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09SEOUL1254 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009 [...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...] | 2009-08-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL1255 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 04:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL126 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 23, 2009 [...] Report Urged U.S. to Center on Japan and China (JoongAng Ilbo, January 23, 2009, Page 4) 2 2. U.S. Ambassador Urges the ROK to Give Washington Some Time Regarding FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 23, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Fears of "Negative Growth:" ROK Economy Shrank [...] | 2009-01-23 05:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1264 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1273 | ROKG HAS BEGUN DISBURSING PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request to urge the host government to provide previously pledged funds for Somalia, Song Hye-ryoung, MOFAT Humanitarian Assistance Division, on August 11 said the Republic of Korea (ROKG) has already begun disbursing funds from the USD 1,500,000 pledged at the Donors [...] | 2009-08-12 03:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SO EAID KPKO KS |
09SEOUL1274 | DP CHAIR CHUNG URGES U.S. TO ENGAGE NORTH KOREA; [...] (C) Summary: At an August 10 lunch with the Ambassador, opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Sye-kyun urged the United States to engage the DPRK in dialogue, asserting the U.S. and the ROK shared responsibility with the DPRK for the breakdown of the Six-Party Talks. Chung said for [...] | 2009-08-12 04:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS KN |
09SEOUL1277 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1282 | SSANGYONG STRIKE'S END UNLIKELY TO FORESTALL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 01:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1284 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1285 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1288 | EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY; [...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...] | 2009-08-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL129 | FUTURE ROLE FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS [...] (C) Summary: As the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2008, some scholars, NGOs, and defectors themselves asked whether the former North Korean residents could play a useful role promoting change of the North Korean regime and facilitating e [...] | 2009-01-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1292 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1293 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1294 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1295 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 04:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1296 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, Post contacted Bosung Industry and the U.S. Army in Korea to verify the bona fide transaction of the subject items with Bosung Industry by phone and fax. Due to resource constraints, a site visit was not conducted. 2. Mr. Young-dae Lee, Senior Manager of Bosung Industry confirm [...] | 2009-08-14 04:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | AU ETTC KOMC KS |
09SEOUL1301 | VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN, SECRETARY CLINTON, TOP PICKS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Kim Dae-jung is in critical condition and is expected to live a few weeks, at most. President Kim's Senior Secretary said a funeral delegation led by Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would be the family's preference, adding that President Kim and Vice Pr [...] | 2009-08-14 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1306 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is cable is an action request. See para 19. 3. (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROKG) on July 21-22 hosted a USG delegation at a workshop in Seoul to discuss the Prolifera [...] | 2009-08-14 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS IR |
09SEOUL1308 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1310 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON 64TH UNGA HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-16 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CVIS OTRA OVIP KSEP KS |
09SEOUL1311 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-16 22:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO KS |
09SEOUL1316 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 23:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1318 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1319 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG'S OBITUARY [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-jung died of complications from pneumonia on August 18 in Seoul. He was 83. The funeral is tentatively planned for August 25. Kim's staff told poloffs on August 14 that Kim's family hoped Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would [...] | 2009-08-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL132 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1326 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1327 | SOMBER REACTION TO KIM DAE-JUNG'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public reaction to the death of former President Kim Dae-jung (reftel A) is somber and lacks the anger and anti-government sentiment that followed former President Roh Moo-hyun's death (reftels B,C) in May. Debate about funeral timing is ongoing as of COB August 19, but sour [...] | 2009-08-19 09:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
09SEOUL1336 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1344 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1348 | GICNT MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On August 19, per reftel, PolMiloff informed Director Koo Hyun-mo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the United [...] | 2009-08-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KS |
09SEOUL135 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 28, 2009 [...] "Goodbye Guantanamo" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 24, 2009, Page 22) 2. "Obama Takes a Stand against Torture" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 24, 2009, Page 23) 3. Relocation on Shaky Ground (JoongAng Ilbo, January 28, 2009, Page 30) 4. Kim Jong-il's Growing Interest in Progress at Six-Party Talks [...] | 2009-01-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1352 | DELIVERY OF KWANGSON BANKING CORPORATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with Koo, Hyunmo, Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on August 20 to deliver reftel demarche. EMIN t [...] | 2009-08-24 03:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL KS |
09SEOUL1357 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1358 | FM YU TELLS ALBRIGHT DENUCLEARIZATION IS TOP [...] (SBU) At a breakfast for the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the funeral of former ROK President Kim Dae-jung, FM Yu Myung-hwan told former Secretary Albright that Seoul's message to the North Korean funeral delegation had been simple: without progress on denuclearization, improvement in Nort [...] | 2009-08-24 08:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1364 | AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH'S AUGUST 23 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (C) In a brief August 23 meeting, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan reported to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth that President Lee had told a DPRK delegation that, until the nuclear issue was resolved, there would be limits on ROK economic cooperation with the [...] | 2009-08-26 00:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNUC KS KN |
09SEOUL1371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1373 | DESPITE NORTH-SOUTH THAW, BLUE HOUSE TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two trusted Ministry of Unification (MOU) interlocutors told us August 26 that the prevailing sentiment within the ministry is that the visit of the DPRK funeral delegation represented a "breakthrough" in inter-Korean relations. MOU expects positive results from the inter-Korean [...] | 2009-08-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL1374 | DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...] | 2009-08-27 01:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG KS KN |
09SEOUL1377 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1379 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON KJI'S HEALTH AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador that focused primarily on Hyundai Asan's business in North Korea (septel),Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jong-eun said Kim Jong-il (KJI) appeared to be "in control of everything," was very charismatic and, ignoring advice from his docto [...] | 2009-08-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS KN |
09SEOUL1380 | WI SAYS DENUCLEARIZATION IS STILL ROKG'S TOP [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting, ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac emphasized to Ambassador Philip Goldberg that the ROKG's top priority is still denuclearization. Wi noted that UNSCR 1874 was forcing the North Koreans to find creative ways [...] | 2009-08-27 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1383 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1384 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTS DPRK SANCTIONS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to former President Kim Dae-jung's funeral met with leaders of the opposition, left-of-center Democratic Party (DP). The Korean lawmakers were frankly critical of U.S. and South Korean policy toward the North. Nevertheles [...] | 2009-08-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1385 | CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 18 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (U) Summary: During an August 18 meeting, ROK President Lee Myung-bak stressed his satisfaction with the close cooperation between Washington and Seoul on the DPRK nuclear issue and speculated that the leadership succession in North Korea was unlikely to be smooth. The U.S. delegation emph [...] | 2009-08-28 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1386 | HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON DPRK TRIP, KIM JONG-IL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador, Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said DPRK leader Kim Jong-il (KJI) claimed a lack of trust between the two Koreas was the main reason for "difficulties" in inter-Korean relations. KJI groused that the Ministry of Unification (M [...] | 2009-08-28 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR KS KN |
09SEOUL1387 | DPRK PLOTTED CAPTURE OF U.S. JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The DPRK's arrest of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in March 2009 was an orchestrated part of Pyongyang's broader pattern of belligerent behavior in the first half of 2009, according to "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author and DPRK gulag survivor Kang Chol-hwan. Kang, citin [...] | 2009-08-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL1388 | CGPCS MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On Agust 25, per reftel, PolOff informed Kim Yo-sup, International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),of USG views regarding participation [...] | 2009-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL KS |
09SEOUL1390 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1391 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1393 | KOREA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION SCENARIOS SPARK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 4, the Korean government announced three "scenarios" for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The scenarios range from an eight percent increase over the 2005 em [...] | 2009-08-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL KGHG KS |
09SEOUL1399 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1400 | INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Korean delegation to the August 26-28 inter-Korean Red Cross talks showed up armed with instructions from Kim Jong-il (KJI) to agree immediately to family reunions by Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving, October 2-3),but was not prepared to negotiate additional reunions. Ministry of [...] | 2009-09-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1402 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Producer Prices Reverse Course, Rise on Monthly Basis -- July Consumer Inflation Slowed -- Household Debt Risks Expected to Rise -- FX Reserves Conti [...] | 2009-09-02 02:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1404 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 05:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1407 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES; OPPOSITION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (NA) convened on September 1 to begin deliberations on the budget and conduct a state audit, and the opposition Democratic Party (DP) immediately staged a walkout as part of its continuing to protest against the ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) passage of [...] | 2009-09-02 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1408 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1413 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 05:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1418 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1419 | KOREA STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH FOREIGN WIVES [...] (C) Summary: The number of Korean men marrying foreign women has increased dramatically in the past decade, and in 2006 41 percent of rural marriages were international marriages. Most arrangements are intended to be mutually beneficial -- men facing a shortage of eligible brides and women [...] | 2009-09-04 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS |
09SEOUL1420 | CABINET RESHUFFLE SIGNALS SHIFT TO CENTER; [...] (U) Summary: The Blue House announced a cabinet reshuffle on September 3, replacing six ministers, including the Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, and creating a new position of Minister for Special Affairs. The first major cabinet reshuffle since President Lee Myung-bak took o [...] | 2009-09-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1421 | NK DEFECTORS MOCK CURRENT DPRK CAMPAIGN AS [...] (C) Summary: Three trusted interlocutors told us that North Korea's "150-Day Battle" campaign has devolved into a state-sponsored shakedown of small-scale North Korean traders who have managed to stash away foreign currency and/or accumulate consumer goods by doing business successfully in t [...] | 2009-09-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1434 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1435 | ROK RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN: BLOOD, GAS, GOLD [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy DCM Alisher Okhunjonov gave us an upbeat assessment of bilateral ties with South Korea, which is now Uzbekistan's number one East Asian investor and one of its top trade partners. Using Uzbekistan's large ethnic Korean community as a bridge, the Korea Gas Corporation, the Kor [...] | 2009-09-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PINR PGOV ECON EINV KS UZ |
09SEOUL1436 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1441 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1442 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1450 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1451 | CHUNG MONG-JOON ASSUMES GNP CHAIR; STAGE SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chung Mong-joon assumed the chair of the Grand National Party (GNP) on September 7 after the former chair, Park Hee-tae, resigned to run for an open seat in the October 28 by-elections. Chung, a six-term National Assembly Member, was an independent until joining the GNP in 2007, [...] | 2009-09-10 08:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1453 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL146 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 29, 2009 [...] Clean Energy Race Could Leave Korea Behind (Chosun Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. Secretary Clinton: "The Six-Party Talks Are Essential... We Will Also Pursue Direct Contact with North Korea" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 17) 3. O'Connor: "Political Leaders Shou [...] | 2009-01-29 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1463 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1464 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1465 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA KS |
09SEOUL1468 | DPRK NOT STARVING BUT CONTROLS ERODING, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, Kookmin University professor and longtime DPRK-watcher Andrei Lankov ridiculed NGO assertions that North Korea is facing another major famine but did say the regime's internal political controls are weakening. Lankov asserted that up to 80 p [...] | 2009-09-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1469 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009 [...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...] | 2009-09-15 01:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL147 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH GYEONGGI GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a working lunch on January 23 for USFK Commanding General "Skip" Sharp, Gyeonggi-do Governor Kim and Pyeongtaek Mayor Song. They discussed how local communities in Tongduchon and Pyeongtaek were responding to the relocation of the 2nd Infantry Division. K [...] | 2009-01-30 02:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1470 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1471 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1474 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1483 | RESPONSE TO US/FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 00:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI ABUD AFIN KSCA TBIO US KS |
09SEOUL1488 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 17, 2009 [...] Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will reportedly visit East Asia, including the ROK, China and Japan, later this month to discuss U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks and ways to resume the Six-Party Talks, among others. (JoongAng, Hankook) INTERNATIONAL NEWS ------------------ [...] | 2009-09-17 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1495 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1497 | POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (U) On September 18, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the U.S. proposed policy regarding missile defense in Europe to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim's only response was to question whether the U.S. and Russi [...] | 2009-09-20 23:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EZ KS |
09SEOUL15 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) demonstrated excellent law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, and provided terrorism-related training to law enforcement officials from various developing countries. Traditionally focused on potent [...] | 2009-01-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KS |
09SEOUL150 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 30, 2009 [...] U.S., North Korea Should Return to "September 19 Six-Party Statement" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 27) 2. Candlelight Comeback (JoongAng Daily, January 30, 2009, Page 10) Features 3. The WEST Program Is Criticized for Wasting Money (Dong-a Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 12) [...] | 2009-01-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1501 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1502 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1507 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1511 | KOREA'S EFFORT TO UNCOVER PAST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two members of the ROK's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) told us they have sent the Ministry of National Defense updated findings regarding several Korean War incidents in which U.S. military aircraft allegedly killed ROK civilians indiscriminately. Our TRC interlocu [...] | 2009-09-23 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN PGOV PHUM |
09SEOUL1512 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1513 | SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...] | 2009-09-23 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR |
09SEOUL1527 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1528 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1529 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea. Your visit comes as we are in a sweet spot in the relationship, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely recovered from last year,s debacle on the importation of American beef and is committed [...] | 2009-09-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS |
09SEOUL1531 | MOFAT Previews FM Yu's Upcoming Visit to Tokyo [...] (C) In a preview of Foreign Minister Yu's upcoming visit to Japan, MOFAT DG for Northeast Asia Cho Tai-young noted the potential for negative fallout from next year's 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. He said a pending Japanese decision on textbook guidelines relating to the L [...] | 2009-09-24 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS JN |
09SEOUL1539 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1541 | ROK SUPPORTS BALANCED RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 9/25 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROKG to support an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho, noting that the ROK had discussed the issue in detail with the Israelis, said Seoul wo [...] | 2009-09-25 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS KS |
09SEOUL1542 | JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which constitutes the heart and soul of the Democratic Party (DP),seemed uninterested in [...] | 2009-09-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
09SEOUL1548 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM AFFIRMS KOREA'S NK [...] (C) Summary: Former President Kim Young-sam, in a September 24 lunch with the Ambassador, said President Lee Myung-bak's insistence on reciprocity in South-North relations was correct and that we should be prepared for every possibility as the DPRK navigates a difficult power transition. Kim [...] | 2009-09-28 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS KN |
09SEOUL1550 | JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Please disregard SEOUL 01542. Amended version corrects place names. 2. (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which c [...] | 2009-09-28 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
09SEOUL1554 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1555 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-28 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1556 | CHINESE DCM ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming, one of the PRC's most experienced DPRK-watchers, told DCM Tokola that the PRC hoped for a quick, positive decision by Washington on bilateral talks with Pyongyang. An upside to holding discussions in North Korea, he said, was that the DPRK inte [...] | 2009-09-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1559 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL156 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 2, 2009 [...] The North's Provocations (JoongAng Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 26) 2. Inter-Korean Relations Cannot Be Resolved with a Strategy of Waiting (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 31, 2009, Page 23) 3. N. Korea Must Stop Its Pointless Threats (Chosun Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 27) 4. It Would be Di [...] | 2009-02-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1566 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1569 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- National Income Resurges in the Second Quarter -- ROKG Sets 2010 Budget at 290 Trillion Won -- KDI Raises 2009 Growth Forecast -- South Korea Ranks N [...] | 2009-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1570 | IRAN - ROKG RESPONSE TO URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (S) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on September 30 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, informing the ROKG of Iran,s covert uranium enrichment facility in Qom and updating them on the October 7 meeting of Like-minded States on Iran to be held in W [...] | 2009-09-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR UNSC KN KS ETTC |
09SEOUL1572 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 03:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1574 | ROK TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered EAP/K-Embassy Seoul e-mail message on 10/1 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROK to back the USG effort to get an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho underscored that the ROK would likely follow the [...] | 2009-10-01 05:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS |
09SEOUL1582 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 05:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1586 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1591 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1592 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1595 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Korea's top businesses want the government to select the least restrictive option for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction when it decides a mid-term (2020) target later this year, according to a survey released on September 9 by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About two-thirds [...] | 2009-10-08 00:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EIND ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL1598 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 06:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL160 | ROK DEFENSE MINISTER ON WORSENING NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) At a January 30 dinner at the Ambassador's Residence in honor of the ROK Minister of National Defense (MND) Lee Sang-hee and other senior ROK security officials, contrasting views were presented on how the ROKG should respond to that day's statement by the DPRK that it would no longer reco [...] | 2009-02-03 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF KS KN CH JA |
09SEOUL1605 | KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...] | 2009-10-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF |
09SEOUL161 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1610 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1612 | RURAL NORTH KOREANS THANKFUL FOR U.S. MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The CEO of an American NGO that provides humanitarian assistance to North Korea, Robert Springs, told the Ambassador on October 7 that medical equipment and generators provided to rural hospitals were being used as intended and appeared to be well maintained. Springs noted tha [...] | 2009-10-09 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1613 | ROK URGES FRENCH ENVOY TO GO SLOW ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: ROKG officials urged French Special Envoy for DPRK Issues Jack Lang to exercise caution in moving ahead with North Korea, according to our contacts involved in Lang's visit. MOFAT, French Embassy and EU Mission contacts all characterized the visit to South Korea as a mission foc [...] | 2009-10-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON KS KN FR |
09SEOUL1615 | TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On October 9, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the Malaysia-based company suspected to be an Iranian front company looking to purchase U.S.-origin equipment from Korea-based Far Eastern Trading Company to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of [...] | 2009-10-13 05:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCR MNUC KS |
09SEOUL1617 | RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...] | 2009-10-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS |
09SEOUL1618 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL162 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 3, 2009 [...] No to U.S Return to Protectionism (Dong-a Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 27) 2. The World Must Not Repeat Protectionist Mistakes (Chosun Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 31) 3. Obama Administration's Protectionist Barriers Are Unsettling (Seoul Shinmun, February 3, 2009, Page 31) Top Headline [...] | 2009-02-03 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1620 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 02:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1628 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1631 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea for the 41st Security Consultative Meeting 21-22 October. Your visit comes at time when our bilateral relationship is the best it has been in a number of years, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely [...] | 2009-10-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KS |
09SEOUL1633 | ROK: TOPSITES CONFERENCE YIELDS STRATEGY FOR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the recording and movie industry and EmbOffs met on September 24 with ROKG and law enforcement officials to reintroduce the issue of topsites and revive inves [...] | 2009-10-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL1634 | ROKG RESPONSE TO GOLDSTON REPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/15 to Chun Hye-ran of MOFAT,s Human Rights and Social Affairs Division reiterating the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report and requesting ROK support at the October 15-16 Human Rights Council Special Session. Chun had no substantive comment but p [...] | 2009-10-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL |
09SEOUL1637 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1644 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1651 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1653 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: [...] (C) On October 20, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Yong-joon. The DCM told Deputy Minister Lee the reported USD 1.4 billion energy deal signed by Iran with the South Korean firm GS Engineering and Construction (GS E & C) raised concerns under the Ir [...] | 2009-10-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGR EPET ETTC IR PREL KS |
09SEOUL1657 | IS ANOTHER "NO GUN RI" CONTROVERSY ON THE HORIZON? [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division Deputy Director Park Joon-byoung told us October 14 that Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has investigated and confirmed eight Korean War incidents in which U.S. military aircraft killed ROK civilians. Recalling the 2 [...] | 2009-10-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL1660 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 04:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1664 | ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON IRAN VISIT [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, MOFAT's point man on Iran issues, told the DCM on October 20 that post-election protests in Iran represented conflict between "hardliners and other hardliners" and not between the government and the people. Lee dismissed the protests a "tempest in a [...] | 2009-10-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI KS IR |
09SEOUL1667 | ROK CONSIDERING MORE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK -- IF [...] (C) A senior Ministry of Unification (MOU) official told us that the October 16 inter-Korean Red Cross talks went unexpectedly badly. The North's delegation rejected South Korea's proposal to hold another round of family reunions and asked for a significant amount of food aid. Our contact re [...] | 2009-10-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1670 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1676 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1679 | EMBASSIES PRAISE ROKG ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Korean Government has established a strong track record of cooperation with the United States, Canada, and Australia on anti-trafficking efforts. In an attempt to gauge ROKG cooperation with other countries on trafficking issues, poloff met with representatives from the Mong [...] | 2009-10-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS |
09SEOUL1683 | PARTY LEADERSHIP HANGS IN BALANCE OF BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: October 28 by-elections to fill five National Assembly seats will be a referendum on the ruling right-of-center Grand National Party (GNP) and the main opposition left-of-center Democratic Party (DP),and are also likely to determine the fate of party leaders Chung Mong-joon (GNP [...] | 2009-10-23 02:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1687 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1689 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMATION RELATED [...] (S) On October 23, Pol-Mil Unit Chief Dorothy Delahanty met with Koo Hyun-mo, Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to deliver reftel demarche concerning information related to the DPRK cargo seized from the MSC Rachele. Koo said he had al [...] | 2009-10-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC KS |
09SEOUL1693 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] (U) Per reftel, Post verified the bona fides of registered broker Park Chae-young, President of Kyung Hee Trading. 2. (U) Park and the Defense Acquisition Procurement Administration (DAPA) confirmed to Post that the company is a DAPA-registered supplier of defense articles such as heating ve [...] | 2009-10-26 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | AU ETTC KOMC KS |
09SEOUL1696 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1697 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1698 | HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...] | 2009-10-26 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1699 | ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME [...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...] | 2009-10-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1701 | MOFAT ON ROK VOTING DURING UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/26 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, seeking ROKG support for human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, the biennial U.S. elections resolution, and ROK opposition to "defamation of religions" [...] | 2009-10-27 01:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL UN |
09SEOUL1705 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1711 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1712 | NO ROK DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SEOUL1723 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1726 | OPPOSITION WINS 3 OF 5 IN BY-ELECTION; BALANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party (DP) won three of five open National Assembly (NA) seats in an October 28 by-election, including the two swing seats in the Seoul capital region. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) won two seats and was disappointed not to win one of the seats i [...] | 2009-10-30 05:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1727 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 05:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1731 | PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY UP; SEEDS OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's popularity has been on the rise, exceeding 40 percent for the first time since April 2008 -- primarily due to the improving economy, his focus on common people, and his success in raising Korea's status on the international stage. An emerging perception [...] | 2009-10-30 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KS |
09SEOUL1732 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS MEDIA REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled that the controversial set of media reform bills the National Assembly passed in July were valid, despite violations in the voting process. Clearing this issue from the legislative agenda will allow the National Assembly to [...] | 2009-10-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1733 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- IMF: Korea's Per-capita GDP Down in 2009 before Recovering -- Trade Surplus Continues to Grow in September -- Number of Self-Employed Falls by Most i [...] | 2009-10-30 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1734 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL KS XG UK |
09SEOUL1735 | ROK HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 20 to Choi Da-youn, MOFAT's Deputy Director for Development Cooperation to Pakistan, to encourage the ROKG to swiftly fulfill the ROK's pledge of assistance made at the Tokyo Donor's Conference in April in support of Pakistan. Choi informed us t [...] | 2009-10-30 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EIFN AF PAK KS KN |
09SEOUL1739 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1744 | 2009-2010 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is provided in para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided in para 3 with the und [...] | 2009-11-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KN KS |
09SEOUL1745 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL175 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 4, 2009 [...] Will North Korea Again Test-fire Missiles? (Hankook Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 39) 2. Seoul, Washington Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Lee, Obama Pledge Cooperation on N. Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Front Page) 4. Is [...] | 2009-02-04 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1750 | THE HAGUE CONVENTION: A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post urges inclusion of Korean Accession to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction in President Obama,s agenda for Seoul. This issue was previously raised with the ROK on numerous occasions, both in Seoul and Washington, over the past year, including by the Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL KOCI KITA KS |
09SEOUL1759 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] Per reftel, Post verified the bona fides of registered broker Kim Kun-soo, President of Songwon Trading. 2. Songwon Trading is located at Songwon Building, 254-16, Nonhyun-dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Kang Kyung-joon, assistant manager of Songwon Trading, told Post on Octo [...] | 2009-11-04 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | AU ETTC KOMC KS |
09SEOUL1760 | KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...] | 2009-11-04 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER |
09SEOUL1761 | KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...] | 2009-11-04 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER |
09SEOUL1762 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1768 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1770 | "SURGING" PRIVATE EDUCATION COSTS FUEL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Lee Myung-bak made educational reform one of his campaign promises in the 2007 presidential election. Since then, the administration has made a number of attempts to effect change, motivated in large part by the enormous financial burden private educational expenditur [...] | 2009-11-05 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1771 | SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES WON'T COLLAPSE DPRK, SAYS [...] (C) During a November 2 meeting with poloffs, prominent North Korean defector Cho Myung-cheol emphasized that the DPRK's poor harvest and severe food shortages are "nothing new." The major difference between now and the famine of the late 1990s, said Cho, is that non-elite North Koreans have [...] | 2009-11-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1772 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA, [...] (SBU) Mr. President, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome your first official visit to Korea. The U.S.-ROK alliance is in arguably its best shape ever, and it is growing in scope. We have a historic opportunity to expand cooperation with an ally that sees its national interests as coinc [...] | 2009-11-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS |
09SEOUL1773 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Korea is the ninth largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, the government said on October 19, quoting a report using 2007 data by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country ranked as the tenth largest CO2 emitter in an earlier report using 2005 emissions data. Korea [...] | 2009-11-06 03:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EIND ENRG TBIO OEXC TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL1775 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 04:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL178 | RECLASSIFIED: ROKG TO HOST GICNT AND EPG MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) The ROKG confirmed on January 21 that it will host in Seoul a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop on April 14-15 and an Exercise Planni [...] | 2009-02-05 01:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINS KS |
09SEOUL1784 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1785 | SENIOR UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DPRK FOOD [...] (C) One of the Ministry of Unification's top DPRK experts, Yang Cheong-seok, told us that North Korea's grain harvest was down about 10 percent from 2008, a shortfall that would be "manageable" for the regime. The DPRK's food shortages would worsen next spring and summer because the ROK had no [...] | 2009-11-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1786 | ROK SENDS LETTER TO NATO SIGNALING INTENT TO JOIN [...] (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Hyoung-chan Choe on November 9, 2009. Choe stated that Foreign Minister Yu sent a letter on November 6 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen re [...] | 2009-11-09 22:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF KS NATO |
09SEOUL1787 | ROK LETTER TO NATO SIGNALING INTENT TO JOIN ISAF [...] (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Hyoung-chan Choe on November 9, 2009. Choe stated that Foreign Minister Yu sent a letter on November 6 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen re [...] | 2009-11-09 22:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF KS NATO |
09SEOUL179 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO HANAWON AND HANGYERAE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's January 29 visit to Hanawon Resettlement Center and Hangyerae Middle and High School revealed clean and modern facilities that show effective ROKG support for North Korean defectors on arrival in the ROK. During 2008, Hanawon's main campus for female defectors [...] | 2009-02-05 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1794 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1795 | AMBASSADOR WI SUNG-LAC ON WEST SEA NAVAL INCIDENT [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korean issues, gave Ambassador Stephens a readout on the November 10 naval skirmish in the West Sea. Wi said there were no ROK casualties; he could not confirm reports that at least one North Korean was killed and several others wou [...] | 2009-11-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINR PGOV KN KS |
09SEOUL18 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 5, 2009 [...] Global Response to Gaza (JoongAng Ilbo, January 5, 2009, Page 26) 2. If ROK-U.S. Alliance is Strong, We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Pyongyang's Strategy of Engaging with the U.S. and Sidelining ROK (Chosun Ilbo, January 3, 2009, Page 27) 3. ROK and U.S. Fail to Round off Bush's Tenure with S [...] | 2009-01-05 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL1800 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1801 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1802 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1805 | PRIME MINISTER SEES GLOBAL ROLE FOR ROK, BUT [...] (C) In a very friendly 30-minute meeting, Prime Minister Chung Un-chan received Ambassador Stephens on November 12. The Ambassador congratulated the Prime Minister on his new position and expressed appreciation for his readiness to receive American officials, including Deputy Secretary Steinbe [...] | 2009-11-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL1806 | ROK WILL BACK BURMA AND DPRK RESOLUTIONS, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 11/13 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, expressing the USG's gratitude for the ROK's principled opposition to non-action motions and support on the DPRK and Burma resolutions. PolOff also urged the ROKG to s [...] | 2009-11-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UN KS KN UNGA |
09SEOUL1807 | ROKG'S TOP PRIORITY FOR POTUS VISIT: HIGHLIGHTING [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korea issues, told Ambassador Stephens on 11/13 that the ROKG's top priority for the POTUS visit is to highlight the strength of the ROK-U.S. relationship. Wi asked that POTUS specifically praise the excellent coordination between W [...] | 2009-11-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC KN KS JA |
09SEOUL1808 | NO TRACTION FOR ANTI-PRT DEMOS DURING POTUS VISIT [...] (C) People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD),one of the largest leftist NGOs in Korea, announced on November 2 plans for demonstrations -- coinciding with President Obama's November 18-19 visit to Seoul -- against the ROK's decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) [...] | 2009-11-16 02:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KS AF |
09SEOUL1811 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1813 | ROK Agriculture Minister Presses for High-level [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Agriculture Minister Chang Tae-pyong on November 4. Chang expressed his desire for a high-level consultation process on agricultural issues. Chang pressed for [...] | 2009-11-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL KS |
09SEOUL1814 | 2+2 MEETING TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF KOREAN WAR [...] (C) Kurt/Jeff: As a deliverable for the POTUS visit, the Blue House has proposed announcing a one-off "2 plus 2" ministerial in 2010 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. I strongly believe this is a proposal worth considering. A high-profile event featuring [...] | 2009-11-16 09:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KN KS |
09SEOUL1818 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1819 | ROK TEST FLIGHT OF UAV HAESONG-II SCHEDULE FOR [...] (S) On November 16, Post received notification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the ROK planned to test the Haesong-II UAV on November 19, 2009. The text of the notification is below: 2. (S) "In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January [...] | 2009-11-18 01:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM PINR KS |
09SEOUL182 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1821 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] Per reftel, Post verified the bona fides of registered broker Inn Joong-Sik, President of SM Engineering Corporation and Chairman of SM CNS Corporation. 2. SM Engineering Corporation is located at Room 1005, Suwoonhoikwan Building, 88, Kyungun-dong, Seoul, the Republic of Korea (ROK). [...] | 2009-11-18 05:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09SEOUL1822 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] Seoul-based company "Cool and Joy" was founded in March 2000 and serves principally as a sales representative for Northrop Grumann Information System (NGIS). Per reftel, ECON officer visited Cool and Joy headquarters on November 5, 2009 to verify the bona fides of registered broker Joseph Yung [...] | 2009-11-18 05:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09SEOUL1823 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, Post contacted UI Helicopter (UIH),the ROK Defense Acquisition and Procurement Administration (DAPA) and the ROK Army Logistics Command by phone, facsimile and email to verify the bona fides of the above-referenced transaction. 2. Woo Kwang-hee, senior manager of UIH confirmed [...] | 2009-11-18 05:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | AU ETTC KOMC KS |
09SEOUL1830 | DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK MELLAT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econ M/C discussed reftel demarche with the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Middle East Division I, Yeo Sung-Jun. Director Yeo appreciated the information and said that K [...] | 2009-11-18 06:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM KS |
09SEOUL1832 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1835 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1836 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1839 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1842 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) On November 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the latest IAEA report on Syria to Park Young Hyo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park replied that the Republic of Korea is considering how best to deal with t [...] | 2009-11-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM IAEA KNNP SYR KS |
09SEOUL1843 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 [...] (C) On November 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the U.S. rationale for a third Subsidiary Body (SB) to Park Young Hyo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park stated that Deputy Minister Oh had already been inform [...] | 2009-11-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP CDG PARM PGOV PREL UNGA NPT KS |
09SEOUL1846 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL185 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 5, 2009 [...] Obama Should Change His Dangerous View of Economy (JoongAang Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Department Stores to Sell U.S. Beef Next Month (Hankook Ilbo, February 5, 2009, Page 20) 3. Obama Administration's First Move on North Korea was to Impose Sanctions (Chosun Ilbo, [...] | 2009-02-05 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL186 | HEATED DPRK RHETORIC GETS COOL ROK REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent DPRK statements "nullifying" past inter-Korean agreements appear aimed at ratcheting up tensions, but the ROKG is not tense, based on our soundings of Blue House, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Unification officials. Those officials, as well as several academics, regarded i [...] | 2009-02-05 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL1862 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1863 | MOFAT NORTHEAST ASIA DG ON ROK TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) During a November 12 lunch with the DCM, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division Director General Cho Tai-young stressed that the ROK's trade and people-to-people ties with the PRC continue to expand rapidly. Cho cautioned, however, that the expanding relationship with Beijing had begun to "set off [...] | 2009-11-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS JA CH MG |
09SEOUL1865 | "GLOBAL KOREA" TAKES OFF IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's vision of a "Global Korea" has been on prominent display in Southeast Asia during 2009. A key part of that vision is the New Asia Initiative, premised on the idea that Korea can play a "bridging role" between the developed and developing world. Central [...] | 2009-11-25 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECIN ASEAN KS VM CB TH XC |
09SEOUL1867 | TOP JAPANESE PYONGYANG-WATCHER ON SINO-DPRK TIES [...] (C) Fresh from detailed discussions with longtime Chinese and North Korean contacts in Beijing, noted Japanese DPRK-watcher Professor Hajime Izumi told us that Premier Wen's October trip to Pyongyang had restored China's influence with the DPRK and put Beijing's relationship with the North bac [...] | 2009-11-25 09:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS JP |
09SEOUL1869 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL187 | KOREA RAMPS UP ITS G20 EFFORTS; SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Korea has ramped up its efforts on the G20 process, and ideally hopes to see the G20 become the main forum for global economic and financial coordination in the future. Former Finance Minister Sakong Il, Korea's new coordinator on G20 issues (as well as senior advisor to Preside [...] | 2009-02-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL KS |
09SEOUL1873 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea's Trade Dependency Over 90 Percent -- Foreign Currency Reserves Continue to Rise -- International Organizations Raise ROK Economic Outlook -- P [...] | 2009-11-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1875 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1880 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1882 | ROK TO ISSUE STRONG STATEMENT OF SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) In advance of the President's speech, Ambassador discussed U.S. policy on Afghanistan in detail with ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan. Kim stressed that Seoul would issue a "supportive statement" following President Obama's speech. 2. (SBU) The DCM followed up with the ROK [...] | 2009-12-01 08:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK KS |
09SEOUL1888 | MOFAT MIDDLE EAST DG ON IRAN, SYRIA AND NORTH [...] (C) MOFAT Middle East Bureau Director General Kim Jin-soo told the DCM that the ROK was deeply concerned about Iran's defiant reaction to the November 27 IAEA Board of Governor's resolution. The DG, noting the ROK had voted with the U.S. on the resolution, emphasized that Seoul would follow W [...] | 2009-12-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI ECON ETRD KS IR SY |
09SEOUL1893 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1894 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1900 | DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...] | 2009-12-03 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN |
09SEOUL1901 | DFM LEE SAYS ROK WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on December 1 to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, asking the ROK to urge the Burmese government to engage in serious dialogue with the opposition and allow ASSK to meet with the National League for Democracy's entire leadership council. DFM Lee said the [...] | 2009-12-03 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI BM KS KN |
09SEOUL1902 | PDAS DONOVAN'S NORTH KOREA MEETINGS AT MOFAT [...] (C) ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac told EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan during a 12/2 meeting that Korea appreciated Ambassador Bosworth agreeing to stop in Seoul immediately before and after his upcoming trip to Pyongyang. Wi was concerned by the [...] | 2009-12-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1903 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY NSA KIM TAE-HYO [...] (C) During a December 2 meeting at the Blue House with EAP PDAS Joe Dononvan, ROK Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo characterized Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming trip as a "chance to check out the views" of the DPRK leadership. Kim warned that the North Koreans would attempt to provok [...] | 2009-12-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS AF IR |
09SEOUL1904 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH ROK DFM LEE YONG-JOON [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting with visiting EAP PDAS Joe Donovan, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon requested an appointment with SRAP Holbrooke in Washington later this month to discuss preparations for establishment of a ROK PRT in Parwan, Afghanistan and urged that the United States [...] | 2009-12-03 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ABLD MARR KS KN AF IR BM |
09SEOUL1905 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1906 | PDAS DONOVAN'S MEETING WITH DPRK REFUGEE COMMUNITY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion over dinner on December 2, five prominent leaders from the North Korean refugee community told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan that ordinary people in the DPRK are listening to and reading "illegal" media from the South. Donovan's interlocutors cited a range of diffi [...] | 2009-12-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL1907 | PDAS DONOVAN'S DECEMBER 2 MEETING WITH MOFAT DG [...] (C) MOFAT DG for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin on December 2 told EAP PDAS Joe Donovan the ROK was very pleased with the results of the recent POTUS visit. Chang noted the ROK had identified three potential windows for the agreed upon 2 2 ministerials to commemorate the 60th anniversary [...] | 2009-12-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KS |
09SEOUL1910 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL192 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL1921 | DPRK CURRENCY FIASCO MAY SOON CAUSE MAJOR FOOD [...] (C) British diplomats in Pyongyang have reported that shops and markets remain closed in the wake of the sudden DPRK government decision to replace its currency. There are rumors that the revaluation of goods in state stores and unofficial markets would take at least another week, which would [...] | 2009-12-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON EFIN KN KS |
09SEOUL1925 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1926 | ROKG THINKING BIG FOR NOVEMBER G20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the Ambassador and visiting EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan, ROK G20 Coordinator Sakong Il described ROKG efforts to establish the primacy of the G20 and ensure the success of the Seoul summit in November 2010. The ROKG is negotiating aggre [...] | 2009-12-07 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL1928 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1929 | A VIEW FROM BUSAN HARBOR ON "UNOFFICIAL" [...] (C) A Busan-based freight company executive recently told us that the Dan Gyol Bong, a DPRK cargo ship, docks in Busan 2-4 times a month to offload seafood, agricultural products and clothing and take on fabrics, processed foods and used cars -- which usually get sold in China and Russia. Our [...] | 2009-12-08 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL1932 | CHINESE DCM ON BOSWORTH VISIT, DPRK CURRENCY CHAOS [...] (C) Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming predicted on December 8 that Ambassador Bosworth would be successful in persuading the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks (6PT),though the North Koreans would likely demand at least one more bilateral meeting with the United States ahead of a possible pl [...] | 2009-12-09 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1933 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1935 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1936 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 00:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL194 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HYUN - [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance to Karen Hyun, Professional Staff Member for her official visit to South Korea, February 13-22, 2009. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the Fifth Inter-Governmental Meeting on Management of High-Seas Fisheries in the Northwes [...] | 2009-02-06 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA AMGT ASEC KS |
09SEOUL1941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1942 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 01:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1945 | ROK MND DEPUTY MINISTER FOR POLICY SEEKS US [...] (S) OSD DASD Michael Schiffer met with newly appointed Deputy Minister of National Defense for Policy LTC Gwang Il Chang on December 11, 2009. Deputy Minister LTG Chang expressed his gratitude to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Gregson for his Dec [...] | 2009-12-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KS AF |
09SEOUL1946 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-14 23:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1953 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1956 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 14 LUNCH WITH UNIFICATION [...] (C) Unification Minister Hyun In-taek confirmed to the Ambassador on December 14 that the ROK will soon provide 500,000 doses of antiviral drugs to the DPRK to help it handle an H1N1 outbreak. Hyun said the Ministry of Unification (MOU) plans to increase the budget for DPRK-related activities [...] | 2009-12-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI KN KS CH |
09SEOUL1964 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 02:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1965 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 02:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1971 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1972 | MINISTER OF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY ON G20, FTA, NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 introductory call, the Ambassador and the ROK's new Minister of Knowledge Economy Choi Kyung-whan discussed renewable and sustainable energy, the KORUS FTA, and [...] | 2009-12-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL1979 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL1980 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1987 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 05:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1988 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHILD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 16, Ambassador Stephens and Consul General Cynthia Sharpe met with Minister of Justice Lee Gwi-nam to press for Korea to accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction and to continue to fight human trafficking in Korea an [...] | 2009-12-22 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KOCI CASC KTIP KJUS KS |
09SEOUL1994 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-23 04:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL1996 | ROKG CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 23 to Park Chi-young of MOFAT's International Security Affairs Division, notifying the ROKG that the U.S. intends to request the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to add Yemen-headquartered al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its lead [...] | 2009-12-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KS KN |
09SEOUL1999 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 02:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2 | KOREAN ECONOMY SLOWING -- OUTLOOK WEAK FOR FIRST [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Korean economic growth slowed in 2008 from the 5 percent pace of 2007 to below 4 percent. Growth was already slowing before the impact of the global financial turmoil, but has bee [...] | 2009-01-01 22:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KS |
09SEOUL200 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 6, 2009 [...] A Future for Iraq (JoongAng Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 2. Financial Protectionism Could Bring Second Crisis (Chosun Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 3. Even Though 'Buy America' Provisions Have Softened (Hankook Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 36) Features 4. N. Korea "Could Fire [...] | 2009-02-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL2001 | U.S.-ROK BILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING HELD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the second round of U.S.-ROK bilateral counterterrorism consultations, the ROK expressed growing concern over terrorist attacks on Korean nationals abroad. Outlining its increasing international and domestic counterterrorism efforts, the ROK reiterated the desire to work clo [...] | 2009-12-24 03:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV KS |
09SEOUL2002 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO ROK ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 03:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS |
09SEOUL2006 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- Economy Records 3.2 Percent Quarterly Growth -- ROKG, IMF Optimistic About 2010 -- ROKG Plans to Expand Stake in IMF and World Bank -- ROKG Plans "Business Summit" [...] | 2009-12-28 04:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL2007 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 05:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2010 | AMB VERVEER FINDS PARTNERS IN KOREA TO ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: During her December 8-9 visit to Seoul, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer met with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss Korea's progress on women's rights and plans for closing the gender equality gap. National Assembly Me [...] | 2009-12-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KWNM PREL KPAO PHUM KR KS KN KTIP |
09SEOUL2012 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2013 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL2016 | KOREA'S "AFRICA GREEN GROWTH PARTNERSHIP" RAMPS UP [...] (C) The "Africa Green Growth Partnership," launched by President Lee in November, will double ROK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Africa by 2012. A key facet of the initiative, which is part of a broader program to expand the ROK's development assistance programming, will be the dis [...] | 2009-12-30 02:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV ETRD SENV XA KS |
09SEOUL2018 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL2027 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 04:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL203 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 9, 2009 [...] Let's Not Let Assessments Hinder Denuclearization (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 9, 2009, Page 23) Features 2. U.S. Experts Recount Visit to Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 9, 2009, Page 6) 2 3. Washington's First Diplomatic Homework is Afghanistan... What Kind of Homework Will It Become f [...] | 2009-02-09 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL211 | ROKG INTERESTED IN GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS |
09SEOUL212 | ROK NPT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on February 6 to Lee Jangkeun, Director of Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). The Deputy Director in Lee,s office will arrive th [...] | 2009-02-10 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS |
09SEOUL213 | FORMER DPRK INTERNAL POLICE OFFICIAL ON KIM JONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former DPRK People's Safety Agency (PSA) official Kwak Myung-il described domestic surveillance activities in North Korea, security measures for Kim Jong Il train travel, and growing public discontent with the DPRK regime during a recent meeting with poloff. Kwak and his nephew h [...] | 2009-02-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL215 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 10, 2009 [...] Messages We Should Deliver to Secretary Clinton (Dong-a Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) 2. What Clinton Has Packed for a Visit to Seoul (Chosun Ilbo, February 10, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Hankyoreh Shinmun, Segye Ilbo, Seoul Shinmun, All TVs, All Intern [...] | 2009-02-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL216 | ROKG DEMARCHED ABOUT INTELLIGENCE LEAKS [...] (S/NF) On February 9, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon, conveying strong USG concern about recent ROKG leaks of intelligence drawn from satellite imagery of the North Korean missile program, especially because this was not the first time the ROKG had [...] | 2009-02-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PREL KS KN JA |
09SEOUL22 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 04:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL222 | ROKG UNDERTAKING INVESTIGATION OF INTELLIGENCE LEAK [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The ROKG took USG concerns about the leak of intelligence pertaining to North Korean missile movements "very seriously," ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon told the DCM on February 11, and was initiating an investigation to find its source. The leakage was not the resul [...] | 2009-02-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PINR PREL KS KN JA |
09SEOUL225 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 12, 2009 [...] North Korea Has Nothing to Gain with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 39) 2. ROK's Preemptive Afghanistan Aid Diplomacy (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 3. Noticing the North (JoongAng Ilbo, February 12, 2009, Page 26) 4. N. Korea Should Heed U.S. Warnings [...] | 2009-02-12 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL227 | ROKG PLANS FOR EXPANSION OF AID PROGRAM [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The ROKG announced in September 2008 an ambitious plan to more than double (as a percentage of GDP) its Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2012 and triple its ODA by 2015. Kore [...] | 2009-02-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KS |
09SEOUL228 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP KS |
09SEOUL232 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL235 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 13, 2009 [...] Lessons of 'Buy-American' Policy (Hankook Ilb, February 13, 2009, Page 39) 2. National Security Worries (JoongAng Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 26) 3. North Korea Should Not Miscalculate Things with a Missile Launch (Hankook Ilbo, February 13, 2009, Page 39) Top Headlines Chosun Il [...] | 2009-02-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL240 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 17, 2009 [...] Welcoming Clinton (JoongAng Ilbo, February 16, 2009, Page 31) 2. "Hillary! Hillary!..." (Chosun Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 30) 3. Leader Parties While His People Starve (Dong-a Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 31) 4. Even Two Years after Feb. 13 Agreement, Pyongyang Still Engages in Trick [...] | 2009-02-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL242 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL246 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL249 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 18, 2009 [...] Agenda for Clinton visit (JoongAng Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. "North Korea Is Operating a Plant to Enrich Uranium at Yongbyon" (Dong-a Ilbo, February 18, 2009, Page 6) 3. Campbell Will Be in Overall Charge of U.S. Negotiations with N. Korea (JoongAng Ilbo, Februa [...] | 2009-02-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL250 | ROKG DEMARCHED ON PROPOSED GICNT WORKSHOP [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Poloff delivered reftel information on February 13 to Park Eun-Jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Park will review the information along with her counterpart within the M [...] | 2009-02-19 01:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS |
09SEOUL256 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 05:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL258 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 19, 2009 [...] Don't Even Think About Dispatching Troops to Afghanistan (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 19, 2009, Page 23) 2. Secretary of State Clinton's Visit to Seoul Should Serve to Enhance ROK-U.S. Cooperation (Hankook Ilbo, February 19, 2009, Page 39) Features 3. Korea Hopes for Clear Message fro [...] | 2009-02-19 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL259 | DTC CASE 050138421: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Request for missile technology/Nike Hercules II (NHKII) umbrella assurances per reftel was transmitted to Kim Yong-hyon, the Director of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on February 19. MOFAT understands that if the requ [...] | 2009-02-19 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC ETTC MNUC PARM MTCRE KS |
09SEOUL26 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009 [...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...] | 2009-01-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL269 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009 [...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...] | 2009-02-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL270 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 09:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL276 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 24, 2009 [...] 'Hillary's Kiss' and the Korean Peninsula (Hankook Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 38) Features 2. NK Raised No. of Special Forces by 60,000: Report (Dong-a Ilbo, February 24, 2009, Page 6) 3. Money Is the Biggest Problem; WEST Participants Should Pay a Lump Sum of $8,500 (Dong-a Ilbo, [...] | 2009-02-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL278 | ROKG ANNOUNCES FOUR-YEAR "GREEN NEW DEAL" TO INVEST USD 38 [...] Summary: The South Korean government has announced that it will invest 50 trillion won (USD 38.1 billion) over the next four years on environmental infrastructure projects in a "Green New Deal." The program, comprising nine major projects and 27 secondary projects, is intended to spur slumpin [...] | 2009-02-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV KS |
09SEOUL282 | HYUNDAI GROUP SUGGESTS PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun shared her views with the Ambassador on the current state of inter-Korean relations over lunch on February 13. Hyun said North Korea wanted to improve relations with South Korea, but the South's halting of fertilizer and rice deliveries whi [...] | 2009-02-26 01:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD MARR PGOV KS KN |
09SEOUL283 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 25, 2009 [...] After All, the U.S. Is the Problem (JoongAng Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 26) 2. How Clinton Stole Korean Hearts (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 3. N. Korea Will Have to Pay for Missile Test (Chosun Ilbo, February 25, 2009, Page 27) 4. Breaking the Cycle of Brinkmanship (Hankyo [...] | 2009-02-26 02:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL284 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 02:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL289 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 26, 2009 [...] True Character of Clinton's Diplomacy (Segye Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 31) 2. Will 'Clinton Effect' Continue? (JoongAng Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress Enviable (Hankook Ilbo, February 26, 2009, Page 39) 4. Foreign Minis [...] | 2009-02-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL29 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 7, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Response in 2009 to North Korea's Nuclear Issue (Chosun Ilbo, January 7, 2009, Page 31) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo 93 Public Welfare Bills, including Bills on Easing Criminal Penalties, are stalled by National Assembly standoff; (as a result) Low-Income People (who are unable to [...] | 2009-01-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL290 | SECRETARY'S VISIT TO SEOUL A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: As the Secretary's plane was preparing for departure from Seoul on February 20, Ambassador-designate Han Duck-soo, a man of great reserve, beamed and said "all anti-Americanism will be gone" after the Secretary's visit. The February 19-20 visit of Secretary Clinton made an enormo [...] | 2009-02-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL291 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI SECURES ROKG COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and ROK President Lee Myung-bak signed a comprehensive cooperation MOU in Seoul on February 24 agreeing to explore opportunities for economic cooperation. Contrary to a Blue House press release, the MOU did not commit either side to specific delive [...] | 2009-02-26 09:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAIR IZ KS |
09SEOUL294 | ROK RESPONSE TO GICNT/EPG DEMARCHE LANGUAGE [...] This is an action request. (See para 2.) 2. The ROKG requests that the following changes be made to the GICNT Workshop/EPG Meeting announcement contained in reftel, para 6. -- In the first paragraph, change the title of the GICNT workshop to "Current Progress in Detecting and Respond [...] | 2009-02-27 01:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS |
09SEOUL295 | ROK DETAILED RESPONSE TO NONPROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (U) Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on February 24 provided detailed responses to reftel A and an expansion of reftel B. Won Jong-mun, the ROKG point of contact on NPT issues, also attended the meeting. [...] | 2009-02-27 02:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL IAEA NPT KS |
09SEOUL3 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-01 23:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL30 | POLIFESSORS: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT SUBVERTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6, poloffs met with prominent political science professors Kim Hyung-joon of Myongji University and Hahm Sung-deuk of Korea University to discuss the current political situation and implications of the recent clashes in the National Assembly. Kim said that the Nationa [...] | 2009-01-07 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL307 | PRESS BULLETIN - February 27, 2009 [...] The Only Way Out (JoongAng Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 27) 2. A Part-Time Envoy for a Full-Time Task (Chosun Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 26) 3. Ratification of the KORUS FTA Is Urgent (Hankook Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 39) Features 4. Even If the U.S. Successfully Intercepts [...] | 2009-02-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL309 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL311 | ROK EXPERTS SAY PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: South Korean experts on the DPRK agree that the North's recent escalation of tensions with the South marks a qualitative change in South-North relations and that President Lee Myung-bak's policy of "benign neglect" toward the North is largely responsible for the change. Kim Jong [...] | 2009-02-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
09SEOUL312 | ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) After poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though their superi [...] | 2009-02-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS |
09SEOUL313 | PROGRESS ON KEY LEGISLATION IN DOUBT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current special session of the National Assembly ends on March 3. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) had pledged to push through several controversial bills in addition to economic reforms after failing to make progress in previous sessions. After the main opposition De [...] | 2009-02-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL314 | SEOUL ECONOMIC BRIEFING -- FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Korea,s 2008 Current Account Posts USD 6.41 Billion Deficit: South Korea,s 2008 current account shifted to a deficit of USD 6.41 billion from 2007,s surplus of USD 5.88 billion dollars. The goods account surplus decreased to USD 5.99 billion from the previous year's 28.17 billion dollars, [...] | 2009-02-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EINV KS |
09SEOUL318 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - February 2009 [...] The ROKG has issued a public notice on the upcoming introduction of legislation of a "Basic Law on Low Carbon, Green Growth." The draft bill will be an amalgamation of three programs: A) The Basic Law on Climate Change: Draft legislation that had already been pending at the National Assemb [...] | 2009-03-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KHIV KS |
09SEOUL324 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009 [...] Regrets about Secretary Clinton's Visit to Seoul (Hankyoreh Shinmun, March 2, 2009, Page 26) 2. Critical Moment for the Six-Party Process (Hankyoreh Shinmun, February 28, 2009, Page 23) Features 3. Does the U.S. Put More Emphasis on Direct Talks with N. Korea Than on the Six-Party Tal [...] | 2009-03-02 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL327 | POHANG AND POSCO ADJUSTING FOR THE FUTURE -- AMBASSADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to Pohang, the home of Korea?s steel industry, the Ambassador learned that POSCO, the world?s fourth largest steel producer, is having to adjust to the global economic slowdown, cutting production for the first time in its four decades of existence. The company, ho [...] | 2009-03-03 01:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EMIN ELAB EINV PGOV PINR KS |
09SEOUL331 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 3, 2009 [...] What Obama's Reforms Suggest to Us (Hankook Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 39) Features 2. N. Korea, UN Command Hold 1st Talks in 6 Years (Dong-a Ilbo, March 3, 2009, Page 6) 3. "The U.S.-North Korea Talks Can Be Viewed Positively If They Are Helpful To the Six-Party Talks" (Hankook Ilbo, [...] | 2009-03-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL332 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09SEOUL333 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SOUTH [...] (U) Post's submission for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ----------------------------------------- Paragraph 23: South Korea's TIP Situation ----------------------------------------- 2. (U) A. The ROK Ministry o [...] | 2009-03-03 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09SEOUL339 | PRESS BULLETIN - March 4, 2009 [...] The USTR, in a report delivered to Congress last week, said that the Bush Administration left a legacy of numerous pending free trade agreements and negotiations and that the Obama Administration will conduct extensive outreach and discourse with the public on whether these agreements appropria [...] | 2009-03-04 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL34 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL341 | G-20 MEETING INFO REQUEST: KOREA [...] (U) This cable provides post assessment for South Korea with respect to Ref A request ahead of the March 14-15 G-20 Finance Ministerial and the April 2 London Summit. 2. (U) The text is organized in four parts (each with its own header),in accordance with Ref A. Objectives for the Lond [...] | 2009-03-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KS |
09SEOUL342 | KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX NEEDS WORKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2008, when North Korea threatened to "restrict and cut off" South Koreans' border access, including to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) north of Seoul, it seemed that hostile inter-Korean politics might lead to the closure of what has been the centerpiece of econo [...] | 2009-03-05 00:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL35 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 8, 2009 [...] "Israel's Indiscriminate Massacre and Its American Accomplice" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. WEST Program Costs an Applicant 20 Million Won; Is It a "Measure for Youth Employment"? (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 8, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo [...] | 2009-01-08 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL350 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 5, 2009 [...] President Lee Myung-bak, in a March 4 interview with The Australian, an Australian newspaper, said that North Korea might enjoy short-term benefits from escalating tension by preparing for a suspected missile launch but that such a provocation would play against the North in the long run. Presi [...] | 2009-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL351 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ECONOMIC BILATS [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance to Economic Bilats Delegation members for their official visit to South Korea, March 7-14, 2009. The purpose of the visit is to participate in U.S.-ROK Bilateral Economic Trade consultations to be held March 11 and 12. CONTACT INFORMAT [...] | 2009-03-06 00:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KS |
09SEOUL353 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009 [...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...] | 2009-03-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL354 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 6, 2009 [...] The leaders of the ROK and Australia, during their March 5 summit in Canberra, adopted a nine-point joint declaration to strengthen cooperation on security issues in the region and around the globe. In a related development, Blue House Spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters that the joint decla [...] | 2009-03-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL357 | ROKG PLANS TO RAISE DPRK CIV AIR ISSUE IN ICAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Chang Ho-jin told Pol M/C on March 6 that the ROKG regarded the DPRK's March 5 statement about not being able to guarantee the safety of ROK civilian aircraft in North Korean air space as a "threat to the safet [...] | 2009-03-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KS KN |
09SEOUL359 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL360 | ROKG AWAITS RESULTS OF AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (U) Post delivered points in reftel A, para 7; and USG officials (DOD and Post) have solicited ROKG feedback (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of National Defense, and the Blue House) on the Afghanistan/Pakistan Policy Review. 2. (C) The ROKG did not have any input on the [...] | 2009-03-09 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS AF PK |
09SEOUL362 | ROK NAVAL VESSEL DEPLOYING TO SOMALI WATERS [...] (U) Summary. The ROK is deploying a destroyer to the Gulf of Aden to participate in U.S.-led counterpiracy efforts. The primary mission for the destroyer, which needs National Assembly approval to extend beyond its December 31 mandate, is to escort Korean commercial vessels through a trans [...] | 2009-03-10 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL MARR MCAP KS |
09SEOUL363 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL364 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL365 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel and cleared by Seoul's Core Emergency Action Committee: POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ I. Demonstrations A. (C) Are there any ethnic or religious communities in-country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstra [...] | 2009-03-11 05:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER KS |
09SEOUL371 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL381 | DPRK'S NORTH-SOUTH MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CUTOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Pyongyang promptly restored the inter-Korean movement of goods and personnel in the two transportation corridors after closing them for 24 hours on March 9, ROK Government and private contacts see an unforced error on the part of DPRK authorities, who seem not to have realized [...] | 2009-03-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL386 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL390 | ROKG INTENDS TO HOLD JUNE CGPCS MEETING IN SEOUL [...] (SBU) On March 12, poloff delivered to Oh Youjin, International Security Affairs Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),the information in reftel para 3 regarding the June session of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS). 2. (SBU) Oh conv [...] | 2009-03-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM PREL KS MOPS PHSA |
09SEOUL391 | ROK NOTIFICATION OF MISSILE SYSTEM PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP KPAL KS |
09SEOUL392 | ROK REQUEST TO HOLD UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP KPAL KS |
09SEOUL393 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL395 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL398 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL399 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL4 | 2008-2009 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is provided in para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the und [...] | 2009-01-02 01:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KN KS |
09SEOUL403 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 - POST RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2008 saw a significant acceleration of Korean efforts on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement. On February 25, 2008, Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated as Korea's President; Lee explicitly identified stronger IPR protection as an important strategy to boos [...] | 2009-03-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL405 | ROK RESPONSE ON ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ADB KS |
09SEOUL408 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL409 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL410 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL413 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE: ROK RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the joint demarche with the Japanese detailed in Ref A, POL M/C met with MOFAT Director General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs, Choi Jong-moon, to emphasize the importance the U.S. placed on the upcoming Pakistan Donors Conference to be held on April 17, 2009, in Toky [...] | 2009-03-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IMF KS PK PREL IBRD |
09SEOUL415 | UNION BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON HISTORY, GOALS, OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 16, representatives from the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU),the more conservative of Korea's two umbrella labor unions, provided a briefing on the current status of Korean labor-management relations, discussed the umbrella unio [...] | 2009-03-19 00:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KS |
09SEOUL428 | G-20: ROKG SHERPA AND FINANCE COORDINATOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROKG G-20 Sherpa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Minister Ahn Ho-young told EMin on March 18 that the ROKG shares U.S. views and appreciated U.S. leadership at both the Sherpa meeting and the Finance Ministers' meeting in London earlier this month. The ROKG supports [...] | 2009-03-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
09SEOUL429 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL431 | AUTOMOBILE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS RESPONSE [...] (U) The ROKG does not currently have a plan of targeted financial support for the auto industry. In order to sustain the auto market in the face of shrinking domestic sales (which fell by 24 percent in December 2008 compared to December a year earlier),the ROKG announced on January 6, 2009 [...] | 2009-03-19 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO KS |
09SEOUL442 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL444 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL445 | DASD SEDNEY'S MARCH 1-3 SECURITY POLICY MEETINGS [...] (C) Close coordination on North Korea, significant progress in three areas of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and a push for a major ROK contribution in Afghanistan characterized DASD David Sedney's March 1-3 meetings in Seoul. -- (C) Sunday March 1, DASD Sedney reached agreement with MOFAT DDG Lee o [...] | 2009-03-20 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PHSA PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS AF KN KS |
09SEOUL446 | 21ST SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The 21st session of the Security Policy Initiative (SPI) opened on March 2, at the ROK Ministry of National Defense in Seoul. The meeting covered a wide range of topics concerning the U.S.-ROK security alliance, including: the North Korea (DPRK) missile situation, an update on [...] | 2009-03-20 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL447 | KIC ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: DPRK'S INEXPLICABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite what ROK observers believed was the DPRK's deliberately provocative decision to restrict Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) access for the second time in a week on March 13, the South Korean government and businesses communities are not yet ready to give up on the six-year-o [...] | 2009-03-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL45 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial lunch at the Residence on January 7, the Ambassador and ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan reviewed recent bilateral and regional developments. NSA Kim said President Lee Myung-bak looks forward to establishing a cooperative relationship with President [...] | 2009-01-09 05:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL454 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL455 | IRAN CALLS FOR "BOLD STEPS" FROM OBAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Head of Judiciary Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi visited Seoul with several senior Iranian legal and diplomatic officials March 16-18 at the invitation of ROK Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon. Shahroudi, his Senior Advisor for International Affairs Mohammad Javad [...] | 2009-03-23 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAID PINR PREF PREL KS IR AF IZ PK |
09SEOUL456 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL467 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 05:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL469 | ROK: UN HRC DRAFT "DEFAMATION" RESOLUTION STILL [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division told Poloff on March 24 that the ROK had not yet decided how it would vote on the upcoming UN Human Rights Council resolution on "Combating Defamation of Religions." The draft resolution was still b [...] | 2009-03-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KS |
09SEOUL47 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 9, 2009 [...] U.S. Could Step up Import Regulations on Korea (Chosun Ilbo, January 9, 2009, Page B1) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo A Civic Group Seeks Measures to Root Out "Lawmaker Violence," Including a System to Impeach Lawmakers who Resort to Violence JoongAng Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo Online Commentato [...] | 2009-01-09 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL470 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH BLUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador discussed key ROKG economic priorities with Blue House Senior Secretary Yoon Jin-sik when they met on March 20. Yoon told the Ambassador that President Lee Myung-bak strongly supports a coordinated fiscal stimulus on the part of G-20 members. Yoon also confirmed t [...] | 2009-03-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KS |
09SEOUL477 | SEOUL UNDERSCORES CONTINUED OPPOSITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 04:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KS |
09SEOUL48 | A/S DESUTTER'S PARTICIPATION AT THE 7TH UN-ROK [...] (U) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter participated as speaker and Session IV chair at the 7th UN-ROK Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues, held at Jeju, Republic of Korea from November 24-Novem [...] | 2009-01-09 06:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL480 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL483 | ROKG ACCEPTS JUNE UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Poloff on March 25 delivered reftel demarche to Hyon-du Kim of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said the following: -- The ROKG would like to hold the consultati [...] | 2009-03-25 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL485 | SOUTH KOREANS CALM ABOUT NORTH KOREAN THREATS [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean public has reacted calmly to North Korea's increasingly hostile rhetoric and actions over the last six months. Even in the shadow of the North's impending missile launch, polls show only a slight up tick in public concern about the North Korean threat, and debate [...] | 2009-03-25 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL490 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL491 | ROKG AID EFFORTS DISAPPOINT AFGHAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. During a lunch meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia David Sedney on March 1 in Seoul, Afghan Ambassador to the ROK, Mohammad Karim Rahimi, discussed the upcoming elections in Afghanistan, the current USG Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review, and the RO [...] | 2009-03-27 01:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF KS |
09SEOUL492 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 07:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL495 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL498 | BIG NAMES IMPLICATED IN UNFOLDING BIPARTISAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's latest political corruption scandal, slowly growing for months, picked up speed this week with the arrest of Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker Lee Kwang-jae and summonses issued for a number of politicians including Grand National Party (GNP) lawmaker Park Jin. The allegatio [...] | 2009-03-29 22:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL50 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT LIKELY TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's December extraordinary session, which ended on January 8, was fraught with strife. The session opened on December 10 and the next day the minor opposition Democratic Labor Party (DLP) quarreled with National Assembly security guards outside the Judiciary [...] | 2009-01-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL502 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL504 | (S) ROK CONCERNED BY TURKISH INTERMEDIARY EFFORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Poloff on March 26 delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Kim said the following. -- The ROKG was unaware of the information (in reftel A),but would refer the case to the appropr [...] | 2009-03-31 00:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS |
09SEOUL513 | ROKG REVIEWING CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador called on ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan on March 30 and conveyed reftel points. Kim, limiting his remarks to Afghanistan, said that the United States had done a thorough review of the on-going challenges in Afghanistan and that ROK Foreign Minister looked for [...] | 2009-03-31 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF PK KS |
09SEOUL514 | CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC DEBATE, BUT ROK PLANS TO JOIN [...] (C) The Republic of Korea plans to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles, becoming a full participant in PSI soon after the planned DPRK launch of a Taepodong2. The Foreign Minister stated that to reporters on March 20 in an effort to condit [...] | 2009-03-31 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL515 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL516 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL523 | (C) DTC CASE 050138421: ROKG UMBRELLA ASSURANCES [...] (U) Post received the ROKG umbrella assurances letter requested in reftel on March 25, 2009. 2. (C) Per reftel instructions, the text of the ROKG umbrella assurances letter is as follows. March 19, 2009 Mr. David Wolff First Secretary Political-Military Affairs Embassy of the Uni [...] | 2009-04-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC KS MNUC MTCRE PARM |
09SEOUL524 | ROKG SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET STIMULUS BILL (3 PERCENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 24, the ROKG approved a 28.9 trillion won (USD 21.4 billion) supplemental budget, in a move that had been signaled for weeks. The budget is equivalent to roughly 3 percent [...] | 2009-04-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KS |
09SEOUL525 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL526 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL528 | ROKG ON BURMA TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP AND BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROKG is not well informed about the Tripartite Core Group but is willing to raise the issue with Burmese authorities and in the UN. MOFAT believes ASEAN's quiet diplomacy is the key to influencing Burma. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In response to reftel points urging the ROKG t [...] | 2009-04-02 00:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | BU KS PREL |
09SEOUL53 | OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IR UN EAID KS |
09SEOUL530 | NIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR KIM SOOK ON DPRK LAUNCH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and the Special Advisor discussed DPRK launch assessments, the state of the Six-Party Talks, the status of the South Korean detained in Kaesong, and ROK policy toward North Korea with ROK National Intelligence Service (NIS) First Deputy Director Kim Sook over lunc [...] | 2009-04-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL532 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL533 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL534 | ROKG DETAILS POST-LAUNCH RESPONSE SEQUENCE [...] SUMMARY (C) ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) North Korean Nuclear Affairs Bureau Director General Hwang Joon-kook briefed POL M/C April 2 on the sequence of events that Seoul would follow immediately after North Korea's TD-2 launch. The Blue House would first announce the lau [...] | 2009-04-02 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL535 | ACCESSION TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 06:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN KTIA KS |
09SEOUL537 | ROKG REQUESTS JUNE 25 UAV TECHNICAL CONSULTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL540 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL541 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL542 | AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATES IN WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY [...] Summary: On March 24, Ambassador joined with Korean Health Minister Jeon Jae-hee in Korea's main World TB Day event to commend the work done over the years by the Korea National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA). The Ambassador was the only foreign dignitary to participate in the commemorati [...] | 2009-04-03 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL KS |
09SEOUL543 | ROK SUPPORTS U.S. UNHRC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho told Poloff that the ROKG looked favorably upon U.S. candidacy for membership in the UN Human Rights Council. As New Zealand had dropped out of the running, Jung noted, [...] | 2009-04-03 07:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL544 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL545 | ROK FM YU: STRONG UNSC RESPONSE KEY TO 6PT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador during a meeting April 5 shortly after the North Korean Taepo-Dong-2 (TD-2) launch that a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the launch was key to eventual resumption of the Six-Party Talks. A "lukewarm, mild att [...] | 2009-04-05 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC |
09SEOUL55 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 12, 2009 [...] Pyongyang Wants Envoy at Obama's Inauguration (JoongAng Ilbo, January 12, 2009, Front Page) 2. Ambassador Stephens: "Obama Will Take a Package Approach toward North Korea's Nuclear Dismantlement and the Establishment of Diplomatic Ties" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 10, 2009, Page 8) Top Headlin [...] | 2009-01-12 06:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL550 | ROK FORMER FM: BEWARE LATENT ANTI-AMERICANISM [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former Roh Administration Foreign Minister and current National Assembly Member (Democratic Party) Song Min-soon said debate over the KORUS FTA had the potential, if not handled carefully by the Korean government, to reignite a [...] | 2009-04-06 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL551 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL552 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL559 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL560 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL562 | GRANTING OVERSEAS KOREANS VOTING RIGHTS RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, the National Assembly passed legislation granting voting rights to Koreans residing overseas. Starting with the 2012 National Assembly elections, overseas Koreans will be able to vote in person at Korean Embassies and Consulates. How to enfranchise these voters [...] | 2009-04-08 03:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL568 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL569 | ROKG WANTS UNSC RESOLUTION, NOT STATEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK chief Six-Party Talks negotiator Wi Sunglac emphasized to the Ambassador April 8 that the ROKG wanted nothing short of a UNSC resolution in response to North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong 2. Substituting a strongly worded Presidential Statement for even a relatively [...] | 2009-04-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KS KN CH RS UNSC |
09SEOUL57 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FIGHTS: OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: The surprise winner of the latest round of fighting in the National Assembly was the opposition Democratic Party, which saw its approval rating double in two months. The main loser is President Lee Myung-bak, closely followed by the GNP leadership. Both were shown to be weak, [...] | 2009-01-12 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL570 | ROKG LIKELY TO OFFER SOFT LOAN AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) POLMC on April 8 delivered reftel demarche to Choi Jongmoon, Director-General for South Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Choi said that he expected the ROKG to make a pledge at the conference because Pakistan, like the ROK, is an Asian country so t [...] | 2009-04-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN KS PK |
09SEOUL576 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIALEAH WITH AN EAGER BUSAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik called on Ambassador Stephens on April 2 to thank her for progress on the Joint Assessment Environmental Procedure affecting the return of Camp Hialeah. The Ambassador and Mayor agreed that a quick and smooth return is in both countries' interests. For [...] | 2009-04-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EINV KS |
09SEOUL581 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL587 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MARCH 2009 [...] After several rounds of public hearings, the Lee Myung-bak administration submitted draft legislation entitled "The Basic Law on Low Carbon and Green Growth" to the National Assembly on February 28. The proposed legislation calls for the introduction of a market-based cap-and-trade system on [...] | 2009-04-10 06:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KS |
09SEOUL588 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 07:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL59 | ROK’S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE NEIGHBORS: NORTH [...] (C) Summary: As a presidential candidate, Lee Myoung-bak called for a "creative reconstruction" of Korea's foreign policy. In his February 2008 inaugural address, Lee criticized his two predecessors, saying, "At times over the last ten years, we found ourselves faltering and confused." He vowed to [...] | 2009-01-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL590 | CHUNG ANNOUNCES INDEPENDENT BID IN PROBABLE POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former liberal presidential candidate Chung Dong-young announced on April 10 at the Democratic Party (DP) headquarters in Seoul that he would run as an independent in the April 29 by-election in Jeolla Province. Chung had announced his intention last month to run on the DP ticket, [...] | 2009-04-10 07:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL591 | ROKG RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) Summary. The responses from Director-General Choi Jongmoon (South Asian and Pacific Affairs) and First Secretary Kim Hyon-du (ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division) indicated that the ROKG: had yet to make a decision on contributions [...] | 2009-04-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF KS |
09SEOUL594 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 07:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL595 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL596 | ROH MOO-HYUN'S WIFE AND SON QUESTIONED IN MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Prosecutors questioned former President Roh Moo-hyun's wife, Kwon Yang-sook, and son, Roh Geon-ho, April 11 and 12 in connection with the Park Yeon-cha bribery scandal. Prosecutors are expected to summon former President Roh in the near future. The scandal is a blow to the lib [...] | 2009-04-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL597 | ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV TEST FLIGHT [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on April 13 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on April 23. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the [...] | 2009-04-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL600 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL602 | FORMER BLUE HOUSE INTER-KOREAN AFFAIRS CHIEF ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current standoff between North and South Korea will continue for several months, according to former Blue House Senior Secretary for Inter-Korean Affairs Um Jong-sik, but the North's serious food and fertilizer situation might lead to South-North dialogue later in the year. [...] | 2009-04-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL607 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Holbrooke, welcome to Seoul. Although your stay in Seoul is barely three hours, you are seeing the three key Koreans shaping ROK foreign policy: President Lee, FM Yu and NSA Kim. President Lee and his advisors are eager to hear directly your sense of the way forward i [...] | 2009-04-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR AF PK KS |
09SEOUL608 | ROKG PLANS TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (C) Dep Econ Couns on April 8 discussed ROKG support for Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership bids with Lee Kang-ho, Ministry of Strategy and Finance Director for International Financial Institutions, and Seo Sang-pyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Economic Organizations. [...] | 2009-04-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV KS |
09SEOUL61 | ROKG WELCOMES NEWS OF KHAN NETWORK SANCTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, poloff on January 13 notified ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Deputy Director Lee Sang-soo of the decision to impose sanctions on individuals and companies associated with the former A. Q. Khan network. Dep [...] | 2009-01-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN KS KN |
09SEOUL615 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 23:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL617 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 23:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL62 | NORTH-SOUTH RHETORIC: A YEAR OF CHILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rapid deterioration in inter-Korean relations since conservative Lee Myung-bak was elected as ROK President just over a year ago was probably inevitable given LMB's commitment to change the ground rules of inter-Korean relations which had been painstakingly established over th [...] | 2009-01-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL620 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 01:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER KS |
09SEOUL625 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL626 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL627 | ROKG REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. UN HRC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel diplomatic note and human rights pledge to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division on April 16. Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho reaffirmed the ROKG's "unconditional support" for U.S. membership in the UN Human Ri [...] | 2009-04-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL629 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13 the Ambassador visited the Constitutional Court of Korea for a cordial courtesy call on President Lee Kang-kook, a tour of the "green" building (including its rooftop garden),and a roundtable discussion. President Lee said he looked forward to his May 13 visit to t [...] | 2009-04-17 01:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KS KN |
09SEOUL63 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 13, 2009 [...] President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso agreed during yesterday's summit meeting in Seoul to put aside historical disputes and enhance bilateral cooperation to deal with the global economic crisis. The two leaders also stressed the importance of maintaining the Six-Party fr [...] | 2009-01-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL632 | RADICAL UNION CONTINUES STRUGGLE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 9, poloff met with representatives of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU),the more radical of Korea's two umbrella trade organizations, which recently changed leadership because of a sex scandal and suffered the defection of a number of its affiliated unions. [...] | 2009-04-17 07:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KS |
09SEOUL633 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL634 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL635 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES COPYRIGHT ACT REVISION, [...] (U) On April 1, the first day of the April special legislative session, the Korean National Assembly passed the amended Copyright Act (CA) which strengthens the law's IPR enforcement provisions, particularly with regard to digital piracy, and integrates the Computer Programs Protection Act (C [...] | 2009-04-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL636 | BY-ELECTION BECOMES DP, GNP INTRA-PARTY FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Candidate registration closed on April 15 for the five seats that are up for grabs in the April 29 by-election. Since the general election last year, five lawmakers -- two from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP),one from the Democratic Party (DP),and two independents -- lo [...] | 2009-04-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL640 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL641 | ROK IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN KS |
09SEOUL642 | PRESIDENT LEE/ADVISORS TALK ROK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP),met on April 16 in Seoul with ROK President Lee Myung-bak, NSA Kim Sung-hwan, and FM Yu Myung-hwan. SRAP Holbrooke explained the Obama Administration's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pak [...] | 2009-04-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS EAID AF PK KS |
09SEOUL645 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL646 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL647 | ROK NSA AND 6PT ENVOY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Kim Sung-hwan and Six-Party Talks Envoy Wi Sung-lac separately told Staffdel Jannuzi on April 17 that the timing of reengaging North Korea would be important and Seoul and Washington should not appear "anxious." Wi suggested a dialogue should be o [...] | 2009-04-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP OREP EWWT KS KN |
09SEOUL648 | ROK "SUPPORTS" PSI "PURPOSE AND PRINCIPLES" [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, Blue House National Security Advisor Park Sun-won conveyed the ROKG's final position on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),which states that the ROKG "supports the purpose and principles of the initiative but will implement it in accordance with [...] | 2009-04-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KS |
09SEOUL653 | KOREA'S NEXT DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 18th National Assembly, plagued by bickering since its inception, has proved its inefficiency time and again and is faced with widespread public pessimism about the legislature's functionality. The inter-party conflict that has so frequently ground proceedings to a halt is, [...] | 2009-04-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL654 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL655 | APRIL 21 SOUTH-NORTH MEETING AT KAESONG: NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korean officials went to the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on April 21 at the North's request for the first civilian inter-Korean meeting since President Lee Myung-bak's February 2008 inauguration hoping to discuss several urgent issues: the welfare of a South Korean en [...] | 2009-04-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KS KN |
09SEOUL657 | ROKG TO ATTEND GICNT 2009 PLENARY MEETING [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Poloff on April 21 with Anna Luwerna (Deputy Head of Mission - The Netherlands) and Dmitry V. Darchenkov (First Secretary - Russia) delivered reftel to Lee Jangkeun, Director of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division. Lee said that the ROK [...] | 2009-04-23 01:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC KS |
09SEOUL660 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL664 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 04:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL67 | INTERIM KOREAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EUN GM KS PGOV SENV |
09SEOUL672 | MND: DPRK MILITARY RHETORIC AND NATIONAL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK's recent restaffing and expansion of the National Defense Commission (NDC) and its hostile military rhetoric over the last several months are related to the DPRK leadership's "top priority" need to stabilize the DPRK internally in preparation for succession, according to [...] | 2009-04-27 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KN KS |
09SEOUL673 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL674 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL676 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL677 | ROKG CANNOT PREVENT TURKISH FIRM FROM ACQUIRING [...] (C) Summary: Kim Jae-woo of the Disarmament & Nonproliferation Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on April 24 reported to poloff the results of the ROKG's investigation of Ak Makina's attempt to purchase computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools from Hyundai-Kia [...] | 2009-04-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MTCRE IR TU KS |
09SEOUL678 | KAESONG NEGOTIATIONS HINGE ON DORMITORIES, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An important reason behind the DPRK's hostile attitude toward the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) is the ROKG refusal to build dormitories for additional workers. The USG should encourage the ROKG to build the dormitories and allow the KIC to expand to over 100,000 workers, bec [...] | 2009-04-28 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL68 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 14, 2009 [...] Why Is U.S. Attacking ROK Cars Only? (JoongAng Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 30) Features 2. U.S. Replaces Apache Helicopters Not with A-10 Aircrafts But with F-16 Fighter Jets, Leaving a Possible Military Vacuum (Dong-a Ilbo, January 14, 2009, Page 10) 3. North Korea's Double-faced St [...] | 2009-01-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL683 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 07:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL693 | BY-ELECTION RESULTS HIGHLIGHT LOOMING INTRA-PARTY [...] (SBU) Results of the April 29 by-election, in which five National Assembly seats were up for grabs, highlight looming intra-party battles (reftel) for control of both major parties, the right-of-center Grand National Party (GNP) and the left-of-center Democratic Party (DP). The GNP was harde [...] | 2009-04-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL694 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL696 | SPECIAL 301: ROKG ELATED BY REMOVAL FROM WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) AMB phoned Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) Yu In-chon on April 30 to inform him that the USG would remove Korea from the Special 301 Watch List in the Special 301 announcement in Washington later that day. Minister Yu said he was very happy to hear the news, and was pleas [...] | 2009-04-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR KS |
09SEOUL697 | ROKG SUPPORTS U.S. ON ADB GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns on April 27 spoke with Seo Sang-pyo, Director of MOFAT's Economic Organization Division. Seo said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade would work with the Ministry [...] | 2009-05-01 04:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ETRD PREL ADB KS |
09SEOUL7 | PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...] | 2009-01-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL70 | ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONGRATULATES [...] Summary: On January 13, 2009, the ROK National Assembly adopted a resolution congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on his impending inauguration. This is the first time that the ROK National Assembly has adopted such a resolution. Members from all parties of the Foreign Affairs, Trade a [...] | 2009-01-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
09SEOUL704 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL706 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL708 | REVISING HISTORY: NEW ROK HISTORY TEXTBOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Starting from this spring, South Korean high school students will learn their history from a revised text of their familiar "A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea." The movement to revise the history text kicked off soon after the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak, s [...] | 2009-05-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL71 | MORE ON LEE-ASO SUMMIT: JOINT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 11-12 summit between Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and ROK President Lee Myung-bak was a quiet affair, just as the two principals had hoped for; no protests on history, territory or the Aso family's past use of forced Korean labor in its mining business. This was th [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KS KN |
09SEOUL715 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL716 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL720 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 06:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL721 | Delayed ROKG Response to Ban on Trade in Live Swine [...] Econ and FAS delivered reftel demarche to the appropriate officials of the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs and Trade officials regarding Korea's ban on the importation of live swine from the United States. 2. Mr. Kim Yong Sang at Korea's Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry [...] | 2009-05-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON KS |
09SEOUL732 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL745 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL746 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL749 | UMBRELLA ASSURANCES RECEIVED FROM ROKG FOR 53 F-4E [...] (U) Post received a letter containing umbrella assurances from the ROKG on May 11, 2009 for the transfer of 53 F-4E spare parts from the Government of the Kingdom of Spain to the ROKG. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG umbrella assurances letter is as follows. May 08, 2009 Mr. David Wol [...] | 2009-05-12 00:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC KS MNUC MTCRE PARM |
09SEOUL750 | ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 11 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on May 21. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the USG [...] | 2009-05-12 00:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL751 | ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 11 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on May 21. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the USG [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL752 | ROKG NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 11 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on May 21. 2. (S) Begin Text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the USG [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL753 | ROKG, KOREAN COMPANIES REACHING OUT TO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan May 10-14. His meeting with Uzbek President Islam Karimov will be his third in 15 months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Eurasia Division Director Lim Soo-suk told Poloffs on May 7. Seoul is in [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID EAIR EINV ENRG EPET KS UZ KZ |
09SEOUL754 | UMBRELLA ASSURANCES RECEIVED FROM ROKG FOR 53 F-4E [...] (U) Post received a letter containing umbrella assurances from the ROKG on May 11, 2009 for the transfer of 53 F-4E spare parts from the Government of the Kingdom of Spain to the ROKG. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG umbrella assurances letter is as follows. May 08, 2009 Mr. David Wol [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC KS MNUC MTCRE PARM |
09SEOUL755 | UMBRELLA ASSURANCES RECEIVED FROM ROKG FOR 53 F-4E [...] (U) Post received a letter containing umbrella assurances from the ROKG on May 11, 2009 for the transfer of 53 F-4E spare parts from the Government of the Kingdom of Spain to the ROKG. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG umbrella assurances letter is as follows. May 08, 2009 Mr. David Wol [...] | 2009-05-12 01:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC KS MNUC MTCRE PARM |
09SEOUL758 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL762 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL767 | ROKG STEERING CLEAR OF BURMA POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to the reftel demarche, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Southeast Asia Director Kim Young-chae said on May 11 that he would convey to his superiors that the U.S. was urging international pressure on the Burmese government to end the house arrest of Aung San Su [...] | 2009-05-14 02:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KS BM |
09SEOUL771 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL772 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL778 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 04:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL780 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Manufacturers' Confidence Posts Largest Gain since 2003: Manufacturers' confidence for April rose as more companies expressed optimism over eased woes in the financial market and the expected effects of the government's stimulus package, the central bank said on March 31. The business surv [...] | 2009-05-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL790 | PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY FLUCTUATES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 29 by-elections, in which the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) failed to win any of the five seats up for grabs (reftel),only served to put further strain on factional divides within the party. The elections were actually a test of the fractures within both the ruling [...] | 2009-05-18 07:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL791 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL792 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL797 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL798 | ROKG SUPPORTS KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns discussed reftel demarche with Suh Sang-pyo, Director of the Economic Organization Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and with Jang Yun-jeong, Deputy Direc [...] | 2009-05-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL KV KS |
09SEOUL8 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL805 | ROKG NOTIFICATION OF DELAY OF UAV FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 20 notified post that the planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV in reftel was delayed one day from May 21 to May 22. The planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV is now scheduled for May 22. All other information i [...] | 2009-05-20 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL806 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL808 | ROK'S KAESONG MANAGER: DPRK TRYING TO SHAKE ROK [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea is trying to change the ROK's "political geography" through its hostile actions, including those targeted at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),according to President of the Kaesong Industrial Management Committee (KIDMAC) Moon Moo-hong. Moon, an Assistant Ministe [...] | 2009-05-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN KS |
09SEOUL81 | ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PRESENTS [...] (SBU) On January 15, in front of tens of reporters, a smiling National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o presented the Ambassador with the text of the resolution congratulating President-elect Obama that was passed January 13 (reftel). Kim emphasized that the resolution was endorsed unanimously by [...] | 2009-01-15 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL810 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - APRIL 2009 [...] On April 27, the Korean government unveiled an interim plan for its four major river restoration projects, aimed at flood control, securing sufficient water supplies, upgrading river water quality, and reviving ecosystems, as well as boosting local economies through job creation to carry out t [...] | 2009-05-21 05:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ECON ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KS |
09SEOUL811 | ROKG NOTIFICATION OF ROCKET FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on May 20 notified post of a planned flight test of the NHK-II PIP rocket on June 3. 2. (S) Begin text: In accordance with the ROK's New Missile Guidelines adopted on January 17, 2001, the ROKG would like to provide the US [...] | 2009-05-21 06:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS |
09SEOUL813 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL815 | GROWING FRUSTRATION BY KIC COMPANIES, BUT NO SIGNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 19, Representative Kwon Young-seh (GNP) hosted a forum at the National Assembly to discuss the current situation at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). Speakers and discussants included MOU Director General for KIC Project Bureau Kim Young-tak, former head of the Korea [...] | 2009-05-21 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
09SEOUL816 | UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT: ROKG SHARES U.S. [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclasified and not rpt not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Dep Econ Couns on May 21 met Lim Hoon-min, Director of the Office of Development Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFAT),to brief him on U.S. concerns regarding the process. Lim noted [...] | 2009-05-21 08:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN UNGA KS |
09SEOUL818 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 06:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL82 | U.S.-ROK SMA AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, Ambassador Kathleen Stephens and Foreign Minster Yu Myung-hwan signed the U.S.-ROK 2009-2013 Special Measures Agreement (SMA) on Thursday, January 15. Both parties made brief remarks following the ceremony underlining the significance of the Agreement as a tan [...] | 2009-01-15 08:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV KS |
09SEOUL821 | Former President Roh Commits Suicide [...] (U) Former President Roh Moo-hyun (2003-2008) committed suicide on May 23. After leaving a note for his family, Roh left his home in Bongha Village outside Busan at 5:45 AM to climb a nearby mountain and leapt into a ravine at 6:40 AM. He was accompanied by one security guard, who drove Roh t [...] | 2009-05-23 04:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL822 | ROKG REACTION TO 2ND DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: ROKG Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security and Six-Party Talks Wi Sung-lac told the Ambassador in a May 25 afternoon meeting that the ROKG agreed with the USG that the test was an "outright challenge" to the international community and required a firm response. H [...] | 2009-05-25 09:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL KN KS |
09SEOUL823 | FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT ROH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Roh's funeral will be held in Seoul on May 29 or 30. Most embassies we spoke to are planning to send delegations headed by their respective ambassadors. Roh's death has evoked an outpouring of public support, and, in some quarters, anger at President Lee's ad [...] | 2009-05-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL824 | ROKG SUBMITS ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF FOUR ITEMS [...] (C) Post received a letter containing assurances from the ROKG on May 22 for the transfer of four items as part of the procurement of the ROK's E-737 Airborne Early Warning and Control Program. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG assurances letter is as follows. May 22, 2009 Mr. David J. W [...] | 2009-05-26 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC KS MNUC PARM |
09SEOUL825 | CORRECTED: ROKG SUBMITS ASSURANCES FOR TRANSFER OF [...] (C) Post received a letter containing assurances from the ROKG on May 22 for the transfer of four items as part of the procurement of the ROK's E-737 Airborne Early Warning and Control Program. 2. (C) The text of the ROKG assurances letter is as follows. May 22, 2009 Mr. David J. W [...] | 2009-05-26 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC KS MNUC PARM |
09SEOUL826 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL827 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL828 | PRESIDENT LEE TO RAISE AUNG SAN SUU KYI DETENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KS BM |
09SEOUL829 | ROK TO CONTRIBUTE USD 500 THOUSAND FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PK KS |
09SEOUL83 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 15, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. FTA on Shaky Ground (Dong-a Ilbo, January 15, 2009, Page 27) 2. North Korea's Moves Ahead of the Launch of the Obama Administration (Hankook Ilbo, January 15, 2009, Page 39) 3. Expectations for U.S. Diplomacy in the Obama Era (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 15, 2009, Page 27) 4. N. [...] | 2009-01-15 22:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL830 | ROKG JOINS PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: On May 26 at 10:00 AM (Seoul Time),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the ROKG's official endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),an immediate response to the North Korean testing of a nuclear device the previous day (reftel B). Still, the M [...] | 2009-05-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA PINS PTER PREL KS KN |
09SEOUL831 | CLUSTER OF INFECTED AMCITS RAISES KOREA'S H1N1 TALLY TO 23, [...] Summary: On May 23, Korea confirmed the first H1N1 diagnosis of an Amcit in Korea; by May 26, the number of infected Amcits in Korea had risen to 16 (of a total of 23 positive diagnoses in Korea). Thirteen Amcit English teachers of 65 recently recruited from the United States and Canada were d [...] | 2009-05-26 21:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO KFLU KS |
09SEOUL839 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL840 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL841 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL843 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL845 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL846 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL847 | KOREAN ECONOMY BEGINS TO SHOW FASTER-THAN-EXPECTED SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Korean economy has proved more resilient than most think tanks expected during the steepest part of the global downturn in January and February. In the first quarter of 20 [...] | 2009-05-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
09SEOUL85 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 16, 2009 [...] FTA Floundering (JoongAng Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Obama Ally Calls Korea-U.S. FTA "Unfinished Business" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 3) 3. U.S. Embassy Provides Online Information on Visa-free U.S. Travel (Kookmin Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 5) 4. ROK's [...] | 2009-01-16 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL853 | ANGER OVER ROH'S DEATH SPARKS CALL FOR PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, about 2,000 people gathered at Gyeongbokgung Place for the funeral of former President Roh Moo-Hyun, who committed suicide on May 23 (reftels). Meanwhile, tens of thousands of mourners converged on the Seoul City Hall Plaza, about one-quarter of a mile south of the pal [...] | 2009-05-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL854 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL855 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL865 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETI; June 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL872 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL877 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL878 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL88 | ROK UN PEACEKEEPING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassifed. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The ROK has participated in seven UN-sanctioned peacekeeping operations (UN PKO) in the past. The ROK currently participates in eight UN PKOs, with its 367 troop contingent in Lebanon being the most signi [...] | 2009-01-16 08:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KS |
09SEOUL881 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 06:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL893 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL894 | POLITICAL FALLOUT OF ROH'S SUICIDE [...] (C) Summary: Within a day of former President Roh Moo-hyun's May 23rd suicide (ref A),Roh's supporters were blaming President Lee Myung-bak for hounding Roh to death over allegations of bribery. Roh's supporters attempted to mobilize tens of thousands of demonstrators for anti-government ra [...] | 2009-06-05 07:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL895 | SUICIDE IN KOREA: ROH'S DEATH IN CONTEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23 suicide of former President Roh Moo-hyun sparked a public outpouring of grief seemingly disproportionate to the man's popularity -- he left office in February 2008 with approval ratings of only 28 percent. Roh, who touted himself as a corruption-free politician, shock [...] | 2009-06-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
09SEOUL90 | MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR |
09SEOUL905 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL906 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 07:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL907 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL91 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 20, 2009 [...] ROK-U.S. Cooperation Is Leverage in Resolving North Korean Nuclear Issue (Dong-a Ilbo, January 19, 2009, Page 31) 2. KORUS FTA and Hillary Clinton's True Intentions (Chosun Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 27) 3. Obama's Train of Hope (Dong-a Ilbo, January 20, 2009, Page 30) 4. The Incoming O [...] | 2009-01-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL910 | U.S.-ROK-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 2-3, 2009 visit to Seoul for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Policy Planning Talks, Policy Planning (S/P) Director Anne-Marie Slaughter was told by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan that China was changing its views on what to do about North Korea, "but too slowly, and too [...] | 2009-06-10 02:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS JA KN |
09SEOUL923 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL924 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL930 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL931 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 07:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL937 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL939 | ROK ADVOCATES REGIONAL APPROACHES AGAINST PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL941 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL951 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009 [...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...] | 2009-06-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS |
09SEOUL952 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL953 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL954 | ROK-IRAN TRANSPORTATION MOU IN PROVISIONAL STAGE; [...] (S) Summary: On June 16, MOFAT shared with us the draft text of the MOU the Iranian Ministry of Road and Transport has proposed to the Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs on "Cooperation in the Construction of Transport Infrastructures." The ROKG first informed us on June [...] | 2009-06-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ELTN ETRD IR KS |
09SEOUL96 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) ROKG Adopts Expansionary USD 219 Billion 2009 Budget; Accelerates Spending: The National Assembly approved the 2009 Budget and Public Fund Operations Plan on December 13, providing an overall budget of 284.5 trillion won (USD 219 billion) -- USD 157 billion for government accounts and USD [...] | 2009-01-21 02:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS |
09SEOUL961 | OPPOSITION EXPLOITS ROH'S SUICIDE TO CREATE OPENING [...] (C) Summary: South Korean domestic politics remain in a quagmire with President Lee Myung-bak incapable of doing much despite his party's (the Grand National Party) firm numerical control of the National Assembly. Most recently, opposition parties are trying to leverage former President Roh [...] | 2009-06-17 05:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
09SEOUL963 | SEOUL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST [...] Summary: On June 9-10, the ROKG hosted the Seoul High Level Meeting on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia. The introductory remarks advocated coordination of international efforts and stabilization of Somalia as key to effectively combating piracy. Meeting participants agreed that internation [...] | 2009-06-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL964 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL965 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL973 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL974 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
09SEOUL975 | Courageous Channel Evacuation Exercise and Related Events [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Seoul continues to expand its role in evacuation planning for South Korea. During the first three weeks of May 2009, post was heavily involved in Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) events and exercises in conjunction with U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and third-country embass [...] | 2009-06-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AEMR MARR XE JA KS |
09SEOUL976 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING: LEANER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the early days of the Lee Myung-bak Administration, when the Ministry of Unification (MOU) was slated to disappear, the MOU has been steadily weakened. Earlier this month, the ROKG announced a restructuring of the Ministry of Unification that: -- raises the profile of u [...] | 2009-06-18 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PREF KS KN |
09SEOUL982 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL99 | PRESS BULLETIN - January 21, 2009 [...] Good luck, President Obama (JoongAng Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 30) 2. ROK-U.S. Alliance Needs Constant Care (Chosun Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 30) 3. High Expectations for Obama's Era (Hankook Ilbo, January 21, 2009, Page 39) 4. A New Beginning for America (Chosun Ilbo, January 21, [...] | 2009-01-21 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US |
09SEOUL992 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SEOUL993 | ROK'S TOKYO DONOR CONFERENCE PLEDGE PLAN FOR [...] In response to reftel, Ham Jeong-han of the Development Cooperation Division on June 19 said that from the ROK's total USD200 million pledged at the Tokyo Donor Conference, USD80 million in soft loans and USD3 million in grant aid are scheduled for release in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, but the [...] | 2009-06-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PK KS |
09SEOUL997 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 06:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
09SHANGHAI135 | (C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS SAY CHINA CANNOT STOP NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea will launch its missile (or satellite) as a means to influence U.S. policy and drive a wedge between the United States and its regional allies. Political normalization with the United States is of paramount importance to North Korea, which pr [...] | 2009-03-23 06:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA |
09SHANGHAI246 | S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET, [...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...] | 2009-06-03 02:05:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK |
09SHANGHAI257 | (C) CHINA UNLIKELY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UN SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe North Korea, for domestic political reasons, will not bow to international pressure in the near term over its recent provocative actions. Tension on the Korean peninsula is nearing a "climax," after which a "cooling down period" will be necessary to bring [...] | 2009-06-12 02:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS JA TW |
09SHANGHAI341 | (C) SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ASSESS DPRK'S RECENT PROVOCATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said in early July they believe North Korea was reacting to both international pressures and domestic needs with their series of recent provocations. Scholars noted a strong connection between Kim Jong Il's declining health, his potential successor, and the nucl [...] | 2009-07-31 08:26:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS |
09SHANGHAI359 | SHANGHAI PERSPECTIVES ON FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with Shanghai scholars and commentaries in local papers suggest many in East China believe the nuclear issue was the main topic of discussion during former President Bill Clinton's August 4-5 trip to North Korea. Shanghai scholars expressed hope that the visit would kick [...] | 2009-08-13 07:33:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PARM PGOV PREL |
09SHANGHAI360 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREAN POLICY GOALS AND [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai foreign affairs experts believe North Korea seeks to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, and Kim Jong-il has moved close to the views of the North Korean military in order to maintain stability during the transfer of power to his successor. The scholars all conclude [...] | 2009-08-17 03:24:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM CH KN KS |
09SHANGHAI73 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON NORTH KOREA: PROVOCATIONS TO DRAW OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars explained North Korea's recent provocative actions as attempts to draw the Obama Administration's attention and pressure South Korea to continue aid to North Korea. They offered little insight on the succession issue but said recent rumors about Kim Jong-il's t [...] | 2009-02-09 09:04:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
09SHENYANG119 | DPRK REFUGEES: MORE DIVERSE, ELITE, AND RELIANT UPON BROKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 04:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG134 | DANDONG VANADIUM SEIZURE PART OF "CONTINUING [...] (S) Summary. Reports of a July 24 seizure of 70 kilograms of vanadium at the China-North Korea border at Dandong were confirmed by Customs Officials, who portrayed the event as business as usual. A key government contact, however, took pains to tell us that in fact things have tightened up [...] | 2009-07-29 04:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG137 | CHINESE VANADIUM SEIZURE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C)Summary. On July 30 Congenoffs went to Dandong to observe land port inspections and meet with Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) officials regarding the discovery of an attempt to smuggle vanadium concealed in fruit containers (reftel). Officials clarified that the vanadium had actually been disc [...] | 2009-07-31 04:26:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PEL RS |
09SHENYANG141 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: DPRK ECONOMY ROBUST, UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources agree that the North Korean economy appears to be the strongest it has been in recent memory. Chinese officials may be enforcing UNSC 1874 (Ref A, B) and financial sanctions through stepped-up inspections at the PRC-DPRK border, but there is local skepticism about the abil [...] | 2009-08-13 04:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | CH ECON KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG142 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: HARDLY ANY NEW REFUGEES AT ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in the PRC-DPRK borderlands indicate that as of August 2009, there are virtually no new DPRK refugees crossing the Tumen River with the goal of settling in China (Ref A) but that the area is home to many refugees from the late 1990s, not a few of whom have integrated into [...] | 2009-08-13 04:06:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG143 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: RASON, PUST, PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rason is the most open and liberalized place in North Korea, but minor improvements in relations with DPRK officials there should not be read as evidence of further engagement or liberalization, according to two key NGO contacts. Meanwhile, the Pyongyang University of Science and [...] | 2009-08-14 01:35:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG148 | PRC EXPERT FORESEES NO INSTABILITY IN DPRK POWER [...] (C) Summary: Jilin Province's foremost Korean Peninsula scholar does not foresee instability during the transfer of power to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il's successor, but predicated longer-term stability on an improved economic situation. After his reshuffle of the military in early 2009, Kim has [...] | 2009-08-21 03:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ECON KN KS CH |
09SHENYANG161 | DPRK CHARM IN NE CHINA: WE THINK WE WANT TO TRUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Shenyang-based DPRK diplomat sought out a Korean-speaking Shenyang ConGenOff at social events on the margins of two Chinese-sponsored trade fairs to make three points: 1) the "political winds" in Pyongyang are changing, and DPRK leader Kim Jong-il desires close ties and friend [...] | 2009-09-04 04:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG163 | DPRK: PYONGYANG UNIVERSITY CEREMONY "TUG OF WAR" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK has apparently retracted invitations to Western media to cover the opening ceremony of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) while welcoming PUST's supporters, including South Korean citizens and the ROK media. The ROKG, however, has reportedly barred [...] | 2009-09-15 02:53:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PREL SCUL |
09SHENYANG164 | DPRK BUSINESS LEANS FORWARD IN NE CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK seems to be taking a more active approach to business in Northeast China when compared to 2008 (reftel),bringing a large government and business delegation to this region's major trade fair. A senior- level DPRK official used a public forum to make political statements [...] | 2009-09-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG167 | JILIN TRADE FAIRS: CHINESE SELF-ADULATION, LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade fairs in Northeast China are becoming larger productions, with aims beyond mere regional cooperation. The Chinese seem to be moving away from the UNDP Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) begun in the early 1990s to new China-only regional projects. Northeast China's main trade [...] | 2009-09-17 21:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECIN ELTN ETRD KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG170 | DPRK CONFIDENT BUT ANXIOUS; PRC ENVOYS; INFORMAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact who has extensive experience in North Korea believes the DPRK's "charm offensive" is the result of newfound confidence stemming from its missile launch and nuclear test. North Korea feels economically and politically dominated by China, so it is anxious [...] | 2009-09-25 01:50:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EMIN ETRD KN KS PARM PREL |
09SHENYANG173 | PRC SCHOLAR: DPRK SUCCESSION UNRESOLVED AND WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a working-level Shenyang-based scholar, most Chinese scholars on Korean Peninsula affairs say that the issue of succession in North Korea is still unresolved. They believe that this uncertainty may undermine any DPRK forwardness in its multilateral or bilateral discu [...] | 2009-09-30 03:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON KN KS PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG183 | YANBIAN PRC ACADEMIC ON DPRK: NO WAY OUT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a well-connected Chinese expert on DPRK issues, the international community missed its opportunity to negotiate away the North Korean nuclear program in 2006. He questioned the U.S. "exit strategy" and inquired if the United States could stomach a nuclear and prolife [...] | 2009-10-19 04:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EFIN KN KS PARM PGOV PREL |
09SHENYANG185 | YANBIAN SINO-KOREAN HARMONY: THIS IS HOW WE DO IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is hard at work on its ethnic minority policy in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture bordering Russia and North Korea. In exchange for political allegiance, the Chinese seem to allow the local Sino-Koreans considerable sovereignty in governing most issues, from refugee [...] | 2009-10-20 03:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAGR ECON KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
09SHENYANG216 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: BIG PLANS FOR 2ND BRIDGE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Premier Wen Jiabao's October 4-6 meetings in Pyongyang produced a joint PRC-DPRK agreement to build a second bridge across the Yalu River. During ConGenOffs' recent trips to Dandong, officials openly discussed their development plan to include the to-be-built bridge, estimating a M [...] | 2009-12-04 02:32:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KN KS PBTS PREL |
09SHENYANG219 | CHINESE INVESTMENT IN NORTH KOREA: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese investment in North Korea appears to be a largely state-directed affair, supporting government objectives to engage in resource diplomacy. Chinese businesses consider business in North Korea to be unprofitable, are wary of entering the market, and will only do so with Chi [...] | 2009-12-21 23:33:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ETRD KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG220 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: BRIBES SOFTEN LAWS ON REFUGEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new consulate contact with family ties to one of South Korea's more conservative and recognized DPRK defector NGOs reports that Chinese government and security officials are willing to turn a blind eye to their operations to shelter-in-place undocumented North Koreans who want t [...] | 2009-12-21 23:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RS SOCI |
09SHENYANG221 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: TRADERS DISCUSS CURRENCY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts in Northeast China along the PRC- DPRK border say that North Korea's latest currency reform will not have any short-term implications for social stability. Sources agreed that this was a move by the DPRK government to wrest back control of income streams from those who h [...] | 2009-12-21 23:38:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN KN KS PGOV PINS PREL RS SOCI |
09SHENYANG31 | LIFE IN CHINA'S NORTH: SNAPSHOTS FROM HARBIN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders in Heilongjiang Province displayed a well-informed interest and concern about the global economic slowdown while remaining upbeat on prospects for development, particularly in the transportation and environmental areas. Sector-specific industries related to exports and Ru [...] | 2009-02-27 03:18:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD KN KS PREL RS SENV |
09SHENYANG39 | STRAINED YANJI ECONOMY, YUST/PUST OPERATIONS; DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While 2008 was a banner year for trade in Jilin Province as a whole, a recent visit to the China-DPRK- Russia border region showed that the global slowdown has sharply reduced South Korean and Russian trade. This is in stark contrast to the past, when generous capital inflows fro [...] | 2009-03-05 23:08:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KN KS PREL RS |
09SHENYANG76 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: CHINESE TENSE, NORTH KOREANS BUSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, Chinese officials have taken measures to tighten access by foreigners to border areas. Even areas previously open to tourists and foreigners are now restricted. Meetings with government, Public Security Bureau (PSB),[...] | 2009-04-24 04:03:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SHENYANG90 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: QUIET REFUGEE FRONT, LOCAL AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the DPRK's detainment of two American journalists, China's increased security posture along the border (Ref A) does not seem to have translated into increased pressure on illegal border-crossers from the DPRK. Amcits working for non-U.S. projects in Rason and o [...] | 2009-05-21 02:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREF PREL RS |
09SHENYANG92 | PRC-DPRK BORDER ECONOMY: SOME EXASPERATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese businessmen and government officials may be experiencing "North Korea fatigue" and, against the backdrop of the DPRK's April 5 missile launch, may in the future become less enthusiastic about undertaking investment opportunities in the DPRK. Trade at Dandong, which account [...] | 2009-05-21 05:02:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | CH ECON KN KS PGOV PREL RS |
09SKOPJE589 | MACEDONIA: NEW TIP COMBATING AND PREVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has continued to refine its victim protection and TIP prevention activities and is attending to the shortcomings identified in its established TIP infrastructure. Partnering with the international community, the government has begun expansive training projects focused [...] | 2009-12-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG SOCI ELAB TI KS SR |
09STATE104467 | MALAYSIAN-BASED FRONT COMPANY FOR IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Seoul please see para 3. 2. (S) Background and objective: The United States has information that in June 2009, the Malaysia-based procurement entity Skylife Worldwide Sdn Bhd expressed interest in purchasing U.S.-origin measuring equipment from th [...] | 2009-10-07 15:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC KS MY IR |
09STATE109784 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050185114 for the export of one (1) International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled helicopter [...] | 2009-10-23 17:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09STATE115253 | ROK PLANS FOR A PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Background: On October 29, 2009, the Republic of Korea (ROK) publicly announced their intention to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan to support stabilization and reconstruction efforts. The Republic [...] | 2009-11-07 01:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL KS |
09STATE117692 | ROK - SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Embassy is requested to contact appropriate interlocutors in MOFAT and MEST and convey the U.S. desire to hold the November 23-24 reprocessing consultations in the context of the U.S. proposal for an international framework on nuclear [...] | 2009-11-13 23:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY KS |
09STATE118546 | OPEN SKIES TREATY MISSION IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary and background. The United States is conducting an Open Skies Treaty flight over the Russian Far East from 18-20 November. The mission is being conducted from Khabarovsk Novyy (ICAO code: UHHH) International Airport, and the f [...] | 2009-11-17 16:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RU KS CH |
09STATE124128 | ATTEMPTS OF IRANIAN FIRM TO ACQUIRE MACHINE TOOLS FROM SOUTH KOREA'S HYUNDAI-KIA (S) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS |
09STATE126206 | U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...] | 2009-12-09 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP |
09STATE14036 | CONCURRENCE WITH P-1 REFERRAL FOR FOUR NORTH [...] PRM acknowledges receipt of the P-1 referral and authorizes processing of JEON Bong-ok, Female, D.O.B. 11 March, 1962; Jeon Gwang-ho, Male, D.O.B. 01 April, 1992; LEE Young-geol, Male, D.O.B. 17 February, 2000; and KIM Young-cheol, Male, D.O.B. 30 May, 1970. DHS/USCIS has concurred with this r [...] | 2009-02-14 02:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF CH KN KS |
09STATE14756 | DEPUTY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH ROK NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 14:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV OVIP PREL KN KS |
09STATE17091 | OPEN SKIES TREATY MISSION IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary and background. The United States and Germany will jointly conduct an Open Skies Treaty flight over the Russian Far East from March 2-7. The mission will be conducted from Khabarovsk Novyy (ICAO code: UHHH) International Airpo [...] | 2009-02-24 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RU KS CH GM |
09STATE28283 | (S) ALERTING THE ROK TO EFFORTS BY A TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Seoul, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Purpose/Objective: The United States has information that in late 2008 and early 2009, the Turkey-based intermediary Ak Makina was working to supply Iran's Ardalan Machineries Company with a variety [...] | 2009-03-24 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS |
09STATE28847 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: SERBIA: NATO CAMPAIGN [...] Post is authorized to make the following supplementary statement, if the issue is raised by others, at the March 26, 2009 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. We have listened with great interest to the statements by the (Russian/Se [...] | 2009-03-25 20:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KS OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
09STATE29932 | (S) ALLIANCE COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (S/NF) For alliance management reasons and in order to shape public perceptions, it is important that our Embassies and military Commands in the ROK and Japan work closely with host governments and provide consistent messaging in responding publicly to the expected North Korean Taepodong-2 lau [...] | 2009-03-27 19:38:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PARM KPAO KN KS JA |
09STATE34966 | RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE ON BLUE [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of economic specialist Heather Grell in supporting the Blue Lantern program during the past year. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring the end-use of exported defense artic [...] | 2009-04-09 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC KS |
09STATE3512 | KOREA-JAPAN SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Taro Aso met in Seoul from January 11-12. The following is an official read-out of the meeting provided by the ROK Embassy to Washington. End Summary. 2. (C) The ROK Embassy provided the English tr [...] | 2009-01-13 23:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL JA KN KS |
09STATE36315 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW-ROK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republic of Korea (ROK) Vice Foreign Minister Shin Kak-soo met with Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew on April 6, 2009, on the margins of the Joint Session of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and the Arctic Council. VFM Shin reiterated to the Deputy Secretary the ROK's commitmen [...] | 2009-04-13 20:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KS EAID ABLD PREL AF |
09STATE40434 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SOUTH KOREA WEIGHING [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REFERENCED REPORTING AS IT PROVIDES EXCELLENT INSIGHT INTO SOUTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP CONSIDERATION OF A POTENTIAL MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN, AND THE FACTORS WEIGHING ON THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THE REPORTING WAS USED IN A CURRENT WRITTEN PRODUCT [...] | 2009-04-22 21:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MARR MASS PGOV PINS PREL AF KS |
09STATE40440 | (C) SOUTH KOREA: KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP ON ROK [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS READ REFERENCED REPORTING WITH INTEREST. REPORTING REFERENCED PROVIDES EXCELLENT INSIGHT INTO THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT SOUTH KOREA IS CONSIDERING PROVIDING TO AFGHANISTAN, AND HOW SEOUL IS CHARACTERIZING THE ISSUE WITH DOMESTIC MEDIA. SENIOR US POLICYMAKERS HAVE EXPRESS [...] | 2009-04-22 21:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL AF KS |
09STATE46713 | SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO STRENGTHEN NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a May 1 working lunch, Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller and Republic of Korea (ROK) Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Joon Oh discussed further strengthening the international nonproliferation regime, coping with the North [...] | 2009-05-07 19:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP PREL KN KS |
09STATE50260 | (S) IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM ACQUIRES MACHINE TOOLS FROM ROK VIA TURKISH INTERMEDIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 22:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL IR TU KS |
09STATE64064 | PSI: WELCOMING SOUTH KOREA AS A PSI PARTICIPANT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On May 26 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced the South Korean Government's (ROKG) official endorsement of, and participation in, the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) as a way to address the sign [...] | 2009-06-19 22:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS |
09STATE64631 | ALLIANCE AND USG COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (S/NF) Our embassies and military commands in the Republic of Korea (ROK),Japan, and the region need to work closely with host governments and provide consistent public messaging in the event of any further North Korean provocations or threatening actions such as missile launches, nuclear test [...] | 2009-06-22 23:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PARM KPAO KN KS JN |
09STATE71038 | (C) KUDOS FOR ROK EMBASSY APPLAUDS ASO; FEARS [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOUND TOKYO 000421 TO BE A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE REPORT. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WERE THE INSIGHTS INTO HOW SOUTH KOREA VIEWS ACTIONS TOWARD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF JAPAN (DPJ),SPECIFICALLY THAT KIM NOTED HIS EMBASSY HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING CONTACTS WIT [...] | 2009-07-09 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA KS |
09STATE72791 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment end-use check on license number 050025373 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled defe [...] | 2009-07-14 13:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09STATE74418 | (U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's June 19, 2009 [...] Classified by EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 19; 5:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel Pamela Park, D Staff William Bellis, EAP/ANP (Notetaker) [...] | 2009-07-17 02:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ECON PREL PGOV SCUL KNNP ASIR KN KS |
09STATE84276 | E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF KWANGSON BANKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (U) On August 11, 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the designation of the North Korean entity Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation under Executive Order (E [...] | 2009-08-13 13:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS |
09STATE99528 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09STATE99535 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09STATE99538 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09STATE99543 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KS |
09TASHKENT270 | Uzbekistan: Global Initiative Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) This is an action request (see para 3) and response to State 18574. 2. (C) On March 11, Poloff, the Russian Embassy's Senior Counselor Alexey Mochulsky, and the Korean Embassy's Third Secretary Kwon O Yul jointly delivered reftel demarche to Uzbek First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of the M [...] | 2009-03-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KGIC PTER PGOV PREL KS RS UZ |
09TASHKENT795 | Uzbekistan: Korean Ambassador Shares Views of Cooperation [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Korean Ambassador Jea-min Kyun gave the Ambassador a read-out of Korean President Lee Myung-bak's visit to Uzbekistan earlier that week. An energetic President Karimov had accompanied Lee for virtually the entire duration of the three-day visit, and over the course of v [...] | 2009-05-18 12:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PGOV ENRG ETRD BEXP EAID EINV EMIN KS UZ |
09TELAVIV1373 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE IS UN KS |
09TELAVIV698 | RESPONSE TO GICNT WORKSHOP AND EXERCISE PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI takes its obligations as a partner nation of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) seriously, and is interested in participating in the GICNT workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul, April 14-16. Howev [...] | 2009-03-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC KS IS |
09TELAVIV753 | GOI WILL NOT ATTEND GICNT WORKSHOP AND EXERCISE [...] (C) Due to the Passover Holiday, the GOI has opted not to attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting hosted by the Republic of Korea in Seoul, April 14-16. According to MFA Arms Control Department Officer Israel Tikochins [...] | 2009-03-31 10:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC KS IS |
09TOKYO1257 | DASD FOR EAST ASIA SCHIFFER'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushige Takamizawa and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Michael Schiffer discussed Japan's next generation fighter program (F-X). While the May 25 DPRK nuclear test highlights the need for close [...] | 2009-06-05 06:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC KN KS JA |
09TOKYO1269 | ASD FOR APSA GREGSON DISCUSSES STRATEGIC ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: Key challenges to strategic balance in the region and strategic deterrence come from China, North Korea and Russia, Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson during a June 1 meeting on [...] | 2009-06-05 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR CH KN KS RU JA |
09TOKYO1579 | GOJ REQUEST TO COORDINATE NUCLEAR ISSUES RELATED [...] (U) Please see action request contained in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Senior working level MOFA officials are interested in deepening cooperation with the U.S. to further non-proliferation efforts with third countries. Particular instances listed where MOFA would like to work more closely [...] | 2009-07-12 21:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PUNE ENRG TRGY KNNP MY AE KS JP |
09TOKYO168 | DG SAIKI ON CHINA, KOREAN PENINSULA ISSUES [...] (C) MOFA Asia DG Saiki told Charge January 26 that his government welcomes the Obama Administration's emerging Asia lineup, as well as some of the recent high-level statements on Japan and the U.S.-Japan relationship. Saiki looks forward to the opportunity to meet with his new counterpart to [...] | 2009-01-26 07:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
09TOKYO1879 | PART 1 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN [...] (S) The Assistant Secretary-level U.S.-Japan-ROK Defense Trilateral Talks convened July 16-17 in Tokyo. The U.S. interagency delegation, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) Wallace Gregson, and the Japanese and ROK delegations, led by Japanese Mi [...] | 2009-08-14 07:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA |
09TOKYO1881 | PART 2 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA |
09TOKYO1882 | PART 3 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA |
09TOKYO1883 | PART 4 OF 4 -- ASD (APSA) GREGSON PARTICIPATES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MNUC KN KS JA |
09TOKYO1976 | AMBASSADOR STRESSES TRILATERAL COOPERATION IN CALL [...] (C) During his August 27 introductory call on South Korean Ambassador Kwon Chul-hyun, the Ambassador stressed the importance of enhancing trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK),particularly with respect to dealing with North Korea. Kwon concur [...] | 2009-08-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC ECON EFIN ETRD KN KS JA |
09TOKYO2001 | JAPAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-31 23:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS JA |
09TOKYO2164 | MOFA DEPUTIES OFFER VIEWS ON ASIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs deputy directors-general (DDG) discussed a wide range of Asia-related policy issues during separate meetings with Political Minister-Counselor September 9-10. The PDAS/DAS equivalents noted that the Foreign Ministry is providing policy briefs to D [...] | 2009-09-16 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH KN KS BM JA |
09TOKYO2172 | DPRK REFUGEES: A JAPANESE NGO'S PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Japan-based NGO with twenty years of experience working with DPRK refugees in the DPRK-China border region estimates there are a total of 100,000 DPRK refugees throughout China, cumulative over twenty years since the early 90's. These "refugees" are in various states of assimil [...] | 2009-09-17 01:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KTIP PHUM PREF CH KN KS JA |
09TOKYO2197 | EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY KURT CAMPBELL'S MEETING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell met with Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Director General (DG) of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Akitaka Saiki at the latter's Tokyo office on September 18. DG Saiki praised [...] | 2009-09-21 21:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV JA PINR KS KN |
09TOKYO2268 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT: MOF EMPHASIZES GOJ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Ambassador Philip Goldberg said the goal of the recent U.S. Advisory relating to UNSCR 1874 was to bring transparency to North Korean financial activities in an August 26 meeting with Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director-General Takehiko Nakao a [...] | 2009-09-28 21:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KS JA |
09TOKYO2388 | JAPANESE OFFICIALS: JAPAN-CHINA-SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese government and industry officials are optimistic about prospects for further economic integration among Japan, China, and South Korea following Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's October 10 statement that he hopes the three countries conclude an investment agreement by earl [...] | 2009-10-16 05:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD PREL CH KS JA |
09TOKYO2439 | JAPANESE READOUT OF JAPAN-CHINA-ROK SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Second Japan-China-South Korea Trilateral Summit held October 10 in Beijing helped continue momentum toward greater overall regional cooperation, according to a readout provided by MOFA officials. Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, and South Korean Pr [...] | 2009-10-22 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH KS JA |
09TOKYO2775 | JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM, [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim, and their delegation for their December 12-13, 2009, visit to Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Poli [...] | 2009-12-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT ASEC KNNP PREL CN JA KN KS RS |
09TOKYO445 | READ-OUT ON COORDINATION MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (S/NF) Alliance and intelligence managers from the Embassy, U.S. Forces Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joint Staff Office and Ministry and Defense met on February 20 to discuss policy and intelligence coordination in anticipation of a possible North Korean missile launch. The meeting fol [...] | 2009-02-26 22:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09TOKYO537 | MOFA PROVIDES MIXED ASSESSMENT OF JAPAN-CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone's trip to China, February 28-March 1, continued the overall goodwill generated by recent high-level bilateral exchanges but did not make progress on key disagreements. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi did not raise Taiwan and gener [...] | 2009-03-11 02:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM KN KS TW CH JA |
09TOKYO543 | GOJ COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE AND [...] (C) Summary: Econoff and counterparts from the Korean and Russian embassies delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials in Tokyo March 10. The MOFA officials could not confirm whether Japan would send anyone to the Global Initiative workshop and [...] | 2009-03-11 07:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS JA |
09TOKYO579 | PRE-COORDINATION WITH JAPAN ON POSSIBLE DPRK TD2 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The CDA and the U.S. Forces Japan Deputy Commander met on March 12 with Directors-General from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense as well as General/Flag Officers from the Japan Joint Staff Office and agreed on the need for bilateral coordination, information sharing [...] | 2009-03-16 22:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09TOKYO633 | U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL COORDINATION (MARCH 19) ON DPRK TD2 LAUNCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-21 00:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | JA KN KS MARR PARM PINR PREL |
09TOKYO687 | U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL COORDINATION (MARCH 26) ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The CDA and U.S. Forces, Japan Commander joined Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Bessho in co-chairing a March 26 meeting of the informal bilateral interagency group to coordinate actions associated with the anticipated DPRK launch of a Taepodong-2 missile. Following a [...] | 2009-03-26 22:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09TOKYO724 | COORDINATING ON PUBLIC MESSAGING PRIOR TO DPRK TD2 [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Japan is seeking clarification and explanation of written State Department comments about Japan's non-papers on plans for initial actions and public messaging following a DPRK TD-2 launch, MOFA and Cabinet Se [...] | 2009-03-31 10:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09TOKYO747 | U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL COORDINATION (APRIL 2) ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The CDA and U.S. Forces, Japan Commander joined Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Bessho in co-chairing an April 2 meeting of the informal bilateral interagency group to coordinate actions associated with the anticipated DPRK launch of a Taepodong-2 missile. DVM Bessho [...] | 2009-04-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09TOKYO837 | JAPANESE, ROK OFFICIALS' AND ACADEMICS' VIEWS ON [...] (S) Japanese government officials and academics express strong interest in pursuing U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral security dialogues at all levels, partly to augment Japan's defense posture and international peace activities, but mainly to improve bilateral defense cooperation between Japan and th [...] | 2009-04-13 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09TOKYO851 | STAFFDEL JANNUZI VISIT TO TOKYO, 18-19 APRIL 2009 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the April 18-19 visit of Mr. Frank Jannuzi, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact for the visit will be Political Officer Sangmin "Simon" Lee. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81-3)3224-5337 Home phone: [...] | 2009-04-14 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH KS RS JP |
09TOKYO940 | PACOM COMMANDER KEATING'S APRIL 20 MEETING WITH [...] (S) The United States and Japan demonstrated exceptional levels of cooperation and information sharing during the events running up to the North Korean missile launch, visiting PACOM Commander Timothy Keating told Defense Minster Hamada on April 20. He expressed appreciation for continued Jap [...] | 2009-04-22 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KN KS JA |
09ULAANBAATAR213 | MCC, DEFENSE ISSUES TOP MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 10:00:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON ETRD MARR PGOV PREL MG CD KS |
09USNATO510 | SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO DEPLOY PRT TO PARWAN; SEEKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 10, South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Hong-Kyun demarched USNATO personnel, informing them of Seoul's strong preference to deploy its recently announced Provincial Reconstruction Team to Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Kim requested U.S. support in this matter, citin [...] | 2009-11-10 15:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF PK KS |
09USUNNEWYORK1004 | UNGA MEETS ON IAEA REPORT: ELBARADEI'S SWAN SONG, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA),hearing for the last time from its outgoing Director-General, Mohammad ElBaradei, who emphasized the importance of not isolating countries, using diplomatic means to address pr [...] | 2009-11-06 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNGA CU KN KS RS IS IR |
09USUNNEWYORK1129 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...] | 2009-12-18 01:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
09USUNNEWYORK605 | KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...] | 2009-06-18 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS |
09VLADIVOSTOK106 | KHASAN, RUSSIA: ON NORTH KOREA'S DOORSTEP [...] (U) Summary: After months of meetings and diplomatic notes, the Consulate received permission for a day trip to Khasan, Russia's only border crossing point with North Korea. Khasan is a small settlement where North Korea, Russia, and China meet. The permission for the October 22 trip did ext [...] | 2009-10-23 04:18:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON RS KN KS CH |
09VLADIVOSTOK93 | DBS FERRY TO ATTRACT TOURISM TO PRIMORYE? [...] (SBU) Summary: A new, South Korean-owned cruise ferry connecting Vladivostok, Donghae, South Koreia, and Sakaiminato, Japan began operating on July 7. Local officials hope it will help boost tourism to Primorye Region, as it offers an affordable, comfortable, and convenient way to travel betw [...] | 2009-09-17 05:10:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EIND ECIN EINV PGOV PREL PHSA RS JA KS |
09WARSAW296 | POLAND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE ATTENDANCE UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Accompanied by Russian and South Korean diplomats, we jointly delivered Ref A invitation on March 17 to Szymon Bochenski of the MFA's Security Policy Department, who said there was a 50/50 chance that a Polish police representative would attend the April 14-16 Global Initiative Exercise [...] | 2009-03-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC KS MCAP PINR PINS PL |
09WARSAW500 | POLISH VIEWS ON MAY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland shares U.S. views on Russia with respect to both concerns and opportunities. Although differences remain, the improved tone of Polish-Russian relations bodes well for U.S.-Russian and EU-Russian relations. Poland will press for more EU-U.S. coordination on Georgia, Moldo [...] | 2009-05-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EFIN KNNP IR PK KS PL |
09WARSAW596 | POLISH VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the June 15-16 GAERC, MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski said Poland will press for close coordination with the U.S. on the Middle East and oppose efforts to condition the upgrade of EU-Israel relations on progress in the peace process. Poland views the E [...] | 2009-06-12 10:48:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EFIN KNNP IR PK KS PL |
10ASHGABAT120 | HYUNDAI'S INCREASING PRESENCE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea's Hyundai Group is expanding its presence in Turkmenistan by increasing automobile and heavy machinery sales, and by winning a much sought after contract to build a gas processing plant (Ref A). Since 2 [...] | 2010-01-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO ELND EIND EINV KS TX |
10ASHGABAT21 | TURKMENISTAN: KOREAN COMPANIES SEE LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the recent success of a few South Korean companies is concluding contracts with the Turkmen government, an ROK Embassy official emphasized that Korean companies still have difficulty entering the Turkmen market. The November 2008 visit to South Korea by President Berdimuh [...] | 2010-01-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KS TX |
10ASHGABAT216 | HYUNDAI TO BUILD GAS FACILITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hyundai Engineering Company Ltd. (HEC) is preparing to launch construction of a gas processing plant at the South Yoloten gas field, Turkmenistan's largest. The construction agreement was signed with government-run [...] | 2010-02-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV EINV KS TX |
10BAKU127 | AZERBAIJAN: WHO OWNS WHAT VOL. 2 - THE MINISTER OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a series that profiles the most powerful families in Azerbaijan, both in terms of economic and political power. This issue features Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and his family. Heydarov was previously Chairman of the State Customs Com [...] | 2010-02-25 05:18:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON EINV EIND ETRD KCOR PINR PGOV RS KS IR |
10BEIJING309 | (C) PRC COOPERATION ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] (C) PRC, South Korean and Japanese contacts believe that Chinese efforts in the Six-Party Talks process will not suffer from Chinese anger at the recent U.S. decision to sell arms to Taiwan. MFA Asia Department Korean Peninsula Affairs Office Director Mao Ning told PolOff February 3 that work [...] | 2010-02-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM CH KN KS JA TW |
10BEIJING382 | CHINA-ROK RELATIONS: MINOR TENSIONS, POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a round of recent meetings on the state of Sino-ROK relations, Chinese and ROK officials agree that the overall trend of the bilateral relationship is positive. Chinese leaders are quite pleased at the appointment of Yu Woo-ik, the former Chief of Staff to ROK President Lee My [...] | 2010-02-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH |
10BEIJING414 | EMBASSY BEIJING WELCOMES S/R BOSWORTH, S/E KIM [...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth and Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks Sung Kim and their delegation to China Feb. 24-25, 2010 for consultations related to North Korea policy. Additional Members of Delegation: [...] | 2010-02-23 01:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP JA KN KS PREL MNUC CN |
10BEIJING458 | FEBRUARY 25, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the February 25 MFA press briefing were: -- Foreign Minister Yang met with visiting Special Representative Ambassador Stephen Bosworth. China will coordinate and consult with all parties to push for an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks. The six parties are currently prese [...] | 2010-02-25 22:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MASS MNUC KNNP EINT EFIN CH TW KN KS PK |
10CHIANGMAI3 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PIPELINE CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH [...] (C) During a late 2009 trip to Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, contacts told us that: North Korean asylum seekers continue to enter the province at a rate of 350-400 per year, mostly in the March-May and October-November timeframes; field-level cooperation to intercept would-be arr [...] | 2010-01-11 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM SMIG CH KN KS TH |
10SEOUL101 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 27, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 05:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL106 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- Korean Economy Achieves Positive Growth in 2009 -- Finance Minister Rules Out Quick Exit Policy -- Central Bank Keeps Record Low Interest Rates -- Consumer Prices S [...] | 2010-01-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
10SEOUL107 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-28 07:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL109 | ROKG "MULLING OVER" PLAN FOR IRAN'S UPR [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POL M/C, on January 28 delivered reftel demarche, which highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran and sought ROKG support for the U.S. position during the February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session on Iran, to Cho Hyun, the new ROK Deputy For [...] | 2010-01-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS IR |
10SEOUL129 | ROKG FIRMLY SUPPORTS USG RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 01:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID ECON HA KS |
10SEOUL13 | KOREAN AUTO MARKET NEW YEAR'S UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report highlights recent events and perspectives in the Korean automobile market. The increasing globalization of the ROK's automobile market - both in the influx of foreign cars in Korea and the expansion of Korea automobile production abroad - is particularly noteworthy. [...] | 2010-01-06 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR KS |
10SEOUL134 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 06:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL135 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL136 | INFLATION, HOARDING HAVE DPRK REGIME BARING ITS [...] (C) Interlocutors from several North Korea-focused NGOs have told us that inflation is rising rapidly in the DPRK in the wake of the regime's currency replacement fiasco. State-run stores list the current price for a kilo of rice at 44 new North Korean Won (NKW) but have no rice to sell; in bl [...] | 2010-01-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS |
10SEOUL137 | CHANGING KOREA'S CONSTITUTION: AN OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of cables examining the debate about revising the Republic of Korea's constitution. The current constitution, proclaimed in 1948, has been revised nine times, most recently in 1987. The 1987 revision, which is regarded as having established Korean [...] | 2010-01-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
10SEOUL141 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 1, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL143 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-01 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL146 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 2, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL149 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 07:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL15 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 6, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-06 06:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL152 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 4, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL170 | ROKG VIEWS ON ROK-CHINA-JAPAN FTA [...] (C) Summary: In trilateral meetings held in Korea the week of January 25, director general level officials from the ROK, Japan, and China agreed to launch a joint study on the feasibility of an FTA among the three nations. ROK working-level officials hailed the decision as "courageous" and, [...] | 2010-02-05 02:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL KS |
10SEOUL174 | VETERAN POLITICIAN GOH KUN ON KOREAN SOCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1 the Ambassador hosted former Prime Minister Goh Kun for a lunch discussion that covered a range of issues, including his work on the Committee for Social Integration. Goh, recently selected to chair the committee, has now worked for seven different presidents over [...] | 2010-02-05 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAO KS |
10SEOUL175 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL176 | ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on February 5 to Koo Hyun-mo, Director of MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, highlighting U.S. diplomatic efforts to engage Iran, outlining the U.S. view of next steps, and seeking ROK cooperation to increase pressure. Director Koo said the [...] | 2010-02-05 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KS IR |
10SEOUL177 | KOREA'S GOALS FOR THE G20 IN 2010 [...] (C) Summary: Korea's G20 Chairmanship and hosting of the November 11-12 G20 Summit is vitally important to Koreans as proof of the ROK's growing global role. Viewing the G20 as a top national priority, President Lee Myung-bak has created a powerful Presidential Committee to manage the event a [...] | 2010-02-07 22:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN KS |
10SEOUL18 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 7, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL181 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL182 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 8, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL187 | A/S CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH ROK DEPUTY [...] (C) During a February 3 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon dismissed ROK press speculation that a North-South summit was imminent. Lee related that veteran DPRK Six-Party Talks negotiator Kim Gye-gwan would visit China week of February 8 [...] | 2010-02-08 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AF JP CH KN KS |
10SEOUL192 | ROKG TO CONSIDER MEGAPORTS DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Econoff on February 8 met with Second Secretary Kim He-jin in MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division to request meetings on February 25-26 to explore the possibility of establishing a DOE Megaports Initiative in the ROK. 2. (SBU) Kim thought MOFAT would probably [...] | 2010-02-09 02:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KS PREL |
10SEOUL195 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 9, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-09 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL2 | ROK FM YU ON ROK'S COMPREHENSIVE DEAL WITH UAE [...] (C) ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan hosted a one-on-one breakfast with Ambassador Stephens on December 30, and opened with a long description of the ROK-UAE nuclear plant deal. Other subjects covered in the breakfast will be reported septel. 2. (C) ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan e [...] | 2010-01-04 04:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KNNP PGOV EINV ETRD AE KS |
10SEOUL200 | RESPONSE TO DOL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ROK USE [...] (SBU) Following consultations with government officials, NGOs, and members of the National Assembly, Post has no reason to believe that any specific goods in South Korea are produced by forced labor in violation of international standards. For more information on populations vulnerable to la [...] | 2010-02-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM KWMN KFRD KTIP KS |
10SEOUL202 | DASD SCHIFFER: KOREAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 00:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ETRD KS KN |
10SEOUL204 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SUPREME PROSECUTORS OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) on February 4, the Ambassador praised the SPO for its cooperation in joint law enforcement projects, and for Korea's rapid development in rule of law. She encouraged the SPO to support Korea's accession to the Hague Convention on In [...] | 2010-02-10 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT ECON KIPR KTIA PHUM PREL KS |
10SEOUL205 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL207 | DANISH EMBASSY ON FOOD SHORTAGES, CURRENCY CHAOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Danish Embassy Political Counselor Mette Ekeroth told us that, during a late January visit to North Korea, food was hard to find -- even for diplomats. Ordinary people, even in the capital, were clearly having a difficult time getting enough to eat. Senior regime officials were [...] | 2010-02-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KN KS CH |
10SEOUL215 | PRESIDENT'S BROTHER ILLUSTRATES KOREA'S GROWING [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's older brother and six-term Grand National Party (GNP) National Assembly Member Lee Sang-deuk told the Ambassador at lunch on February 9 that since vowing in June 2009 to stop meddling in domestic politics, he has focused his attention on securing natural [...] | 2010-02-11 02:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SOCI KS |
10SEOUL216 | GYEONGGI GOVERNOR ASKS FOR PREDICTABILITY ON BASE [...] (C) Summary: Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo, introducing Ambassador Stephens before a January 29 speech in Suwon to some 250 business and political leaders from Gyeonggi Province, called for more predictability and transparency in relocating and consolidating U.S. bases. At lunch in his resi [...] | 2010-02-11 03:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KS |
10SEOUL218 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 06:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL219 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-11 06:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL226 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 05:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL23 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 8, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL234 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] Post delivered the demarche in Reftel to the Korean Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs According on February 3. Ministry officials agreed that texting while driving, talking on cell phones while driving, and watching television while driving are serious problems in the Republic of Kor [...] | 2010-02-16 02:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA KS |
10SEOUL238 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-16 08:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL239 | POLITICS OF OPCON TRANSITION IN KOREA [...] (C) Summary: The transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 2012 does not currently register as a political issue at the National Assembly and there is little discussion of delaying OPCON transition outside a small circle of Korean veterans and conserv [...] | 2010-02-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KS |
10SEOUL244 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-17 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL248 | A/S CAMPBELL DISCUSSES DPRK FUTURE WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) A group of five ROK opinion leaders and experts on North Korea issues told A/S Kurt Campbell on February 3 it was difficult to predict whether Kim Jong-il's youngest son Kim Jong-un would be able to succeed his father without sparking instability in the North. Of the five experts, one thought t [...] | 2010-02-18 04:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KN KS CH |
10SEOUL254 | A/S CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 4 MEETINGS WITH FM YU AND [...] (C) During a February 4 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan noted that ROK civil society organizations and private citizens had donated nearly 10 million USD to the earthquake relief effort. Campbell praised the ROK's Haiti response and noted that strategic b [...] | 2010-02-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MARR ECON KN KS CH |
10SEOUL255 | NGOS CALL FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA [...] (U) The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) at Kyungnam University co-sponsored a human rights-focused North Korea donors conference February 4-5 in Seoul. Ambassador Stephens delivered opening remarks, highlighting the USG's commitment to d [...] | 2010-02-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL EAID SOCI PINR ECON KN KS |
10SEOUL258 | A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY TRADE MINISTER [...] (C) In his February 3 meeting with Deputy Trade Minister Lee Hye-min, A/S Campbell underscored the importance of the discussion about the KORUS FTA between President Obama and President Lee last November. Campbell also stressed President Obama's positive remarks on trade during his State of t [...] | 2010-02-19 04:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KS |
10SEOUL261 | S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: "VOCATIONAL, [...] (U) Of the approximately 18,000 North Koreans who have risked their lives and made it to South Korea, 80 percent are women. The majority left the DPRK to escape famine and political repression; many experienced some form of sexual exploitation and/or economic exploitation en route to freedom [...] | 2010-02-19 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY KN KS |
10SEOUL263 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL264 | MINISTER OF PATRIOTS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS ON ROK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister Kim Yang of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA),Republic of Korea (ROK),told Ambassador Stephens on February 16 that the MPVA is planning a series of events to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, the most significant of which will be a [...] | 2010-02-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS |
10SEOUL27 | PRESIDENT LEE BEGINS HIS 3RD YEAR STRONG; REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak begins his third year in office with rising poll numbers, recently topping 50 percent, and momentum to command the political playing field. The June 2 regional elections will dominate the political agenda, while the Sejong City controversy has the most po [...] | 2010-01-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KS KN |
10SEOUL271 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL272 | VFM CHUN YOUNG-WOO ON SINO-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (S) Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-woo told the Ambassador February 17th that China would not be able to stop North Korea's collapse following the death of Kim Jong-il (KJI). The DPRK, Chun said, had already collapsed economically and would collapse politically two to three years after the death o [...] | 2010-02-22 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV KNNP ECON SOCI KS KN JA CH |
10SEOUL273 | VFM CHUN WARNS THAT ROK-U.S. CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (S) Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-woo told the Ambassador February 17th that revising the ROK-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (CNCA) could soon become a "defining issue" in ROK-U.S. relations. The issue, he warned, was already drawing significant amounts of negative press attent [...] | 2010-02-22 09:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ENRG KNNP MNUC ECON KS KN JA |
10SEOUL287 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 23, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL289 | ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FM OKADA'S SEOUL VISIT [...] (C) MOFAT's new Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs, Chang Won-sam, told us the ROKG was very pleased with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's annexation apology during his February 10-11 visit to Seoul. Chang said Okada had gone beyond the agreed-upon text by adding that Japan "should [...] | 2010-02-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MARR SCUL KS JA |
10SEOUL290 | A/S CAMPBELL’S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH NSA KIM [...] (C) During a February 3 meeting, National Security Adviser Kim Sung-hwan told EAP Assistant Secretary Campbell the ROKG wished to have discussions with Washington about delaying the planned transfer of wartime operation control to Korea. Kim agreed that turbulence in Sino-American relations meant B [...] | 2010-02-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MARR ECON ETRD KN KS CH |
10SEOUL294 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOREA AGREES THE CD 'NEEDS A [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging host countries to explore ways to move ahead in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) to Kim Sung Eun, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim listened carefully to [...] | 2010-02-23 05:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL KS |
10SEOUL297 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 24, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL3 | ROKG AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNSCR 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 05:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KN KS |
10SEOUL309 | SOUTH KOREA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN AGAIN ON GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 03:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | IO PHUM UNGA KS |
10SEOUL310 | DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS BILL SYMBOLIC BUT UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Member Park Sun-young told us February 22 that approval by the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee of the "North Korean Human Rights Act" was symbolically important, but cautioned the bill was unlikely to become law. The Liberty Forward lawmaker, co-auth [...] | 2010-02-24 04:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS KN |
10SEOUL311 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL312 | SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea Swings to Trade Deficit in January -- Unprecedented Demand for Unemployment Insurance -- ROKG Raises Job Creation Target to 250,000 -- Governme [...] | 2010-02-25 00:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS |
10SEOUL314 | MOFAT AND UZBEK AMBASSADOR ON KARIMOV VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The MOFAT DDG who covers Central Asia told us that during the February 11 summit between Presidents Lee and Karimov, the Uzbek leader pressed MB to hire Korean-speaking Uzbek laborers and engineers to work on the ROK's 40 billion USD nuclear power plant project in the UAE. Lee as [...] | 2010-02-25 02:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG KNNP KS UZ |
10SEOUL319 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL320 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL321 | SEOUL POLITICAL WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak begins his third year in office with poll numbers that are up despite a fierce, ongoing debate over his proposal to scrap the decision of the previous administration of Roh Moo-hyun to move half the government to a new capital, Sejong City, 150 kilometers [...] | 2010-02-25 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KS |
10SEOUL322 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) On February 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to convey U.S. views regarding the latest IAEA report on Syria to Kim He-jin, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim informed Poloff that Korea intends to give a state [...] | 2010-02-25 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL SY IAEA KS |
10SEOUL323 | ROK, U.S. PRIORITIES IN SYNC FOR MARCH UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on February 26 to MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division Director Cho Tae-ick seeking ROK support for U.S. priorities at the March UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session. Cho, who will be in Geneva for part of the session, said he would pass reftel inf [...] | 2010-02-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINR KN KS UN |
10SEOUL35 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL4 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL44 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL5 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 4, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 05:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL51 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 13, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 07:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL55 | ROK'S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL, ESTHOFF called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Climate Change and Environment Kim Hyo-eun to see if Korea had yet associated itself formally with the Copenhagen Accord at the UNFCCC Secretariat and submitted its greenhouse gas emissions targe [...] | 2010-01-14 05:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG KS |
10SEOUL56 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL59 | SPECIAL ENVOY KING'S 1/11 MEETING WITH NSA KIM [...] (C) National Security Adviser Kim Sung-hwan told Special Envoy King and the Ambassador on January 11 that the ROK remains committed to improving human rights in North Korea. Kim doubted that Pyongyang would heed calls to improve its human rights record, but it was important to remind the regim [...] | 2010-01-14 08:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
10SEOUL60 | INITIAL ROK STEPS ON EMERGENCY RELIEF TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Following a January 4 inter-agency meeting, MOFAT's Development Assistance Cooperation Division informed us that the ROKG will deploy a 35-member disaster relief team to Haiti, along with supplies for the team to distribute. MOFAT expects the deployment and supplies to cost USD 1 million [...] | 2010-01-14 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTSD KCRS CASC EAID PREL KS HA |
10SEOUL61 | SPECIAL ENVOY KING'S MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During his January 11-14 visit to Seoul, refugee leaders told Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Robert King that exposure to the outside world -- largely through radio broadcasts and South Korean DVDs -- has had a profound impact on North Korean society, and that [...] | 2010-01-14 09:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KWNM KTIP SOCI KS KN |
10SEOUL62 | SPECIAL ENVOY KING’S 1/11 MEETING WITH FM YU [...] (C) During a January 11 meeting with Special Envoy Robert King, FM Yu downplayed press speculation that a North-South summit is imminent. Yu asserted that Kim Jong-il (KJI) would visit China in late January or early February; the North Korean leader needed both Chinese economic aid and political su [...] | 2010-01-14 09:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH |
10SEOUL65 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 06:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL69 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 05:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL7 | SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 04:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US |
10SEOUL8 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 5, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 04:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL80 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 09:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL81 | TRIPLE-DIGIT INFLATION IN PYONGYANG, BRITS SAY [...] (C) A veteran British North Korea-Watcher just back from a TDY stint at the UK Embassy in Pyongyang asserted that inflation appeared to be running in the triple-digits. The impact of that inflation was clear: there are few goods to buy. Canned goods have "basically disappeared," our interlo [...] | 2010-01-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS |
10SEOUL82 | KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...] | 2010-01-21 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF |
10SEOUL83 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL86 | ROKG CLOSELY MONITORING TAIWAN RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In order to avoid provoking ROK domestic reaction, the ROKG has adopted a deliberate low profile with respect to the Taiwan legislature's January 5 vote to amend its Food Sanitation Management Act to exclude certain cuts of U.S. beef. However, at a special session of the National [...] | 2010-01-21 23:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PREL JA TW KS |
10SEOUL89 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-22 08:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL91 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL92 | SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - DECEMBER 2009 [...] In January 2008, Korea revised the goal of raising the share of new and renewable energy in its total energy equation from 2.6 percent in 2008 to 6 percent in 2020, and 11 percent in 2030. Korea's New and Renewable 2030 Vision stipulates wind energy to be developed and deployed as the third la [...] | 2010-01-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EIND ENRG PGOV PREL TBIO TRGY TSPA KS |
10SEOUL94 | SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US |
10SEOUL99 | ROK SENDING SURVEY TEAM TO HAITI IN ADVANCE OF PKO [...] (SBU) On January 26, Jun Ji-Sun, Deputy Director of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Poloff that the Republic of Korea (ROK) will send an interagency survey team to Haiti January 29 to assess humanitarian requirements. The survey team will [...] | 2010-01-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KTSD KCRS CASC EAID PREL KS HA |
10SHENYANG19 | GROWTH, CHANGE, CAUTION: CHRISTIANITY IN SHENYANG [...] (SBU) Summary: According to priests and expatriate residents active in the local Christian community, there have been few recent difficulties for registered churches, though churches remain cautious in their activities. The Protestant Church has seen rapid growth compared to the Roman Catholic [...] | 2010-02-10 08:59:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KS PGOV PHUM PINS SCUL SOCI |
10SHENYANG20 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: CURRENCY REFORM UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. February meetings with DPRK border contacts took the pulse of post-currency reform cross-border trade and investment. Contacts doubted the accuracy of reported widespread starvation and large-scale unrest. Urban-dwellers lost the most during the revaluation. DPRK children rely on r [...] | 2010-02-12 10:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN KN KS PGOV PREL |
10SHENYANG21 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: AMCIT CROSSERS, TRADE PUSH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts along the PRC-DPRK border profess ignorance of reports about a second American citizen in North Korea. Robert Park's crossing raised a few bureaucratic eyebrows, but there seems to be no backlash. DPRK traders and groups seem to be interacting more publicly with foreign [...] | 2010-02-12 10:16:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CH ECON ELTN ETRD KN KS PGOV PHUM PINR |
10SHENYANG22 | NGOS TALK NORTHEAST CHINA CHILDCARE AND HEALTH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to local expats with many years of experience in Shenyang, foreign NGOs continue to be required to partner with local governments, but official suspicion of foreign NGOs and social workers has declined. Any lingering suspicion is now individual rather than institutional. [...] | 2010-02-19 08:51:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KN KS PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI |
10SHENYANG4 | WAITING AND WATCHING: NORTH KOREA AFTER CURRENCY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, EAP DAS XXXXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXX staff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a major player here in Chinese-North Korean economic exchanges. XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed the DPRK,s recent currency reform to several factors: controlling rampant inflation, preventing 'hot money' [...] | 2010-01-07 00:12:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET//NOFORN | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN KN KS PGOV PREL |
10SHENYANG8 | TRYING TO TAME THE INFLATIONARY BEAST [...] (C) Summary: On January 3, a Consulate contact who delivers oil to North Korean partners told PolOff in strict confidence that millions of dollars currently sit unclaimed in China Merchant Bank accounts opened by North Korean businessmen and government officials recalled from China in the sprin [...] | 2010-01-14 01:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN KN KS PGOV PREL SENV |
10STATE11172 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 4, 2010 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman, Ambassador Almhofer, the United States joins other delegations in welcoming you back to the PC, and we thank you for your comprehe [...] | 2010-02-03 23:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KS PREL |
10STATE14324 | UN - DPRK - COMMENTS FOR UNSC READOUT BY UNDER [...] USUNNY is instructed to draw on para (2) points in addressing the planned February 18 UNSC briefing by UN Under Secretary General Pascoe regarding his recent visit to DPRK. 2. Begin Talking Points. -- It is important for the international community to maintain a unified approach on the d [...] | 2010-02-17 23:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KN KS |
10STATE16134 | (S) EFFORTS BY IRAN'S SBIG TO PROCURE CARBON FIBER FROM A SOUTH KOREAN COMPANY BASED IN CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH KS |
10STATE16932 | (S) EFFORTS BY IRAN,S SBIG TO PROCURE CARBON [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objective: The United States has information that in December 2009, an Iranian company was seeking to procure five tons of carbon fiber from Yoon Networks Shanghai Company. We understand this compan [...] | 2010-02-24 15:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH KS |
10STATE2607 | INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO REQUEST UN 1267 LISTING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. SUMMARY: The U.S. prenotified (ref A) its intention to request on December 18, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its leaders, Nasir al-Wah [...] | 2010-01-12 00:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KN KS KTFN PREL PTER SA YM UNSC |
10STATE5268 | EAP FO MEETING WITH ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS [...] (SBU) On January 14, PDAS Joe Donovan met with nine members of the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Assembly (NA). The NA members were on a trip sponsored by the Korean Economic Institute, and represented a cross section of the ROK legislature, six from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP),[...] | 2010-01-19 23:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD SOCI KN KS |
10STATE9859 | ICES ANNUAL MEETING, 21-22, OCTOBER 2009, AND PICES [...] SUMMARY: The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES, http://www.ices.int) is the oldest intergovernmental organization in the world concerned with marine and fisheries science. ICES is the prime source of advice on the marine ecosystem to governments and international regul [...] | 2010-02-01 13:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC DA KS PICES SENV TPHY ICES |
10TOKYO159 | AMBASSADOR KING'S JANUARY 15 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: On January 15, Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Ambassador Robert King met separately with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Fukuyama, Deputy Vice Minister Koro Bessho, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director-General Akitaka Saiki and Ambassador in Charge of Hu [...] | 2010-01-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN KS JA |
10TOKYO160 | AMBASSADOR KING'S JANUARY 15 MEETINGS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Ambassador Robert King stressed the importance of U.S. cooperation with Japan and South Korea to address human rights in North Korea and reiterated U.S. support for resolving the abduction issue in a January 15 meeting with Minister o [...] | 2010-01-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN KS JA |
10TOKYO214 | A/S CAMPBELL FEBRUARY 2 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA [...] (C) During an 80-minute meeting with EAP A/S Campbell February 2 on regional and bilateral issues, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka agreed on the need for a continued focus on DPRK denuclearization and cautioned against being distracted by DPRK calls for peace regime discussions; called on the U [...] | 2010-02-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC CH KS KN JA |
10TOKYO291 | FM OKADA VISIT TO ROK [...] (C) Summary: FM Okada's February 10-11 visit to Seoul highlighted the "great shape" that bilateral relations are in, with FM Okada using the opportunity to offer a forward-leaning -- and well-received -- statement on Japan-ROK historical issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki told us that this year, the [...] | 2010-02-16 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN JA |
10TOKYO365 | JAPAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/R BOSWORTH + 2 [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/R Stephen Bosworth, Daniel Russel, and Jennifer Roque, for their February 26-27, 2010, visit to Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: ( [...] | 2010-02-24 07:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL ASEC CN KN KS JA |
7575LIBREVILLE1895 | KOREA AT 30TH UNGA: GABON [...] No summary [...] | 1975-11-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PFOR UNGA GB KS KN |
88SEOUL3039 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. CLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: U.S.-ROK BILATERAL COOPERATION: ------------------------------ 3. ROK COUNTERTERRORISM UNITS TRAINED WITH U.S. CT FORCES ON MANY OCCASIONS IN 1988. THE JADE NUGGET EXERCISE IN JUNE INCLU [...] | 1988-03-16 23:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PTER KS |
88SEOUL3040 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] UNCLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: I. REVIEW OF MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN, INCLUDING STEPS TAKEN IN INTERNATIONAL FORA. A. INTRODUCTION AFTER YEARS OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING INFILTRATION BY NORTH KOREAN COMMANDO TEAMS AND AGENT [...] | 1988-03-16 23:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |
92SEOUL12111 | SOUTH KOREA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY. THE ROKG VIEWS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SHARES A STRONG POLICY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WITH THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992, AND NO ROKG PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL T [...] | 1992-11-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |
92SEOUL12720 | SOUTH KOREA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY. THE ROKG VIEWS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SHARES A STRONG POLICY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WITH THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992, AND NO ROKG PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL T [...] | 1992-12-04 05:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |
92SEOUL4375 | KIM IL SUNG'S BIRTHDAY AND NEW TITLES FOR FATHER [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: WITH N/S NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUING OVER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE N/S BASIC AGREEMENT AND THE NON-NUCLEAR ACCORD, KIM IL SUNG'S APRIL 15 BIRTHDAY BASH, KIM'S NEW TITLE OF GENERALISSIMO, AND KIM JONG IL'S ELEVATION TO MARSHAL HAVE GENERATED ONLY MODEST PUBLIC INTERE [...] | 1992-04-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
93SEOUL2885 | DPRK ANNOUNCES END OF "SEMI-WAR" STATE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON MARCH 24, DPRK SUPREME COMMANDER KIM JONG IL ISSUED AN ORDER LIFTING THE "SEMI-WAR STATE" (REF A) THAT HAD BEEN INSTITUTED MARCH 9 IN RESPONSE TO THE BEGINNING OF TEAM SPIRIT. ACCORDING TO THE MOFA INTER-KOREA POLICY DIVISION, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE DPRK HAS OF [...] | 1993-03-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KS KN |
93TOKYO9361 | CHOSEN SOREN ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN FOLLOWING [...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: NORTH KOREA HAS INSTRUCTED KOREANS WHO RESIDE IN JAPAN BUT ARE VISITING NORTH KOREA TO RETURN TO JAPAN AND MAY NOT LET THEM VISIT NORTH KOREA UNTIL THE END OF JULY. KOREANS LIVING ABROAD HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF IDEOLOGICAL [...] | 1993-06-21 03:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PROP MNUC KN KS JA |
94SEOUL8139 | DPRK LEADERSHIP - CHOSEN SOREN REPORTS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, THE DCM MET WITH A LEADING JAPANESE EXPERT ON NORTH KOREA, WHO REPORTED ON THE LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS INSIDE THE DPRK; THE DEVELOPING RESPONSIBILITIES OF CERTAIN DPRK OFFICIALS; AND THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHOSEN SOREN IN JAPANESE-DPRK R [...] | 1994-09-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN JA |
94SEOUL9874 | SOUTH KOREA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY. (U) THE ROKG VIEWS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SHARES A STRONG POLICY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WITH THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERORISM IN 1994, AND NO ROKG PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITIONS INVOLVING INTERNATION [...] | 1994-12-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KS |
94STATE183691TOSEC140193 | TFKN01: DEATH OF KIM IL SUNG ABSORBS BOTH KOREAS [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. THE DEATH OF KIM IL SUNG HAS MONOPOLIZED MEDIA, GOVERNMENT, AND PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS IN SOUTH KOREA SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON JULY 9. ROKG POLICY PLANNERS CONTINUE TO DISCUSS OFFICIAL REACTIONS, INCLUDING AT A PRIME MINISTER-CHAIRED POLICY COORDINATI [...] | 1994-07-11 12:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL KS KN |
98SEOUL7019 | REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] (U) NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) IN 1998, AND THE ROK DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EXTRADITION REQUESTS FROM OTHER NATIONS FOR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. ON DECEMBER 1, 1998, THE ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIED THE ROK-U.S. EXT [...] | 1998-12-11 07:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |