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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
South Korea's president said Friday his country needs a stronger military to cope with threats from abroad, amid rising tension with its nuclear-armed neighbor, North Korea. "Only a strong military can deter outside aggression and protect the lives and safety of the people," Lee Myung-bak said in a message to navy personnel, according to the presidential Blue House.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
SEOUL, South Korea South Korea's president said Friday his country needs a stronger military to cope with threats from abroad, amid rising tension with its nuclear-armed neighbor, North Korea.
Though President Lee Myung-bak did not mention North Korea by name, his comments followed the communist country's sharp criticism this week over annual militarty drills conducted by South Korea and...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Friday sent a letter to all South Korean athletes and officials scheduled to participate in the Beijing Paralympics set for Sept. 6-17 to encourage the Paralympic players, the Presidential Office said. "Paralympic athletes personally embody the lofty Olympic spirit by challenging the limits of mankind. I wish for you players to give courage and hope to...
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Kotaji gives some political background about the anti-president Lee Myung-Bak demonstration by thousands of Buddhist Monk.
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Stageleft:. Life on the left side (Free subscription) | yesterday
After hearing Stephen Harpers proclamation that from now on " all ships sailing into the Canadian Arctic will be required to report to NORDREG " I'm pretty sure George Bush and Vladimir Putin (and maybe Hu Jintao, Yasuo Fukuda, and Lee Myung-bak... yes, they all have ice breakers) stopped whatever they were doing and shook in their boots - shook with laughter that is.
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Get Mash (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Ten of thousands of South Korean Buddhists marched against the Christian President Lee Myung-bak Wednesday in Seoul, alleging religious discrimination by the government. Read the full story
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Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Seoul, Aug 27 (DPA) Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists protested Wednesday against what they said was discrimination from the government of conservative Christian President Lee Myung Bak.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Seoul - Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists protested Wednesday against what they said was discrimination from the government of conservative Christian President Lee Myung Bak. About 60,000 people, including thousands of monks, took part in t...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists took to the streets of Seoul on Wednesday to protest what they say is pro-Christian bias in the administration of President Lee Myung-bak.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
SEOUL, South Korea -- Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists took to the streets of Seoul on Wednesday to protest what they say is pro-Christian bias in the administration of President Lee Myung-bak.
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
... has done to meet six-party agreements for dropping its nuclear program. South Korea’s president, Lee Myung-Bak, wants to do just that. As the Georgian invasion suggests, however, Russia may choose to intervene in Korea by propping up the North against other powers, despite Pyongyang’s fears of getting mauled by the great bear’s regional ambitions.
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Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Seoul yesterday in protest at the alleged pro-Christian bias by the Government of President Lee Myung-bak. A crowd estimated by police at about 55,000, including thousands of grey-robed monks, packed the City Hall plaza for the rare protest, which began with the beating of a giant drum. It’s not just a Buddhist/Christian thing. The papists have made a tactical alliance with the Buddhists...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists took to the streets of Seoul on Wednesday to protest what they say is pro-Christian bias in the administration of President Lee Myung-bak.
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ROK Drop (Free subscription) | yesterday
... relations over the past five years to the North. She is the first female spy to be arrested since Lee Sun-sil, a key figure in North Korea’s Communist Party, was apprehended on espionage charges in 1992, and the first defector to violate the National Security Law. Prosecutor Kim Kyeong-su said this was also the first case of spying uncovered since the two Koreas held a historic summit in 2000....
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Tens of thousands of South Korean Buddhists took to the streets of Seoul on Wednesday to protest what they say is pro-Christian bias in the administration of President Lee Myung-bak.
