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Summer of discontent; South Korea.(South Korea's summer of discontent)(Lee Myung-bak's 100 days in office)
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The Economist (US)
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June 7, 2008
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Beefing about beef
President Lee Myung-bak's first 100 days have not gone according to plan
THERE was little to celebrate as South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, marked his hundredth day in office this week. The president's approval rating is 21%, a fall of 31 points since his inauguration, according to Gallup, a pollster. Month-long protests against a decision to resume imports of American beef have grown in size and intensity. Many of the tens of thousands of people who gather nightly outside Seoul's City Hall call for Mr Lee's resignation.
The president's aides and his own right-wing Grand National Party confess they are worried about rising public ...
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