http://www.mail.com/people/12322-lee-myung-bak.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12322-lee-myung-bak.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul's opaque rival to the north, but the country's own people. Internet postings ostensibly from ordinary South Koreans, but actually fr... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:29:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081290-spies-caught-website-scandal-embarrass-skorea.html 2013-05-13T10:29:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067852-obama-skorea-united-front-pyongyang.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Projecting a united front, President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader warned North Korea on Tuesday against further nuclear provocations, with Obama declaring that the days when Pyongyang could "create a crisis and elicit concessions" were over. Obama also disputed the notion that his cautious response to reported chemical weapo... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:36:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067852-obama-skorea-united-front-pyongyang.html 2013-05-07T22:36:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039832-south-korean-president-to-address-congress.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says he will invite South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) to address a joint meeting of Congress on May 8. Park, who last December was elected as the first woman president of South Korea, will also hold talks with President Barack Obama on May 7. Boehner says that Park's speech to Congress ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:09:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039832-south-korean-president-to-address-congress.html 2013-04-23T19:09:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018436-us-talks-up-diplomacy-nkorea-takes-hard.html TOKYO (AP) — The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored past agreements, even as it rejected South Korea's latest offer of dialogue as a "crafty trick." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Tokyo that North Korea would find "ready partn... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:29:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018436-us-talks-up-diplomacy-nkorea-takes-hard.html 2013-04-15T05:29:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1983838-skorea-cuts-growth-forecast-plans-stimulus.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's government cut its forecast for growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy this year as exports stumble due to muted global demand and a weaker yen. The finance ministry said Thursday that South Korea's economy will expand 2.3 percent this year. Three months ago it forecast 3 percent growth for 2013. The lower forecast... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:30:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1983838-skorea-cuts-growth-forecast-plans-stimulus.html 2013-03-28T08:30:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1981812-stumbles-skorean-leader-distract-month-job.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye's honeymoon was over before it even began. Only a month on the job, Park has stumbled repeatedly in the face of bitter opposition to policy proposals and her choices for top government posts. Half a dozen Cabinet appointees have quit under clouds. The latest is Han Man-soo, who withdrew his no... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:21:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1981812-stumbles-skorean-leader-distract-month-job.html 2013-03-28T02:21:37Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979542-nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea.html ULSAN, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country's radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution — reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again — faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally. South Korea... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:25:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979542-nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea.html 2013-03-26T10:25:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946486-nkorea-criticizes-skorea-prezs-swish-skirt.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's first public, senior-level mention of South Korea's first female president ended up being a sexist jab. The body that controls North Korea's military complained Wednesday about the "venomous swish" of her skirt. But despite that swipe, and a continuing torrent of rhetoric from Pyongyang threatening nuclear war and o... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:07:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946486-nkorea-criticizes-skorea-prezs-swish-skirt.html 2013-03-13T14:07:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940398-fiery-seas-sacred-war-nkoreas-blustery-history.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will burn like a "sea of fire." Seoul's "rat-like" president will be struck with a "bolt of lightning." The country's media companies will be blown up in missile strikes. North Korea has fired off many memorable threats at Seoul and Washington over the years. This week brought the promise of a pre-emptive nuclear stri... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:06:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940398-fiery-seas-sacred-war-nkoreas-blustery-history.html 2013-03-08T11:06:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913560-skoreas-1st-female-leader-yet-to-hire-women.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The country with the developed world's biggest gender income gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans wondering whether she'll improve the status of women in a society still dominated by men. Wearing a traditional Korean dress of red and gold silk, Park strode up the steps of the preside... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1913560-skoreas-1st-female-leader-yet-to-hire-women.html 2013-02-25T09:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911366-female-skorean-president-faces-nkorea-crisis.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a dictator, and where she will respond to volatile North Korea, which tested a nuclear device two weeks ago. Elected in December, Park also must answer victims of her father's 18-year di... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:18:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911366-female-skorean-president-faces-nkorea-crisis.html 2013-02-25T04:18:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900238-departing-south-korean-leader-warns-north-korea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's outgoing president warns North Korea has pushed itself further into a corner with its recent nuclear test. President Lee Myung-bak said Tuesday in his farewell address that North Korea will only face international sanctions and isolation if it hangs on to its nuclear and missile programs. South Korea has pressed for... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:33:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900238-departing-south-korean-leader-warns-north-korea.html 2013-02-19T06:33:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1886944-nkorea-brandishing-nukes-to-us-to-talk-peace.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The way North Korea sees it, only bigger weapons and more threatening provocations will force Washington to come to the table to discuss what Pyongyang says it really wants: peace. It's no coincidence that North Korea's third underground nuclear test — and by all indications so far its most powerful yet — took place Tuesday on th... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1886944-nkorea-brandishing-nukes-to-us-to-talk-peace.html 2013-02-12T23:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1886940-south-korean-soccer-player-to-olympic-medal.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A South Korean soccer player who displayed a political banner at the London Olympics will get his bronze medal back, the IOC announced Tuesday. Park Jong-woo was issued with just a warning for his actions after his team's 2-0 victory over Japan, the IOC executive board ruled. South Korea's Olympic committee will be warned and ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1886940-south-korean-soccer-player-to-olympic-medal.html 2013-02-12T21:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885412-obama-pledges-swift-reaction-to-nkorea-nuke-test.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama reacted sharply to North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, promising swift international action to bring the rogue communist regime in line. The detonation came hours before the president's State of the Union address, where he was expected to touch on U.S. plans to reduce its nuclear arsenal. In a statement, Obama call... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885412-obama-pledges-swift-reaction-to-nkorea-nuke-test.html 2013-02-12T18:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1886362-ap-source-skorean-to-olympic-medal.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner at the London Olympics will receive his bronze medal, an official familiar with the decision said Tuesday. The official said the IOC executive board will issue a warning to Park Jong-woo for his actions after his team's 2-0 victory over Japan. The South Korean Olympi... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1886362-ap-source-skorean-to-olympic-medal.html 2013-02-12T15:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1864890-kerry-warns-punishment-nkorea-nuclear-test.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart have agreed to make sure North Korea is punished if it carries out its threat to conduct a nuclear test. Amid signs that such a test is coming, South Korea's president also speculated that Pyongyang may detonate multiple atomic devices simultaneously. Under a... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1864890-kerry-warns-punishment-nkorea-nuclear-test.html 2013-02-05T02:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html TOKYO (AP) — Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of uninhabited islands and that China was "wrong" for allowing violent protests over the territorial dispute. Abe, who took office just over two weeks ago, had much warmer words for South Korea, de... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1810656-japan-pm-chinas-island-dispute-moves-wrong.html 2013-01-11T14:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-level U.S. delegation will urge key allies Japan and South Korea to mend strained ties that have hurt security cooperation. It will also likely remind the new government in Tokyo that any disavowal of its apology for the use of sex slaves in World War II would make matters worse. Senior officials from the State Department, Pentago... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1811576-us-urges-allies-japan-skorea-to-mend-ties.html 2013-01-10T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1799688-tiny-chevrolet-sonic-helps-detroit-shake-rust.html DETROIT (AP) — When the word reached the Orion Assembly Plant, it spread along the serpentine assembly line like news of a death or natural disaster: General Motors, the biggest automaker in the world, had filed for bankruptcy protection. On that grim day in 2009, Chevrolet and Pontiac sedans kept rolling down the line. And 1,700 worried workers stayed at... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1799688-tiny-chevrolet-sonic-helps-detroit-shake-rust.html 2013-01-05T14:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1773754-skoreas-president-elect-faces-nkorea-uncertainty.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye promises to reach out to North Korea with more humanitarian aid and deeper engagement after she moves into South Korea's presidential Blue House on Feb. 25. Pyongyang, however, may be in no mood to talk anytime soon. Park's declarations ahead of Wednesday's election that she will soften five years of hard-line polic... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1773754-skoreas-president-elect-faces-nkorea-uncertainty.html 2012-12-20T09:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1771052-dictator-father-looms-skoreas-president.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Park Geun-hye last lived in the presidential Blue House more than 30 years ago, she was a young, stand-in first lady, serving after the assassination of her mother and before the killing of her dictator father. After defeating Moon Jae-in in elections Wednesday, she will return to her childhood home as the first female presi... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1771052-dictator-father-looms-skoreas-president.html 2012-12-19T14:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1773380-skoreans-question-chaebol-power-vote-nears.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's presidential election campaign has highlighted discontent with the family-controlled industrial conglomerates that dominate the country's economic life. The two main candidates promise a tougher line but neither is likely to tinker too much with a model that transformed South Korea into a global business power. Sout... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1773380-skoreans-question-chaebol-power-vote-nears.html 2012-12-18T07:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him. The question is: Just how soft will Seoul go? Not even Pyongyang's successful launch of a long-range rocket Wednesday has... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html 2012-12-13T04:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755166-skoreas-porn-fight-like-shoveling-blizzard.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he's viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no shame — only a righteous sense of mission. "I feel like I'm cleaning up dirty things," the devout Christian and family counselor said. Moon is among the most successful members of the "N... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755166-skoreas-porn-fight-like-shoveling-blizzard.html 2012-12-10T04:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs. The North's announcement Saturday that it would launch the rocket between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22 came as President Barack Obama prepares for his second term and a... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html 2012-12-02T10:33:00Z