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Korea, a nation of cultural exports
Feb 10, 2012
As Korean culture has become global and more people have been interested in quality of life, there has been steady growth in the culture, tourism, and sports.Korea’s culture has spread across the world thanks to continuous investment and the Korean wave, known as Hallyu. Through ...

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President Lee's Middle Eastern tour reaches Qatar
Feb 10, 2012
President Lee meets Abdul Rahman, minister of the Municipality and Urban Planning of Qatar in Doha on February 9 (photo courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae). President Lee, currently in Qatar for his official visit to the Middle East, was in Doha to meet Abdul Rahman, minister of the Munic...

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President Lee meets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Feb 09, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak held summit talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud at the grounds of the Janadriyah National Festival near Riyadh on February 8.President Lee began the meeting by expressing his gratitude for Korea’s having been invited as a “guest ...

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President Lee discusses cooperation with oil-rich natio...
Feb 09, 2012
President Lee Myeong-bak attended the Korea-Saudi Arabia Business Forum held in Riyadh Intercontinental Hotel on February 8 to encourage the entrepreneurs of both countries.  President Lee attended the Korea-Saudi Arabia Business Forum on February 8 (photo courtesy ...

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President Lee holds meeting with Saudi Arabian minister
Feb 08, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak, currently on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, held a meeting with the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi in Riyadh on February 7. President Lee Myung-bak (on the right) and the Saudi Arabian Minister of Petrol...

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Seoul and Ankara ink pact on bilateral strategic partne...
Feb 07, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak speaks at a state banquet dinner on February 6 in Ankara (photo courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae) President Lee Myung-bak and President Abdullah Gül of Turkey agreed to elevate the bilateral relations between their respective countries into a strategic partnershi...

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President Lee attends banquet in Istanbul
Feb 07, 2012
On February 4, President Lee attended the Korea-Turkey CEO Roundtable in Istanbul (photo courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae) President Lee Myung-bak had dinner with Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu of Istanbul in the city on February 4 during his state visit in the Middle East. President Lee s...

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Revival on the Four Rivers
Feb 06, 2012
Any appraisal of the legacy of the Lee Myung-bak administration would be incomplete without an in-depth look at one of the most notable policies in Korea’s recent political, economic, and ecological history, namely, the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project. This development of a...

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President Lee aims to foster
Feb 06, 2012
President Lee Myung-bak stopped by Turkey, the first stop on a series of state visits in the Middle East. The president is spending four days in Turkey to foster closer economic ties in light of the “brotherhood” that has developed between the two countries since the Korean War.I...

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President Lee meets Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas
Feb 06, 2012
President Lee met with Mayor Kadir Topbas of Istanbul on February 5 during his state visit to Turkey.Having previously paid each other mutual visits during Lee’s term as mayor of Seoul in 2005, President Lee and Mayor Topbas both expressed gladness at the opportunity to meet agai...