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President Lee Myung-bak hugs Olympic Committee President Kim Yong-sung while ice staking Olympic gold medalist reacts to news that Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Korea: Lee gets Olympics boost

By Wed, Jul 13, 2011 9:00PM UTC View Comments President Lee Myung-bak hugs Olympic Committee President Kim Yong-sung while ice staking Olympic gold medalist reacts to news that Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

After several weeks in the doldrums, South Korean president Lee Myung-bak enjoyed a jump in public support from 28.5 percent to 32.5 percent.  His negative was 55.1 The reason for Lee’s boost can be described in one word:  Pyeongchang. International Olympic Committee announced in a meeting in Durban, South Africa, that the Korean resort city had won the...

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Korea: New GNP chair hopes to be Mr. Unity

By Tue, Jul 05, 2011 12:30AM UTC View Comments Hong Joon-pyo speaks at the Grand National Party convention where he was elected chairman (Yonhap News Photo)

Four-term National Assembly member Hong Joon-pyo won the election for Grand National Party chairman Monday. Hong had cast himself as someone who could heal the long-standing rift in the party between supporters of President Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, the former GNP chair who finished a close second to Lee for the party’s presidential nomination...

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