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	Keyword
		The archbishop's withdrawal from the December 9 event follows a series of protests from lay Catholic leaders, who have pointed to Mayor Menino's record on key moral issues.
		C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, cited the mayor's "relentless opposition to the moral teachings of the Roman Catholic Church" in a November 17 statement urging the archbishop not to attend the dinner....
		It is in reply to a letter sent by William Cotter, President of Operation Rescue Boston, to Archbishop O'Malley, informing the Archbishop about the conduct of a certain priest.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=seanomalley (2362 words)

	Home - U.S. Embassy Seoul, Korea
		I know that in the past important Korean leaders such as Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak and former Health and Welfare Minister Kim Geun-tae have addressed you, and I am honored to join their company.
		The U.S. Embassy Seoul homepage has been redesigned with the goal of better informing the public.
		With the help of new software, the homepage now features a consistent look and feel, providing more organized and up-to-date news and information on U.S. policy to visitors.
	seoul.usembassy.gov (405 words)

	KoreaTimes : Frequent Subway Breakdowns Frustrate Passengers
		As subway breakdowns are becoming more frequent in Seoul, passengers may feel uneasy about using the subway as a means of transportation there.
		Seoul mayor Lee Myunk-bak urged both operators to carry out thorough inspection and maintenance on their lines.
		There were 17 reported stoppages of Seoul subway trains last year.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/nation/200303/kt2003030317275911970.htm (405 words)

	American Catholic Catholic News
		SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) -- A new diocese carved out of the Seoul Archdiocese could serve as a basis for mission work in North Korea, a church official said.
		Thomas Aquinas Choi Chang-hoa, chancellor of the Seoul Archdiocese, during a July 5 press conference at archdiocesan headquarters.
		The Vatican appointed Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Lee Han-taek of Seoul to head the new diocese.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/DailyNews/todays.asp?date=7/8/2004 (405 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		The Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation (SMSC), meanwhile, held a personnel committee meeting yesterday where they decided to deprive 25 labor union executive members, including chief Heo Seop, of their positions, and accused them of violating relevant laws and disturbing subway operations.
		The Seoul city government said, �We injected 6,518 extra workers--4,030 to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation and 2,488 to the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRTC)--and 50 percent of unionized workers, an estimated 15,000, have returned to work,� adding, �For a while, normal operations will be assured.�
		Seoul City Mayor Lee Myung-bak also made a statement, exhorting subway workers to return to work
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?biid=2004072240998 (405 words)

	INSIDE JoongAng Daily
		The mayor of Tehran, Gholam Reza Nikpay, visited Seoul in 1976 and the cities decided to exchange street names as a sign of brotherhood.
		Crawl out of the bustling Seolleung subway station in southern Seoul and head toward the Posco Center at nine o'clock in the morning, and you are struck by surreal contrasts.
		Seoul Street runs through the southwest part of Iran's Teheran.
	joongangdaily.joins.com /200205/24/200205242340435819900091009101.html (1045 words)

	Socialism in an Age of Waiting (SIAW)
		The line that Mayor McLellan inaugurated is now just a small part of the New York Subway, which, for all its well-advertised problems, remains one of the great achievements of 20th-century engineering and urban planning.
		The New York Subway is thus only sixth in the league of truly underground services, behind Moscow, Madrid, Paris, Seoul and London.
		The subway lines are among the 25 rail services operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), which, it says here, is “a public-benefit corporation chartered by the State of New York” - state capitalism lives on.
	marxist-org-uk.blogspot.com /2004_10_01_marxist-org-uk_archive.html (13268 words)

	inform.kz
		Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak and Moscow Mayor Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov signed a memorandum of understanding in Moscow's city hall, with Seoul committing to the transfer of its experience, according to the official.
		The two mayors initiated the project in April, when Luzhkov visited Seoul to mark "Moscow Day."
		Seoul's so-called "electronic government" operates on a computer database network to manage general city affairs ranging from transportation and real estate registration to civil appeals, Kazinform refers to Yonhap source.
	www.inform.kz /txt/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=99593 (262 words)

	Orangebytes
		In addition to serving as prime minister from 1997-98 and from 2003-04, Goh was mayor of Seoul from 1988-90 and from 1998-2002.
		Goh Kun HON ’01, former prime minister of South Korea and former mayor of Seoul, was named a voting member of the board; Goldman, Sachs and Co. limited partner and SU Trustee Emeritus Robert B. Menschel ’51 was named an honorary trustee.
		Goh has served two terms as prime minister of South Korea; he has also been acting president and was formerly the mayor of the capital city.
	alumni.syr.edu /ArchiveStories2004/Issue11-6.htm (783 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - Railway & Subway thread
		If I were Seoul's mayor, I would build a monorail for each bridge on the Han River to let people go from one side to the other without the need of a car or bus.
		This line(Seoul subway Line no.13 ??) will be the shortest subway line in korea..
		January 28th, 2005 06:07 AM Seoul doesn't need one because it already has a very good transportation system- especially with the subway expansions.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /printthread.php?t=173711 (866 words)

	New Chinese name for Seoul- Danwei
		The new name combines two Chinese characters, 首尔, which produce the sound “shou'er,” similar in pronunciation to the South Korean name Seoul, officials said...
		Xinhua report that the Seoul city government wants to change the Chinese name of the city which is still called "han cheng" (hanseong in Korean):
		...“The name Hanseong has not been used for nearly 100 years to refer to Seoul,” Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak said at a press conference Wednesday.
	www.danwei.org /archives/001243.html (116 words)

	'Seoul' morphs into Chinese 'Shouer'
		The nation has known the Korean city of Seoul as "Hancheng" (or Hanseong in Korean) for centuries, and it will not be easy for Chinese to adopt the use of "Shouer" as its new name, said Zhao Rixin, a Beijing Language and Culture University professor said Thursday.
		"It is a general perception in the world community and an international practice to call the capital city Seoul, not Hanseong," Mayor Lee Myung-Bak said at a news conference in Seoul on Wednesday.
		It could take a while for the new Chinese name for the capital of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to catch on among common Chinese.
	en.ce.cn /Life/social/200501/21/t20050121_2909734.shtml (429 words)

	The Telegraph - Ranchi
		Nearly one-and-half months after his visit to the city to sign the historic “sister-city” Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the Gunsan mayor has invited the district officials, Tata Motors functionaries and industrialists of Jamshedpur to visit his city in Seoul.
		The Gunsan mayor came down to the city with a high-level delegation to sign the MoU with the deputy commissioner of the district at Tata Auditorium on August 23.
		When Tata Motors acquired Daewoo Motors in Korea, chairman of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata, was requested by the Gunsan mayor to have a sister-city relationship between Jamshedpur and Gunsan to bridge the cultural barrier and share excellence in various fields such as health and sports.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041012/asp/ranchi/story_3870774.asp (302 words)

	ST e-update May 2003
		Fulfilling a central campaign promise, Seoul Mayor Lee Mung-Bak is moving forward with the restoration of a downtown riverfront tearing down an elevated highway and building a Bus Rapid Transit corridor.
		The highway cuts through the center of Seoul and has long diminished the quality of life for residents of South Korea's capital city.
		Mayor Lee will take down the six-lane highway, decontaminate the Cheonggyecheon and create a park and wide pedestrian corridor on the shores of the river in its place.
	www.itdp.org /STe/ste6 (302 words)

	olympics_02.htm
		The four-lane Yeongdong Expressway now runs right through the Daegwallyeong Pass via tunnels and elevated overpasses and so does the Central Expressway connecting Gangneung of the province to Daegu and Chuncheon cities as well as to Seoul.
		The old image of Gangwon as a region difficult of access has become an old story with the dedication of a number of new highways between the province and Seoul and other major cities across the country.
		In that year, he became the mayor of the Yeongwol County of the Gangwon Province.
	www.koreapost.com /2003_03/olympics_02.htm (302 words)

	KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - 8th FW (2004) (USFK Forces Relocation in Future)
		Seoul City Mayor Lee Myung-bak said he would officially request the central government establish a public park in the Yongsan area.
		Meanwhile, Seoul city officials said Sunday that they would recommend to the government plans to designate the Yongsan Garrison area a national park and woodlands.
		YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — U.S. Forces Korea is forging ahead with a $70.2 million, three-phase renovation of the 121st Hospital despite pledges to South Korea’s government to move all U.S. forces from the base by 2007.
	www.kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb11e1_b.html (14686 words)

	Pundita: China's lead in Six Party Talks: putting fox in charge of chicken coop
		Once we've boned up on Plan 5029, the RAND report, the batty Ryugyong, and the rumble between Seoul and Tokyo, we'll be in a better position to determine whether inviting China and Japan into talks that involve the two Koreas was a good idea without Washington first getting on the same page with South Korea.
		In the meantime, we can buckle down to learning the history of the Ryugyong and catch up on the news about the Incheon mayor's officially nonexistent promise to finish an officially nonexistent hotel.
		Incheon (that's a city in South Korea for those who aren't up on the Korean War) has promised on Seoul's behalf to finish construction of the Ryugyong Hotel in beautiful downtown Pyongyang!
	pundita.blogspot.com /2005/06/chinas-lead-in-six-party-talks-putting.html (1705 words)

	News Bureau - University of Missouri-Columbia
		COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri-Columbia strengthened its international ties with South Korea last week as MU Chancellor Brady Deaton met with Myeong-Ho Song, mayor of Pyeongtaek City, South Korea, to sign a memorandum of understanding.
		Earlier this year, Deaton traveled to Seoul for the seventh Harry S Truman Conference, where he signed an agreement extending the University's relationship with Korea University in Seoul and Chonnam National University in Gwangju, and signed an agreement to develop MU's first joint doctorate program in plant sciences with Gyeongsang National University in Jinju.
		MU also has made inroads in North Korea recently, inviting North Korean students and researchers to be trained at MU's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
	munews.missouri.edu /NewsBureauSingleNews.cfm?newsid=6762 (467 words)

	Tuesday, July 31, 2001
		Seoul city and Yongsan District officials complained that the facility, in the middle of a major route from the city’s center to eastern suburbs, blocks city development and causes traffic congestion.
		Seoul& mayor wants to turn the U.S. Army’s Yongsan Garrison into a city government complex.
		In 1992, then-presidential candidate Kim Dae-jung told Stars and Stripes he opposed moving Yongsan out of the capital, because having the U.S. headquarters in Seoul is a deterrent to war.
	www.stripes.com /01/jul01/ed073101d.html (358 words)

	BW Online June 25, 2001 Seoul's Web of Anti-Corruption
		A decade ago, Goh Kun was forced out as mayor of Seoul because he had the temerity to resist pressure from a powerful developer who wanted a lucrative contract to build apartment buildings.
		His father was a leading opposition politician during the days of dictator Park Chung Hee in the 1960s.
		Civilian scrutiny helps make the mayor's online campaign effective.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/01_26/b3738146.htm (728 words)

	The Enterprise Newspapers - Shoreline delegation heads to South Korea by Pamela Brice
		Boryeong is 120 miles southwest of Seoul, on the Yellow Sea and is about 219 square miles in size.
		Mayor Scott Jepsen will join the mayor of Boryeong in making the sister city relationship official.
		"I am looking forward to signing the proclamation with Boryeong's mayor and visiting their city to learn more about their government structure and their culture," Jepsen said.
	www.enterprisenewspapers.com /archive/2003/10/10/200310912414572.cfm (443 words)

	The Marmot's (Final) Hole: Yongsan move -- let the bitching begin!
		January 19, 2004 03:01 PM Yongsan is also the only part of Seoul where traffic laws are enforced.
		According to Yonhap, Seoul City Pushes to Build Park in Yongsan Base in order "to revive national identity" according to Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak.
		however, that was a small piece of land and i can't imagine them using all of yongsan for a park.
	marmot.blogs.com /korea/2004/01/yongsan_move_le.html (1581 words)

	ANDONGKIM.COM Choson Prince Seok Yi
		Then, earlier this year, the mayor of Jeonju made the gray-haired homeless man a remarkable offer: For his attendance at religious ceremonies and a handful of lectures every year, Mr.
		Like the other royals, Yi Seok's mother (his father's fifth wife) and four of his relations were kicked out of the Changdeok Palace in Seoul in 1945 following liberation.
		Yi was removed at gunpoint from the Chil gung palace in Seoul (some royals had been invited to live in the palace compound in the 1960s).
	andongkim.com /articles/2004/12/yiseokchosonprince.htm (1581 words)

	London Olympics - Athens starts to see results from Olympic investment
		She is also the first woman to serve as a mayor of an Olympic host city.
		It was very important for us - it left us with a new and badly needed infrastructure," said Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis yesterday during a press conference while in town for the Seoul World Mayors Forum 2005.
		Dora, as she is known in the international Greek community, is the first woman to ever hold the post after winning the mayoral elections by a larger majority than any mayor in Athens' history.
	www.the2012londonolympics.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-484.html (454 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		The Seoul Opera House will be built on 36,000 pyeong (120,000 square meters) of land in Jungjido, and will have an outdoor concert space for young people and a world-class opera house on a floor space of 50,000 square meters.
		A planned opera house for Seoul, in Jungji island in the Han River, is expected to cost around W250 billion (US$247 million), the city's mayor said Monday.
		The Copenhagen Opera House, which opened in January, stands five floors below ground and nine floors above, and was built at a cost of W484.5 billion.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200504/200504040023.html (454 words)

	ANDONGKIM.COM Choson Prince Seok Yi
		Then, earlier this year, the mayor of Jeonju made the gray-haired homeless man a remarkable offer: For his attendance at religious ceremonies and a handful of lectures every year, Mr.
		Like the other royals, Yi Seok's mother (his father's fifth wife) and four of his relations were kicked out of the Changdeok Palace in Seoul in 1945 following liberation.
		Yi was removed at gunpoint from the Chil gung palace in Seoul (some royals had been invited to live in the palace compound in the 1960s).
	andongkim.com /articles/2004/12/yiseokchosonprince.htm (454 words)

	The Seoul Times
		Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-Bak once again criticized the current government and the ruling Uri Party for their plan to move most of the government ministries to a new town to be built in the South Chungcheong Province.
		Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-Bak (left) visits members of Seoul Metropolitan Council (SMC) members on a hunger strike against the passage of bill for "capital splitting" at SMC building in downtown Seoul March 15, 2005.
		Critics argue that the the bill, passed recently by government and ruling Uri Party for moving most functions of th government from Seoul to a new city in South Chungcheong Province, is aimed at winning the next parliamentary and presidential elections.
	theseoultimes.com /ST/db/read.php?idx=1620 (454 words)

	New Chinese Name for Seoul, Korea
		The mayor of Seoul wants China to change the name it uses for his city.
		October 24, 2005: CHINA began officially adopt "Shou'er" as the Chinese name of Seoul today, Xinhua news agency reported.
		Han is the word for "man" or "hero" and cheng is "a walled city." So Han-cheng is "a heroic city" or "the city of heroes." No one is certain how the city of Seoul got this name.
	www.goodcharacters.com /newsletters/new.chinese.name.for.seoul.korea.html (228 words)

	INSIDE JoongAng Daily
		During a visit to Moscow this week, Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak met with his counterpart, Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov, and signed an agreement on the export of the city's electronic government system to Moscow.
		November 05, 2004 ㅡ The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the city of Moscow agreed on Wednesday to set up an electronic government system in Moscow modeled on Seoul's system.
		This is the first export of that system.
	joongangdaily.joins.com /200411/04/200411042239268409900090409041.html (155 words)

	Welcome to Hanns Seidel Foundation
		In August 2005 a delegation of Seoul National University came to Germany on invitation of Hanns Seidel Foundation, which cooperates with the Graduate School for Public Administration (GSPA) at SNU in the fields of transformation and unification studies.
		In Regensburg the delegation visited the university, had a dinner with Lord Mayor Hans Schaidinger and visited the famous baroque monastery Kloster Weltenburg under the excellent guidance of Dr. Beckers-Kim Young-Ja, lecturer for Korean studies at Regensburg university.
		Information trip for professors of Seoul National University (SNU)
	www.hss.or.kr /eng_01.htm (155 words)

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