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South Korean leader’s islets visit draw Japan protest

August 20, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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 …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Associated Press, Eric Talmadge, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Embassy, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, Patrick Ventrell, President Lee Myung-bak, SEOUL, South Korea, South Koreans, State Department, Tokyo, William Grimes, japan

Sept. 23: Local Korean Americans welcomes President Lee Myung-bak

October 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

About 300 community leaders gathered at the Seattle Westin to welcome President Lee Myung-bak and first lady Kim Yun Ok while the president visited Seattle last month.

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2011, Jun Gul Oh, Kenny Lee, Kim Yun Ok, Northwest Korean American Unification Association, President Lee Myung-bak, Seattle Washington State Korean Association, Seattle Westin, Vol 30 No 42 | October 15 - October 21

Ex-S. Korean President Kim Dae-jung dead at 85

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Dae-jung — who survived assassination attempts and a death sentence during his years as a dissident to become president of South Korea, and whose unflagging efforts to reconcile with communist North Korea earned him the Nobel Peace Prize — died Tuesday, Aug. 18, hospital officials said. He was 85.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Demilitarized Zone, Kim Jong-il, Korean War, Lee Sung-man, National Assembly, Nobel Peace Prize, North Korea, President Lee Myung-bak, President Park Chung-hee, President Roh Moo-hyun, SEOUL, Severance Hospital, South Korea Kim Dae-jung, South Korean, Sunshine Policy, Tokyo, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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