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Korea to Expand Energy Ties With Algeria, Turkmenistan

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter President Lee Myung-bak met with Algerian and Turkmen leaders separately Friday to discuss closer cooperation in natural resources and infrastructure development on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Cheong Wa Dae said. Lee arrived in Beijing in the morning for a two-day visit. He is the first South Korean head of state to attend an Olympic opening abroad. He also joined with other leaders, including U.S. President George W. Bush, in a welcome lunch hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao. During the luncheon, Lee encountered North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong-nam. But it was not known immediately whether Lee spoke to Kim, chairman of the North Korean Supreme People's Committee, in their first encounter. During a summit with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Lee proposed that the two countries further expand cooperation through joint oil and gas exploration projects, the presidential office said. Lee asked the Algerian leader to support South Korean firms in the African nation's forthcoming in

Aug 8, 2008

International Fleet Review Set for Oct. 5-10

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter South Korea's Navy said Thursday that it will hold its second international fleet review Oct. 5-10 in the country's biggest port city of Busan. Approximately 50 domestic and foreign warships will be showcased along with some 30 aircraft in the world's largest naval exhibition. South Korea hosted its first international fleet review in 1998. The event will mark the 60th anniversary of the Republic of Korea's armed forces, with about 13 nations including the United States, Britain, China, Russia and Japan to take part. ``The International Fleet Review 2008 was organized to help promote our advanced naval power to the world, as well as to promote regional and international naval cooperation and friendship,'' a Navy spokesman said. About 30 of South Korea's high-tech warships, including a 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer and a 14,000-ton Dokdo large-deck landing ship, will be on view. The U.S. Navy will dispatch the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, along with up-to-date vessels and submarines, to the upcoming fleet

Aug 7, 2008

Bush Seeks Bigger Role for Korea in Afghanistan

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter U.S. President George W. Bush will ask his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak to contribute more to maintaining security in Afghanistan alongside with U.S. and other allied forces there during a summit here today, a senior aide to Bush said. Cheong Wa Dae officials, however, expressed negative views about the idea of redeploying forces to Afghanistan to support U.S.-led stabilizing operations. ``Obviously we'd like to see a greater role for South Koreans in Afghanistan, if the South Korean people are willing to move in that direction,'' Dennis Wilder, senior director for Asian affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to South Korea according to a transcript released by the White House. Wilder said: ``I think that is going to be at the heart of their discussion.'' Bush arrived in Seoul Tuesday evening as part of his Asian tour that will also take him to Thailand and China. Bush will meet Lee Wednesday morning and visit a U.S. military base in central Seoul before leaving for Bang

Aug 5, 2008
  • Pro-, Anti-US Rallies Greet Bush

Korean Military Put on Alert for US Presidents Visit

South Korea's armed forces were put on high alert Tuesday ahead of a two-day visit by U.S. President George W. Bush to Seoul, which lies only some 50 kilometers south of the world's most heavily fortified border. Thousands of troops will join about 23,000 police and presidential guards mobilized to protect the U.S. head of state, officials at the Defense Ministry said. "The military is taking every measure to make sure the trip by the head of one of the country's closest allies will be a safe one," an official said, asking not to be identified. Several fighter jets will be put in the air to escort the U.S. president's Air Force One during its landing and take-off at Seoul Airport, the official added. Bush is set to arrive here later Tuesday. He will leave Wednesday to continue on with his Asia trip that will also take him to Thailand and China for the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games. Seoul's security measures also include heightened watch at guard posts along the inter-Korean border, where nearly 70 percent of North Korea's 1.1 million troops and hundreds of heavy

Aug 5, 2008

Seoul Reaffirms Denuclearization-for-Aid Policy

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan reaffirmed the government's North Korea policy Monday aimed at linking improvements in the economic relationship between the two Koreas to the North's nuclear disarmament. Yu urged Pyongyang to stop making political offensives against Seoul, calling for the resumption of inter-Korean dialogue. He made the remarks, while outlining four principles regarding the implementation of agreed-upon cross-border business programs. They are progress in international negotiations to end Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, economic feasibility, South Korea's budget capacity and national consensus in the South. President Lee Myung-bak has already announced such principles several times after taking office in late February. ``North Korea recently made political attacks against South Korea in the international community, saying inter-Korean dialogue would be possible only after the South recognizes the Oct. 4 Summit Declaration,'' Yu said in a speech he delivered during a monthly meeting with ministry off

Aug 4, 2008

President Lee to Hold Interview With Yahoo

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter President Lee Myung-bak will hold an interview with U.S.-based global news portal Yahoo to mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Liberation Day, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. During the interview, which will be broadcast live globally on Aug. 18, Lee will speak on the meaning of the anniversary and his vision for the future. Liberation Day falls on Aug. 15. Lee will also express his willingness to ``communicate'' with his people and Internet users, his office said. ``This is the first time that Yahoo has interviewed a non-American political leader,'' a Cheong Wa Dae official said. ``This proves the international community's recognition of South Korea's global status. We'll use the interview to help upgrade our nation's national image and brand power.'' Lee's interview will be aired in about 188 countries via Yahoo's global network and South Korea's English-language cable TV channel Arirang. gallantjung@koreatimes.co.kr

Aug 4, 2008

Bush to Visit Seoul Amid Tight Security

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter U.S. President George W. Bush will arrive in South Korea Tuesday for a summit with President Lee Myung-bak, which will address a broader bilateral alliance. It is Bush's third visit to South Korea following his previous trips in 2002 and 2005. Wednesday's summit will mark the third of its kind since Lee's inauguration in late February. The Presidential Security Service (PSS) and police have been put on maximum alert, ahead of the U.S. President's two-day visit, a Cheong Wa Dae official said. The PSS has established a special security team with the National Police Agency (NPA) and the U.S. Secret Service to maintain seamless security during the ``most important'' diplomatic event since the inauguration of the Lee government, the official said. ``Members of a special Korean and U.S. security service team have conducted joint training to brace for various crisis-management scenarios during Bush's stay,'' he said. The team is paying special attention to possible incidents at rallies planned in central Seoul organized by progressive ac

Aug 4, 2008
  • Lee Prepares Gifts for Bush Family
  • Bush to Draw Cheers, Jeers

Korea, US to Sign Pact on Recovery of War Dead

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter South Korea and the United States will sign an agreement Tuesday on expanding joint recovery and identification of their soldiers killed in action during the 1950-53 Korean War, an official of the Ministry of National Defense said Sunday. Col. Park Shin-han, head of the ministry's Agency for Killed in Action Recovery and Identification (MAKRI), will sign a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation with Maj. Gen. Donna L. Crisp, chief of the Joint Prisoners of War (POWs), Missing in Action and Accounting Command (JPAC) in Hawaii, the official said. Under the agreement, the two agencies will share information related to the recovery and identification of the remains of fallen soldiers and conduct joint operations on a regular basis, he said. JPAC will also help train officials of the South Korean agency. JPAC is a standing joint task force within the U.S. Pacific Command whose headquarters is located at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. Its mission is to account for all U.S. prisoners of war and those missing in action from all pa

Aug 3, 2008

Lee, Bush to Map Out Future Alliance

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter President Lee Myung-bak and his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush will issue a joint statement on the ``future vision'' of the Korea-U.S. alliance at the end of their summit in Seoul Wednesday, a Cheong Wa Dae spokesman said Sunday. The statement will include detailed follow-up measures to agreements made at the April summit at Camp David regarding how to strengthen and develop ties between the two allies, presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters. ``The two sides have agreed on the outline of the joint statement, while still discussing some details,'' the spokesman said. ``The statement is likely to specify agreements on issues of mutual concern that have been bilaterally discussed.'' The forthcoming Lee-Bush meeting, the third in five months following the April summit and a meeting at the G-8 summit in Tokyo last month, is expected to prove the strong relationship between the two leaders and two nations, he added. Among agenda items for Wednesday's summit are North Korea's nuclear weapons program, progress at six-party nucl

Aug 3, 2008

Navy to Launch 2nd Aegis Destroyer

By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter The Navy will launch its second 7,600 ton-class KDX-III destroyer armed with the up-to-date Aegis air warfare system in November, the Navy announced Sunday. The ship, named after Yi I, a prominent Korean Confucian scholar of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910), will be launched from the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering on Geoje Island, South Gyeongsang Province, it said. The Aegis Combat System built by Lockheed Martin of the United States is the world's premier surface-to-air/fire-control system, capable of simultaneous operations against aircraft, ballistic and cruise missiles, ships and submarines. Only a few countries such as the United States, Japan, Spain and Norway have Aegis warships. The new Aegis destroyer will be operational by the end of 2010 after a year-long sea trial, a Navy spokesman said. The service is to commission one more Sejong the Great-class destroyer by 2012. The Navy launched its first of three planned KDX Aegis destroyers, Sejong the Great, last year. The KDX-III ship is the c

Aug 3, 2008
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