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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Voters in Taiwan are set to elect MPs in a contest seen as a barometer for March's presidential election.
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Voters want Shinzo Abe to prioritize domestic issues over regional relationships.
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South Korea's incoming president says he is ready to meet the North Korea leader, if it would help the nuclear deal.
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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. ...
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South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-bak picks political veteran Han Seung-soo to be his prime minister.
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South Korean Prime Minister Han Myung-sook will resign early next month, an aide said Friday amid media reports that she may run for president.
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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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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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South Korea's constitutional court said it would rule Thursday on the legality of a criminal investigation into next president Lee Myung-Bak over his alleged links to a 2001 share manipulation scandal.
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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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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 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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South Korea's struggling liberal politicians are teaming up in what analysts said on Wednesday was their only real chance to snatch what seems certain victory by the right-wing in December's presidential election.
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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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The chairman of Hyundai Motor Company, Chung Mong-koo, is tipped to face the verdict in his corruption trial on Monday.
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Although it is yet to be officially announced, it now seems certain that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will become Indonesia&#39;s next president.