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	Prime Minister of South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prime Minister of South Korea is appointed by the President with the National Assembly's approval.
		Unlike prime ministers in the parliamentary system, the Prime Minister of South Korea is not required to be a member of parliament.
		Lee Haechan was Prime Minister from July 2004 till he resigned on March 14, 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_South_Korea (185 words)

	Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While the modern office of Prime Minister developed in the UK the first actual usage of the word Prime Minister or Premiere Minstre was used by Cardinal Richelieu, when, in 1624 he was named to head the royal council as prime minister of France.
		The Prime Minister is formally the presiding minister of the Privy Council and the cabinet.
		Contrary to popular and journalistic belief, most prime ministers in parliamentary systems are not appointed for a specific term of office and in effect may remain in power through a number of elections and parliaments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_minister (2870 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : South Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Korea forms a peninsula that extends some 1,100 km from the Asian mainland, flanked by the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan (East Sea), and terminated by the Korea Strait and the East China Sea to the south.
		South Korea's chaebol are often compared with Japan's keiretsu business groupings, the successors to the pre-war zaibatsu ("chaebol" and "zaibatsu" are Korean and Japanese pronunciations of the same Chinese characters).
		Korea's population is one of the most ethnically and linguistically homogeneous in the world, with the only significant minority being a small Chinese community.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /South_Korea (3414 words)

	South Korea Encyclopedia @ HotAndCold.com (Hot and Cold) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		South Korea, officially known as the Republic of Korea, is an East Asian state on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula.
		South Korea can be divided into four general regions: an eastern region of high mountain ranges and narrow coastal plains; a western region of broad coastal plains, river basins, and rolling hills; a southwestern region of mountains and valleys and a southeastern region dominated by the broad basin of the Nakdong River.
		South Korea's relations with Japan continue to be turbulent, primarily due to a number of Korean-Japanese disputes stemming from Japanese occupation in addition to other Japanese war atrocities against Asians.
	www.hotandcold.com /encyclopedia/South_Korea (2678 words)

	Female lawmaker nominated as South Korean prime minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Friday nominated Han Myung-sook, a female lawmaker of the ruling Uri Party, as new prime minister, according to the Presidential Office.
		The nominee for prime minister in South Korea is required to undergo a parliamentary confirmation hearing and obtain approval from a majority of the National Assembly.
		Han's nomination came 10 days after former prime minister Lee Hae-chan stepped down from the post on March 14 due to the so-called "golf scandal", where he was accused of playing golf instead of dealing with a nation-wide railway strike.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Asia/20060324/287095.html (232 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: South Korea: Nuclear Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Unification Lee Hong Ku announces that South Korea has to reconsider the Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula from a new angle as long as North Korea possesses the Radiochemistry Laboratory, which is Pyongyang's major reprocessing facility.
		According to a South Korean Ministry of Unification spokesman Kim HyÅng Ki, the South Korean government reaffirms during the conference that it is of vital importance to implement and to fulfill the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
		South Korea is expected to contribute 50-70 percent of the total expenses needed to construct the light water reactors.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/SKorea/Nuclear/3045_3118.html (6599 words)

	Anti-U.S. tide ebbs in S. Korea
		Whatever the motivation, the prime minister of South Korea's two-week-old government made an unusual public plea to the U.S. ambassador on March 6 not to remove American forces until the current tensions with North Korea over its nuclear program are resolved.
		The appeal by Prime Minister Goh Kun was all the more remarkable because he claimed to speak for the new South Korean president, Roh Moo-hyun.
		South Korea "has all the capability in the world of providing the kind of upfront deterrent that's needed," Rumsfeld said at a question-and-answer session with Pentagon civilians and troops.
	www.post-gazette.com /World/20030316skorea0316p6.asp (865 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / S.Korea's Roh Accepts Prime Minister's Resignation
		South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Goh Kun on Tuesday, setting the stage for a cabinet reshuffle as Roh resumes full duties after his two months in impeachment limbo.
		Finance Minister Lee Hun-jai, who is also deputy prime minister in the South Korean cabinet, automatically takes Goh's position as acting prime minister, an official at the prime minister's office said.
		South Korea's conservative mainstream newspapers criticized the Blue House's handling of Goh's announced resignation and a minor cabinet reshuffle that had been expected this week.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/05/25/skoreas_roh_accepts_prime_ministers_resignation?mode=PF (435 words)

	South Korean dignitary to speak at Hancock
		Kang served a term as prime minister of the country from 1988 to 1990, a transitional period to democracy, following the rule of an oppressive military regime.
		Kang left South Korea on a sponsorship from the U.S. Department of Defense to study at the University of New Mexico.
		South Korea is known as one of the Four Tigers, a group that includes Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V127/N30/dt4sokor.30c.html (567 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| New prime minister in South Korea
		South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has named a media mogul as the country's new prime minister.
		The prime minister is a largely ceremonial figure in South Korea, but would take over the reins of power if the president was incapacitated.
		President Kim's initial choice for prime minister - Chang Sang, the president of a women's university - was vetoed by parliament last week.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2182126.stm (477 words)

	ABC News: South Korean Prime Minister Resigns
		South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan arrives at his office in Seoul, Tuesday, March 14, 2006.
		SEOUL, South Korea Mar 14, 2006 (AP)— South Korea's prime minister resigned Tuesday after drawing a firestorm of criticism for playing golf rather than overseeing the government's response to a railway strike.
		The prime minister has been under fire from the opposition and public for going golfing March 1, the first day of a nationwide walkout by railway workers.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1722103&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (163 words)

	USATODAY.com - Golf costs South Korean official his job (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SEOUL (AP) — South Korea's prime minister resigned Tuesday after drawing a firestorm of criticism for playing golf rather than overseeing the government's response to a railway strike.
		The prime minister had been under fire from the opposition and public for golfing March 1, the first day of a nationwide walkout by railway workers.
		"As to relations between the prime minister, or people on his side, and the businessmen the prime minister played golf with, suspicions of (inappropriate) ties between political and business circles should also be cleared," the GNP said in a statement Tuesday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-03-13-skorea-pm_x.htm?csp=34 (506 words)

	South Korean prime minister resigns over golf scandal - Asia Expat
		South Korean PM Lee Hae-chan offers to quit for playing golf when he was supposed to deal with a strike.
		In Korea, the PM resigns because he was playing golf during the strike of railway workers.
		South Korea's prime minister resigned Tuesday after drawing a firestorm of criticism for playing golf rather than overseeing the government's response to a railway strike.
	www.asiaexpat.info /forum/index.php?showtopic=6957 (696 words)

	USATODAY.com - S. Korea fears more tension in peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		South Korea's economy is far better off than it was during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, but the stock market is down 14% since the year started and the won has slumped to five-month lows.
		South Korean Prime Minister Goh Kun instructed Cabinet ministers Tuesday to ensure stability on the peninsula, after President Bush gave Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein a 48-hour deadline to flee his country or face a U.S.-led invasion.
		The U.S. military keeps 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea as a deterrent against the North and currently is staging major joint exercises with South Korean forces.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-03-18-skorea-worried_x.htm (671 words)

	South Korea Nominates First Female Prime Minister - New York Times
		Under the Constitution, the president's choice for prime minister is subject to parliamentary approval.
		The prime minister is largely a ceremonial job, although the minister coordinates many domestic affairs for the president.
		The former prime minister, Lee Hae Chan, resigned last week after an for playing golf while the government was grappling with a railway strike.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/03/24/international/asia/24cnd-korea.html?ex=1300856400&en=a4705042076165bb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (367 words)

	ABC News: South Korean Prime Minister Offers to Quit
		SEOUL, South Korea Mar 13, 2006 (AP)— South Korea's prime minister offered to resign Tuesday amid mounting opposition criticism for playing golf when he was expected to oversee the government's response to a railway strike, the president's spokesman said.
		Lee was off that day, a national holiday marking Korea's 1919 civil uprising against Japanese colonial rule, but he was heavily criticized because South Koreans expect high-level officials to work overtime during times of crisis.
		The prime minister is largely a ceremonial job in South Korea where power is concentrated in the president's office.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1721466&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (337 words)

	The World Today Archive - South Korean PM resigns
		COMPERE: Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, is about to meet the South Korean President, Kim Dae-jung in Seoul but he won't be meeting the Prime Minister of South Korea.
		The former South Korean President was invited back into the presidential palace last month by Kim Dae-jung to have a look, have a talk, and at the end of that said, look this is above politics.
		Kim Dae-jung though has particular reason to be grateful for Australia's Prime Minister who has, if you like, done what South Korea, what Japan, what America have found it a bit harder to do and built bridges with the North using the legacy of the recognition of the North by the Whitlam government.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s129064.htm (778 words)

	CNN.com - S Korea: 'Sanctions won't work' - Dec. 30, 2002
		Prime Minister Kim Suk-soo outlined the government's plans in an address to parliament on Monday.
		But South Korea's Unification Minister Jeong Se-hyun told the South Korean parliament economic pressure should be applied carefully on the North.
		Last week, North Korea announced it will reactivate the Yongbyon nuclear power plant, which is capable of producing enough weapons-grade plutonium to make two or three nuclear bombs per year, and then told U.N. inspectors to leave the country.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/US/12/30/korea.nukes (473 words)

	South Korean Prime Minister Resigns - Softpedia
		South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has accepted the resignation of his prime minister because allegations rose over a round of golf.
		South Korea's Prime Minister, Lee Hae-Chan, resigned Tuesday after being criticized for playing golf and not taking care of the government's response to a railway strike.
		The opposition against the prime minister started on March 1, in the first day of a national march of the railway workers.
	news.softpedia.com /news/South-Korean-Prime-Minister-Resigns-19667.shtml (362 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Nam Duck-woo, former prime minister of South Korea, spoke with Tom Mitrano, director of the Ohana Foundation, before a talk in Honolulu on economics.
		He said South Korea already is seeing signs of that growing affluence as tourism between the two nations increases.
		Nam said South Korea’s restructured economy has re-emerged in more competitive form after the staggering effects of the Asian financial crisis in late 1997.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/Aug/29/829business12.html (652 words)

	Orangebytes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		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.
	alumni.syr.edu /ArchiveStories2004/Issue11-6.htm (783 words)

	Radio Australia - News - South Korean PM criticises Japan over island row (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		South Korea's Prime Minister, Lee Hae-Chan, has denounced Japan for causing a diplomatic standoff over a chain of islets controlled by Seoul but also claimed by Tokyo.
		The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan are to meet on Thursday to discuss the deepening diplomatic row.
		South Korea's Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, and his Japanese counterpart, Nobutaka Machimura, will hold talks in Pakistan on the sidelines of the 26-nation Asian Cooperation Dialogue.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1338082.htm (269 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- South Korean prime minister resigns over golf scandal
		SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's prime minister had been caught before playing the links when critics said he should have been at his desk.
		Lee's departure as prime minister was expected to touch off jockeying for the job inside the ruling Uri Party, which is split internally and has a new head, former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young, who is eager to prove he can one day run the country.
		The prime minister's post is a largely ceremonial job with little real power, which is concentrated in the president's office.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20060314-1642-skorea-primeminister.html (504 words)

	CNN.com - Korea's interim leader urges calm - Mar 13, 2004
		South Korea's National Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to impeach Roh amid seasons of mayhem on the floor of parliament.
		South Korea, which is Asia's fourth largest economy, saw its stock market plunge more than 5 percent Friday after the vote, before recovering to a loss of 2.5 percent.
		A poll taken by broadcaster KBS found 70 percent of South Koreans thought the impeachment was wrong, while another by Yonhap news agency indicated 70 percent believed it was unjust.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/13/korea.interimprez (1396 words)

	Radio Australia - Asia Pacific - Programs - SKOREA: Feminist nominated as first female Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		South Korea is set to get its first female Prime Minister after President Roh Moo-hyun nominated a woman for the post after the incumbent was forced to quit.
		She has proven her capability and she is the person with strong leadership, and besides if she is elected by the National Assembly she will be the first female prime minister we have in Korea.
		Of course her thoughts are not necessarily identical with those who have been in power in Korea, but to many of us she has a very balanced perception in every important national issue.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /asiapac/programs/s1602081.htm (641 words)

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