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/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12322-lee-myung-bak.html 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 http://www.mail.com/news/world/1688606-irans-ahmadinejad-ridicules-expense-us-vote.html BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalists" while speaking at a democracy forum. Ahmadinejad's own government has been criticized for human rights abuses and sanctioned for pursuing a nuclear program many suspect is aimed at obtaining weapons. A day... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1688606-irans-ahmadinejad-ridicules-expense-us-vote.html 2012-11-09T00:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1687474-obamas-return-test-evolving-foreign-policy.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Phrases to describe some of the looming foreign policy challenges for President Barack Obama didn't even exist when he took the oath of office the first time: the Arab Spring, the Fordo Facility housing Iran's underground uranium enrichment labs, the stealth power of new viruses bearing names such as Stuxnet and Flame in the shadow world of... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1687474-obamas-return-test-evolving-foreign-policy.html 2012-11-08T17:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1673130-s-korean-candidate-late-dictator-dads-shadow.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Carrying a bouquet of flowers, South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye stepped forward to honor one of the martyrs in her country's long struggle for democracy. A protester threw himself at her feet. "How dare you come here?" the man shouted, sitting between Park and a statue of activist Chun Tae-il. Chun's 1970 labor p... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1673130-s-korean-candidate-late-dictator-dads-shadow.html 2012-11-02T07:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1659948-analysis-asia-big-focus-us-president.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Changes could be in store for U.S.-Asian relations, but that has little to do with the presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney over Beijing is their general agreement on how to approach Asia, a region in flux. The winner of the Nov. 6 election will need to figure out how to keep... Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1659948-analysis-asia-big-focus-us-president.html 2012-10-27T13:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641386-nkorea-threatens-to-attack-skorea-leaflets.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's military threatened Friday to strike a South Korean border area where anti-Pyongyang activists plan to launch leaflets from balloons next week. South Korea immediately vowed to retaliate if attacked. North Korea has made similar threats without following through. Its latest vow came a day after South Korean Presiden... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641386-nkorea-threatens-to-attack-skorea-leaflets.html 2012-10-19T08:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1607118-south-korean-software-mogul-hopes-presidency.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As a bookish entrepreneur who made his fortune in software before turning to philanthropy, Ahn Cheol-soo has been called South Korea's Bill Gates. Now he's looking for a new title: Mr. President. The political novice announced his candidacy last month, shaking up a campaign dominated by South Korea's two major political parties w... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1607118-south-korean-software-mogul-hopes-presidency.html 2012-10-04T07:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1600660-north-korea-spark-set-nuclear-war.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A North Korean minister lashed out at the United States on Monday, warning that its "hostile" policy has left the Korean peninsula a spark away from a nuclear war. Addressing the final session of the U.N. General Assembly's annual high-level meeting, Vice Foreign Minister Pak Kil Yon said the Koreas have become "the world's most dang... Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1600660-north-korea-spark-set-nuclear-war.html 2012-10-02T01:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1591568-skorea-japan-educate-people-colonial.html NEW YORK (AP) — South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday that Japan's wartime past will overshadow relations between the two staunch U.S. allies until Japan educates its people about crimes committed during colonial rule. In an interview with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said: "We a... Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1591568-skorea-japan-educate-people-colonial.html 2012-09-27T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1571810-nationalism-rise-under-japans-govt.html TOKYO (AP) — One is a former prime minister known for his nationalistic views. A second is a hawkish former defense chief. And a third is the son of Tokyo's outspoken governor whose proposal to buy and develop a cluster of uninhabited islands claimed by both China and Japan has set off a territorial furor between the two countries. A look at the top candi... Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1571810-nationalism-rise-under-japans-govt.html 2012-09-19T06:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1562522-skorea-regains-embassy-us-snipes-japan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand, aging, red-brick house in Washington concealed by a pair of towering magnolia trees has become an unlikely setting for South Korea's festering grievances against Japan and a reminder of an old rift between the two staunch U.S. allies. More than a century ago, the building housed the first Korean diplomatic mission in the U.S. Bu... Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1562522-skorea-regains-embassy-us-snipes-japan.html 2012-09-14T06:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1550364-clinton-urges-feuding-asian-neighbors-to-cool.html VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Asian countries embroiled in simmering territorial disputes to work together to ease rather than raise tensions. Recent flare-ups between Japan and China, China and many of its other neighbors, and Japan and South Korea have soured ties, prompting some leaders not to schedule ... Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1550364-clinton-urges-feuding-asian-neighbors-to-cool.html 2012-09-09T06:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1543120-nationalism-stokes-island-disputes-asia.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — They are mere specks on the map. Many are uninhabited, and others sparsely so by fishermen and seasonal residents. Yet the disputed ownership of these tiny constellations of islands is inflaming nationalist fervor from the cold North Pacific to the tropical South China Sea. In recent weeks, these long-simmering tensions have returned... Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1543120-nationalism-stokes-island-disputes-asia.html 2012-09-07T00:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1516184-china-tough-tokyo-reins-activism.html BEIJING (AP) — Wu Qingjun is no dissident. In fact, this activist's pet issue — China's claim over a set of islands controlled by Japan — aligns him squarely with Beijing's government. But that didn't stop authorities from sending four agents to tail him. As Beijing continues a tense war of words with Tokyo over a set of islands in the East China Sea, it ... Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1516184-china-tough-tokyo-reins-activism.html 2012-08-23T22:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1510082-activists-up-ante-china-japan-isle-dispute.html TOKYO (AP) — When Tokyo's nationalist governor suggested buying uninhabited islands at the center of a long-simmering dispute with China, Beijing immediately denounced him and even Japan's government played down the plan, fearing an international firestorm. Now activists on both sides have put the islands front-and-center in one of the biggest territorial... Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1510082-activists-up-ante-china-japan-isle-dispute.html 2012-08-20T16:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1508916-japan-activists-land-raise-flags-disputed-isle.html SENKAKU ISLANDS, Japan (AP) — Japan's territorial disputes with its neighbors flared anew Sunday as a group of nationalist activists swam ashore and raised flags on an island also claimed by China. Chinese took to the streets in protest, overturning Japanese-branded cars and smashing windows at some Japanese-owned businesses, as Beijing lodged a formal co... Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1508916-japan-activists-land-raise-flags-disputed-isle.html 2012-08-19T14:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1504294-skorean-chaebol-boss-sentenced-to-4-years-prison.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The chairman of Hanwha Corp., one of South Korea's largest conglomerates, was sentenced to four years prison and fined 5.1 billion won ($4.5 million) for embezzlement in a ruling that shows a tougher stance against wrongdoing by leaders of the country's mightiest companies. Kim Seung-youn used his influence over Hanwha affiliates... Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1504294-skorean-chaebol-boss-sentenced-to-4-years-prison.html 2012-08-16T09:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1502332-asian-island-dispute-flares-wwii-anniversary.html TOKYO (AP) — Regional tensions flared on the emotional anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender as activists from China and South Korea used Wednesday's occasion to press rival territorial claims, prompting Japanese authorities to arrest 14 people. China's official Xinhua News Agency said the arrests of the 14 people, who included Hong Kong residents... Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1502332-asian-island-dispute-flares-wwii-anniversary.html 2012-08-15T23:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1493264-skorean-leader-visits-islets-draws-japan-protest.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, recalled its ambassador from Seoul and warned that the trip would worsen the countries' strained relations. President Lee Myung-bak's trip Friday to the tiny, rocky outcroppings between... Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1493264-skorean-leader-visits-islets-draws-japan-protest.html 2012-08-11T01:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1423710-ex-nkorean-star-recalls-ping-pong-diplomacy.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Her eyes well up when Li Pun Hui recalls her role in a historic example of "ping pong diplomacy." In 1991, the North Korean table tennis star paired with her archrival, South Korea's Hyun Jung-hwa, as part of the first "unified Korea" team to march into international competition wearing the blue flag of the Korean Peninsula. ... Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1423710-ex-nkorean-star-recalls-ping-pong-diplomacy.html 2012-07-12T11:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1420696-s-korean-presidents-brother-jailed-bribe-case.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean president's brother was arrested and taken to a detention center Wednesday after a court approved a warrant on bribery allegations, a major embarrassment to the ruling party in a presidential election year. The Seoul Central District Court issued the arrest warrant for Lee Sang-deuk, the elder brother of Presiden... Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1420696-s-korean-presidents-brother-jailed-bribe-case.html 2012-07-11T00:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1409682-south-korean-detained-unapproved-trip-to-north.html PANMUNJOM, Korea (AP) — As North Koreans cheered and waved white "unified Korea" flags, a South Korean activist was detained as soon as he set foot on home soil Thursday, resisting police in a stunt of defiance after an unapproved, three-month stay in the North. Turning around to face crowds of cheering North Koreans before stepping over the line, No Su-h... Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1409682-south-korean-detained-unapproved-trip-to-north.html 2012-07-06T02:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1409132-skorean-leaders-brother-ensnared-bribery-probe.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak is the latest high-profile person to be questioned about alleged bribery in South Korea's banking industry. Lee Sang-deuk, 76, was summoned for questioning earlier this week amid allegations that he took bribes from two bankers in exchange for his influence in investigations against th... Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1409132-skorean-leaders-brother-ensnared-bribery-probe.html 2012-07-05T12:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1382720-north-korea-learning-to-hate-us-starts-early.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A framed poster on the wall of a kindergarten classroom shows bright-eyed children brandishing rifles and bayonets as they attack a hapless American soldier, his face bandaged and blood spurting from his mouth. "We love playing military games knocking down the American bastards," reads the slogan printed across the top. Anoth... Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1382720-north-korea-learning-to-hate-us-starts-early.html 2012-06-23T10:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1379914-huge-us-skorea-war-games-called-warning-to-nkorea.html POCHEON, South Korea (AP) — A huge North Korean flag disappeared behind a tower of flames and thick black smoke Friday as South Korean fighter jets and U.S. attack helicopters fired rockets in the allies' biggest joint live-fire drills since the Korean War. The war games south of the heavily armed Korean border come amid rising animosity between the rival... Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1379914-huge-us-skorea-war-games-called-warning-to-nkorea.html 2012-06-22T09:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1369782-world-leaders-weigh-stimulus-vs-austerity-g-20.html LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — With major European economies shaking, leaders concluding an annual Group of 20 meeting sought Tuesday to reassure the world that they would find a way to put out the debt-fueled economic wildfire that has threatened banks, wiped out jobs and toppled governments across the continent. But the presidents and prime ministers gathered... Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1369782-world-leaders-weigh-stimulus-vs-austerity-g-20.html 2012-06-20T15:19:00Z