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Sohn Hak-kyu's Democrati Party boycotted a vote on the Korea-EU FTA that they had helped set

US Ambassador butts heads with Korean opposition leader

By Fri, Mar 11, 2011 9:26AM UTC View Comments Sohn Hak-kyu's Democrati Party boycotted a vote on the Korea-EU FTA that they had helped set

Ambassadors are not only tasked with meeting the administration and diplomatic officials where they are posted, but also opposition figures. US Ambassador Kathleen Stephens did her duty on March 10 but her meeting with Sohn Hak-kyu, the chairman of South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party, does not appear to have been a pleasant experience. Unlike the relationship between “good...

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