Lee urges prompt action from Japan on ‘comfort women’
President Lee Myung-bak renewed his appeal to Japan to resolve long-running grievances over its wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, describing it as an urgent humanitarian matter Thursday. Lee emphasized that the comfort women issue is becoming increasingly urgent as most victims, who “have lived with painful scars in their hearts for their entire […]
President Lee Visits Turkey
Turkish President Abdullah Gul (R) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak during their meetin in Ankara, on Feb. 6, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua> news@theasian.asia
President Lee Meets Chinese PM
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (1st R) meets with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi> news@theasian.asia
President Lee Shakes Hands With Hu Jintao
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak during a welcoming ceremony held for Lee in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Rao Aimin> news@theasian.asia
Lee Meets Wu Bangguo
Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), meets with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Lee Myung-bak in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 9, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi> news@theasian.asia
President Lee Officially Visits China
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak boards an airplane at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Jan. 9, 2012. Lee Myung-bak will make a three-day state visit to China from Monday. <Photo: Xinhua/Park Jin Hee> news@theasian.asia
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