New South Korean leader to put economy first
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South Korea's president-elect pledged 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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South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-bak picks political veteran Han Seung-soo to be his prime minister.
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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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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 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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South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said on Wednesday he is expecting an important decision to be made on the North Korean nuclear issue.
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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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North Korea's second-most senior leader  toured a shiny new science park in Beijing Monday, a first stop  on visit aimed at finding ways to help the North's moribund  economy as much as jump-starting stalled nuclear talks.
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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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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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South Korea's economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter, but growth is still held back by poor domestic demand.
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe uses his first policy speech to say he wants to repair relations with China and S Korea.
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South Koreans will elect a new president on Wednesday who is expected to reposition Seoul closer to Washington, ending a decade in which left-leaning leaders sparred with their U.S. ally over North Korea policy.
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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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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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Lee Myung Bak swept to victory in South Korea's Presidential election on promises to revitalize the economy
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South Korea is to boost state spending next year in an effort to create jobs and kick-start its sputtering economy.