Elections in South Korea

Politics Today: Senate Still Working for 60 Health Care Votes

Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan. It also includes a so-called public option, a government-backed insurance plan in states that want one, a concession to liberals. "With President Obama calling for a bill to be sent to his...

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Reopen negotiations or face sanctions, Obama tells North Korea and Iran. ,

Obama urges North Korea and Iran to change course On the final leg of his tour of East Asia, US President Barack Obama has used a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to urge North Korea and Iran to...

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AP International NewsBrief at 9:57 p.m. EST

Iraq vote faces likely delayBAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president vetoed part of a key election law, a move likely to delay a...

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Questioning a Korean Wedding Tradition

By CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times When a daughter of Kim Jong-chang, South Korea's top financial regulator, got married last June, Mr. Kim did something unusual: He eliminated the cashier and the cash-filled envelopes. In...

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Obama Begins Asia Tour In Japan

November 13, 2009 President Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday, hoping to shore up relations with a new Japanese government, which is seeking to be more assertive with Washington. The trip is the start ...

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New Hope For Development Of H1N1 Vaccine

NEW HOPE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF H1N1 VACCINE AZG DAILY 11-11-2009 Swine flue According to CNN, researchers at a South Korean university say they have discovered a candidate strain for an H1N1 vaccine, though it has not yet been...

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The world won't wait on Washington indecision

On three fronts -- South Korean trade, Ukrainian/Russian diplomacy and Afghan war fighting -- the Obama administration is being increasingly pressured by unfolding events to shed ideology and rationalizations and come quickly...

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SKorea's opposition beats ruling party in by-elections (AFP)

AFP - South Korea's opposition party Wednesday beat the ruling party in parliamentary by-elections which tested a recent rebound in the popularity of President Lee Myung-Bak's conservative government.

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South Koreans vote in parliamentary byelections seen as barometer for President Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans voted in parliamentary byelections Wednesday seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Myung-bak and his administration's attempt to scale back a contentious project to move several...

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Vaizey slams Government for lack of support for video games sector

Speaking today at the London Games Conference, Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey outlined far-reaching proposals to back one of the UK’s high-tech success stories, the video games sector. He announced that the Conservatives...

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