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Inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak in South Korea
Picture from Lee Myung Bak website On February 25 Lee Myung-bak of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) will be inaugurated as the 10th President of the Republic of Korea. Lee Myung-bak is a former executive of Hyundai and served as mayor of Seoul 2002-2006. The President-elect has presented his goals in the 747 plan to raise the annual eonomic growth to 7% , the annual per capita income to $40,000 and to make South Korea the world's seventh-largest economy.In his foreign policy he has advocated closer ties with the US and a tougher stance towards North Korea, with economic aid tied to an abandonement of the North Korean nuclear weapons programme. He would engage North Korea by investments rather than aid and has claimed a willingness to set up a 37.5bn won investement fund for North Korea if it abandons its nuclear programme.
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A country guide forSouth Korea, which forms part of the Eldis World Guide. The information provided includes: general factual information, and links to a range of country-specific Internet sites.
http://www.eldis.org/go/country-profiles?objectId=235461D0-C2E2-3D32-A66B354570E...
Keywords: Development, Development. Poverty, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, South Korea,
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Politics of the Republic of Korea takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_South_Korea
Keywords: East Asia, Elections, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, Politics and society, South Korea,
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Self description: GlobalSecurity.Org is a non-profit independent organisation founded in 2000 by military affairs specialist John E. Pike. Its aim is to consider innovative approaches to international security in the post Cold war era, this includes moving away from reliance on nuclear weapons towar
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/korea-hotdocs.htm
Keywords: Conflict resolution, Conflicts. Terrorism, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 02, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 03, In Focus 2010, In Focus 2010 Week 08, In Focus 2010 Week 29, North Korea, South Korea,
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China, Japan, and Korea have embarked on a new cooperative venture to support and manage science and technology. This is the joint statement of the first trilateral meeting under the agreement. According to Science magazine, cooperative efforts will affect the interface of modern and traditional med
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/kagaku/07012314.htm
Keywords: China, East Asia, General references, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2008 Week 10, Mongolia, Research, Science and technology. Innovation, South Korea,
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The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET), a Korea's leading economic think tank, carries out research and develops policy for national vision and goals. Our primary roles are to advise the Korean government on industrial policy and to perform research on effective public and pri
http://www.kiet.re.kr/kiet/eng/index_eng.jsp
Keywords: East Asia, Education, Higher education, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, South Korea,
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This is the official website of the government of Korea. It provides access to news headlines and basic factual information about the economy, geography, culture and politics of Korea for the public. It includes access to recent government press releases and summaries of policy. These cover the full
http://www.korea.net/
Keywords: Civil society, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 03, Politics and society, South Korea,
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The Election Commission is an independent constitutional agency established for the purpose of managing fair elections and referenda, and dealing with administrative affairs concerning political parties and political funds. We are operating excellent measures to guarantee electoral freedom and fairn
http://www.nec.go.kr/english/NEC/NEC/greeting/20041125/1_16.html
Keywords: East Asia, Elections, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, Politics and society, South Korea,
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Self-description: "Information Resources: Korean Society and Economy. Prepared by the Asia Policy Point [www.jiaponline.org] June 29, 2007. [...] Established in 1991, Asia Policy Point (APP) [formerly Japan Information Access Project (JIAP) - ed.] is an independent nonprofit , membership research c
http://jiaponline.org/documents/KoreaResourcesOecd2007.pdf
Keywords: East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, Politics and society, South Korea,
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koreanunification.net, Supplied note: "I have started a new website on Korean Unification Studies. The website seeks to inspire debate and discussion as well as inform readers on issues related to the unification of North and South Korea. Key topics include North and South Korean policies on unific
http://koreanunification.net/
Keywords: Conflict resolution, Conflicts. Terrorism, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 03, North Korea, South Korea,
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Lee Myung-bak, former executive of Hyundai and mayor of Seoul 2002-2006. This wikipedia presentation gives a biographical background and a presentation of Lee Myung-bak's presidential bid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Myung-bak
Keywords: East Asia, Government, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 03, Politics and society, South Korea,
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Article by Scott Snyder from China Brief from jamestown Foundation, Volume 8, Issue 4 (February 14, 2008). Scott Snyder is Senior Associate with The Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS.
http://www.jamestown.org/china_brief//article.php?articleid=2373975
Keywords: China, East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2008 Week 33, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 03, International relations, Politics and society, Regional relations, South Korea,
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Research reports ; 2002:5
http://www.diva-portal.org/diva/getDocument?urn_nbn_se_sh_diva-41-1__fulltext.pd...
Keywords: East Asia, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, Japan, Nordic Perspective, Political participation, Political parties, Politics and society, Publications, Social conditions, Social groups, South Korea, Sweden,
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Information from the World Bank including data and statistics, publications and reports, development topics, projects and programs, distance learning centres as well as news and events. It is also possible to get specific country or topic information.
http://web.worldbank.org/eap
Keywords: Burma - Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Development, Development. Poverty, East Asia, East Timor, Economic issues, Education, Environment, In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 09, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 27, In Focus 2009 Week 41, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Guinea, Oceania, Papua, Philippines, Politics and society, Rural development, Singapore, Social conditions, Social groups, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Urban development, Women and gender studies, Young adults and youth,
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