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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
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
09SEOUL1804	ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON TROIKA VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) During the EU Troika's October 26-30 visit to North Korea, interlocutors had consistently stressed that Pyongyang was ready to discuss "anything" with Washington, without preconditions, according to EU Commission DCM Uwe Wissenbach. The 2009 harvest appeared to have been only slightly wors [...]	2009-11-13 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN
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
09SEOUL1879	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Cabinet Considers New Economic Campaign -- Economic "Informationalization" Declared Key to Success -- DPRK Modernizes Steel Complex -- English Classe [...]	2009-12-01 04:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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

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
09SEOUL2008	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Experts: Currency Reform Will Increase Poverty -- DPRK Adopts New Economic Laws -- DPRK Population Exceeds 24 Million -- DPRK Seeks to Develop Wind Power -- DP [...]	2009-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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
09SEOUL2021	ROK FOREIGN MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, FTA AND NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one breakfast with the Ambassador December 30, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan reaffirmed Seoul's commitment to establishing a PRT in Afghanistan, saying the Administration expects the National Assembly to pass the necessary legislation in February. Yu expressed con [...]	2009-12-30 09:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR ECON YM PK AF CH
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
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
09SEOUL315	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Slow Growth in Inter-Korean Trade Masks Big Changes in Composition: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced that inter-Korean trade in 2008 grew just 1.2 percent to USD 1.82 billion (following growth rates of 27.8 percent in 2006 and 33.2 percent in 2007). South Korea's exports to the [...]	2009-03-01 22:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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
09SEOUL38	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROKG: PUBLIC RELEASE OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 08:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
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
09SEOUL39	ROK FEEDBACK ON DRAFT CGSP ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION [...] Poloff on January 8 presented the information in reftel A to Key Cheol Lee, Deputy Director-General of the Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Bureau, and Hyung-hwa Cho of the Security & Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division, both within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Please n [...]	2009-01-08 08:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
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
09SEOUL432	HCOC "INREACH": ROK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSCA MNUC MTCRE PREL TSPA
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
09SEOUL527	ALLIANCE COORDINATION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has conveyed reftel A points on alliance coordination of public diplomacy following a Taepodong2 launch by the DPRK to MOFAT and Blue House National Security Advisor. The Ambassador has underlined to National Security Advisor Kim that Seoul and Washington should be closely [...]	2009-04-01 07:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO MARR PREL PARM
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
09SEOUL58	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Inter-Korean Exchange Fund Allocation to Increase in 2009, although National Assembly Slashes ROKG Share: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) said December 14 that it will set aside about 1.5 trillion won (USD 1.1 billion) in 2009 to facilitate economic and humanitarian exchanges with North [...]	2009-01-12 08:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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	ROKâ€™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
09SEOUL661	UK, SWEDISH DIPLOMATS IN PYONGYANG: OFFERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK and Swedish Embassy Pyongyang Deputy Heads of Mission Paul Scullion and Johan Eidman, visiting Seoul on April 22, described service in Pyongyang as professionally limited because of narrow access to DPRK officials and almost no contact with ordinary North Koreans; that said, t [...]	2009-04-23 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KN UK SW
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
09SEOUL729	MGSF01: PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SURVEILLANCE RESULT IN [...] Summary: South Korea has confirmed three cases of H1N1 influenza during the recent outbreaks. The first case was a nun who had recently returned from a visit to Mexico. The second case was a nun at the same convent who had close contact with the first. The third case was a woman who was o [...]	2009-05-08 07:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
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
09SEOUL776	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) DPRK Reportedly Bans Wide Array of Goods from Markets: The Korea Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) reported that "North Korea Intellectual Solidarity," a South Korean civic group consisting of 600 North Korean defectors, claimed that North Korean authorities released on March 15 a l [...]	2009-05-15 01:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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
09SEOUL812	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - MAY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- DPRK Finance Minister Kim Announces National Budget to Increase 7 Percent in 2009 -- EU Seizes USD 20 Million in DPRK Deposits Reportedly for Yacht Purchases in It [...]	2009-05-21 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
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
09SHANGHAI103	RURAL ANHUI: CALM ON THE SURFACE BUT SEA MONSTERS LURKING [...] (C) Rural Anhui Province has not yet faced new social instability problems as a result of China's economic downturn, but the province's ongoing dependence on migrant worker remittances for disposable income in the countryside leaves Anhui, particularly its northern region, vulnerable to social [...]	2009-03-02 08:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI104	ANHUI FACING SOBERING ECONOMIC REALITY [...] (SBU) During the Deputy Principal Officer's February 24-27 visit to Anhui Province, provincial and local government officials said that despite initial optimism in the 4th quarter of 2008 that Anhui might avoid the worst of the economic downturn, conventional wisdom now holds that the province [...]	2009-03-04 09:26:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI105	(SBU) YANGTZE RIVER DELTA PROPERTY DEVELOPERS FEELING THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prospective home buyers in the Yangtze River Delta are holding off on home purchases for now, preferring to wait on the sidelines in anticipation that home prices will continue to fall, according to a wide range of Consulate contacts Econoff spoke with in recent weeks. Banks, [...]	2009-03-04 10:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV
09SHANGHAI11	(C) SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG RELEASED, BUT PETITIONERS [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai civil activist Mao Hengfeng recently was released from prison after completing her sentence but is in poor health as a result of her incarceration. Mao and her husband, Wu Xuewei, expressed concern about the petitioners' movement in Shanghai, adding that they believe one [...]	2009-01-06 04:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH UN
09SHANGHAI110	BREAD AND ROSES: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN [...] (SBU) Shanghai women enjoy a higher social status than in most other parts of China, according to attendees at a Consulate lunch in honor of International Women's Day. The guests talked freely about their own struggles as women in male-dominated fields such as film, law, and engineering, and e [...]	2009-03-09 02:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM ECON PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI111	ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN PUTS THE BRAKES ON SHIPPING TRAFFIC IN THE [...] (U) Summary: Previous unrestrained growth in the Yangtze River Delta has left the shipping industry making unprecedented decisions to cut costs, shift assets, and survive during the economic downturn. Shipping companies have dramatically cut rates and some are operating at below cost, further [...]	2009-03-09 10:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EIND ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI115	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI POSITIVE ABOUT SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's visit to China in February and her comment that "we are in the same boat" left many university students in Shanghai with a positive impression, hopeful of future bilateral cooperation on the economic crisis and climate change. Students in several roundtable [...]	2009-03-11 07:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM CH TW
09SHANGHAI117	COSCO LIANYUNGANG SHIPYARD DETERMINED TO EXPAND DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: COSCO (Lianyungang) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (hereinafter CLYGS) has benefitted from Lianyungang's ocean-front location and central and local government support. Due to the economic downturn, business has not kept up with expectations, leaving unused service capacity. In spite of the [...]	2009-03-12 09:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EIND EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI118	NO "FEBRUARY CRISIS" IN EAST CHINA, BUT ANXIETIES ABOUT [...] (C) The global economic slowdown has not led to significant social unrest in East China during early 2009 as was predicted by those analysts who warned of a possible "February Crisis" brought on by the nexus of rising numbers of unemployed migrant workers and university students' fears of poor [...]	2009-03-13 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI119	(SBU) SHANGHAI FINANCIAL SECTOR SEES CHINESE INVESTMENT AS [...] (SBU) Summary. China 's stimulus program emphasizes capital investment, particularly in railways, subways, roads, and airports, say a variety of Shanghai financial sector professionals. Shanghai has been quick to seek support for previously rejected World Expo and other projects. At the sam [...]	2009-03-13 10:11:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI120	(SBU) SHANGHAI UNSURE OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WAKE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks have largely been able to regain access to the renminbi interbank market after Chinese banks pulled credit lines this past fall in the wake of the Lehman Brothers collapse, Shanghai interlocutors told a Treasury delegation on February 19-20. The financial sector [...]	2009-03-13 10:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI122	SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...]	2009-03-17 07:58:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL
09SHANGHAI124	ALIBABA WORKS MAGIC DESPITE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (SBU) Summary: Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang Province, prides itself on its rapidly growing high-tech sector. City leaders often draw comparisons between the city and Silicon Valley, citing the symbiosis of its numerous high-tech companies and rich academic community. Perhaps [...]	2009-03-17 09:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINT PGOV EINV ELAB KIPR BEXP OIIP CH
09SHANGHAI126	NEW SHANGHAI PERMANENT RESIDENCY POLICY GETS TEPID RESPONSE [...] (C) The Shanghai Municipal Government has received an unenthusiastic response to its new permanent residency policy, which aims to make it easier for soon-to-be college graduates and other workers with specified "talents" to find jobs in the city. Despite much positive media coverage when the [...]	2009-03-18 04:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI128	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SHANGHAI SEE ROUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a series of roundtable discussions, university students in Shanghai said they see a rough road ahead for China over the next several years but believe the economic downturn will help China in the long run if it leads to economic restructuring. Although many students were s [...]	2009-03-18 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI132	ANHUI OPENS THE DOOR TO COOPERATION ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Anhui Province opened the door to cooperation on intellectual property rights (IPR) with the United State by holding a roundtable at the Consulate's request. The meeting was a breakthrough for the Consulate, representing the first engagement on IP issues with t [...]	2009-03-20 08:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CH
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
09SHANGHAI141	(C) SHANGHAI ACTIVIST MAO HENGFENG IN BETTER HEALTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Civil activist Mao Hengfeng appeared to be in better health during a March 20 meeting with PolOff. She described her recent efforts to help petitioners in Shanghai, including her February trip to Beijing. Mao criticized Zheng Enchong, Shanghai's most well-known activist, stating [...]	2009-03-27 07:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI145	(SBU) U.S.-LISTED EAST CHINA FIRMS SEE SILVER LINING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese firms based in East China recently expressed a relatively upbeat perspective on prospects for their corporate growth in East China, while most also described the past winter as a hard one. Many of the firms are expecting to boo [...]	2009-04-01 05:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ELAB
09SHANGHAI148	WORLD EXPO 2010: ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS ON "BETTER CITY, BETTER [...] SUMMARY: Shanghai officials and event organizers are already touting the "green" focus of Expo 2010, set to open May 1, 2010 and run for six months. With the theme "Better City, Better Life," the Expo will showcase new approaches to urban development, human habitats, lifestyles, and working c [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ENRG TRGY SCUL BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI149	CHANGZHOU EMBRACES CLOSER U.S. TIES, ENJOYS HONEYMOON WITH [...] (SBU) A key Yangtze River Delta (YRD) city located roughly midway between Shanghai and Nanjing, Changzhou aggressively woos foreign investors, and city officials often travel to the United States and Europe to expand commercial ties. Responding to repeated invitations from energetic city offi [...]	2009-04-02 08:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB SCUL SENV CH
09SHANGHAI150	EXPLORING BRIDGES TO NANJING CIVIL SOCIETY: FEDERATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Initial calls on the Nanjing Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Nanjing Academy of Social Science yielded potentially valuable contacts for gauging the extent of civil society development in Nanjing. Although both bodies are closely tied to the Communist Party, they [...]	2009-04-02 08:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON CH
09SHANGHAI151	(C) SHANGHAI LAWYER SUING FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai-based lawyer Yan Yiming on March 20 described his requests for increased government transparency on the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced last fall. Yan is pushing the Central Government to allow National People's Congress (NPC) delegates more time to deliberate [...]	2009-04-03 04:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EFIN KJUS PGOV PINR ECON
09SHANGHAI154	EAST CHINA VIEWS ON THE OPEN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ACT [...] (SBU) As the implementation of the Central Government's Open Government Information (OGI) Regulation approaches its first anniversary on May 1, officials in East China are handling a deluge of public requests for information, as well as subsequent administrative litigation lawsuits against gove [...]	2009-04-07 01:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH
09SHANGHAI156	THIRTEEN PERCENT GDP GROWTH TARGET: PORT CITY LIANYUNGANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials in Lianyungang, a major Chinese port in Jiangsu Province, have set their 2009 GDP growth target at 13 percent, a modest decrease from recent years' growth. Municipal Government and Party officials say that the Central Government and Jiangsu Provincial Government have [...]	2009-04-07 09:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND EFIN PGOV EAIR CH
09SHANGHAI160	CHINA AND AFRICA: SHANGHAI VIEWS ON EXPANDING TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: During March 2009 meetings with four Shanghai-based Africa scholars, the largest Chinese investor in Africa, and officials from the Egyptian and South African Consulates General in Shanghai, Congenoffs examined the evolving state of China-Africa relations. The upcoming Forum on China-A [...]	2009-04-10 01:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV CH XA TW
09SHANGHAI162	SHANGHAI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY: BALANCING CULTURAL [...] (C) Shanghai's rapid economic development leaves room for the appreciation of Jewish history and culture, but not for greater religious freedom or historic preservation. Local officials and religious scholars admire the contributions of Jews and Jewish culture to China and Shanghai, but dismis [...]	2009-04-13 03:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI168	GRAB THE TIGER BY THE TAIL: ONLINE REPORTS OF CORRUPTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Online reports of corruption in East China appear to have increased over the past year. In particular, "Human Flesh Search Engines," where netizens post derogatory information about local government officials, are attracting greater public attention in East China. While East Chin [...]	2009-04-14 07:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TINT SOCI ETTC EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI169	SHANGHAI PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To meet Shanghai's energy demands and ambitious Central Government-mandated energy consumption reduction targets, Shanghai officials are working hard to adjust the city's energy mix by reducing its reliance on coal through the use of environmentally-friendly resources and improv [...]	2009-04-14 08:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY SENV EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI170	CHINA'S GROWING TRADE AND INVESTMENT TIES WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars said China's interest in Latin America remains primarily economic - securing natural resources and diversifying export markets amid the global economic downturn. China recognizes that it is facing an image problem in Latin America and is taking steps to address negati [...]	2009-04-15 03:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN CH XM XL XR
09SHANGHAI174	(C) SHANGHAI LAWYER BEATEN SEVERELY BY "MYSTERIOUS PERSONS" [...] (C) Summary: Yan Yiming, the nationally known lawyer who used the new Open Government Information Regulation to challenge the transparency of the Central Government's economic stimulus package earlier this year, was hospitalized in Shanghai after being severely beaten by "mysterious persons" o [...]	2009-04-16 08:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PINR KJUS CH
09SHANGHAI175	THE PERFECT MURDER? DEVELOPMENT ZONE TAKES "BUSINESS AS [...] (C) An industrial development zone in western Shanghai hosted a glitzy investment seminar in Pudong's World Financial Center on April 10, one month after the zone's Communist Party Secretary was brutally murdered in an underground parking lot. There were no public references to the murder durin [...]	2009-04-16 08:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV PHUM SOCI EFIN CH
09SHANGHAI177	DESIGNATION OF SHANGHAI TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 08:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER
09SHANGHAI178	AMERICAN BISHOP SHARES IMPRESSIONS OF EASTER IN SHANGHAI AND [...] (C) An American Catholic Bishop who was born in Beijing shared his views on celebrating Easter in Shanghai during a lunch with Chinese religious leaders and academics at the Consulate. The Bishop and Chinese guests asserted that much progress has been made for religious believers in Shanghai w [...]	2009-04-17 08:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI185	(SBU) EAST CHINA SEES CORPORATE BOND MARKET OPENING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign-invested banks in Shanghai generally agree that they will take only gradual steps into local corporate bonds traded on the interbank market. Several banks are still studying the market conditions, although one disappointment already is that foreign-invested banks most [...]	2009-04-23 02:14:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI186	SANMEN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - OFFICIALS MARK THE START OF [...] On April 19, the National Development and Reform Commission - National Energy Administration (NEA),China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC),State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC),and the Sanmen Nuclear Power Company hosted a construction commencement ceremony for the Sanmen Nuc [...]	2009-04-24 07:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECIN EINV TRGY BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI187	(C) SHANGHAI OFFICIAL REVEALS FINANCIAL POLICY DETAILS [...] (C) Summary. According to a leading Shanghai government finance official, the Central Government will probably seek to limit Hong Kong's role as a financial center, and bolster Shanghai's. For now, said the official, Beijing has no intent to make the renminbi convertible, but it is taking a [...]	2009-04-24 07:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN PGOV
09SHANGHAI189	WUXI: YANGTZE RIVER CITY REMAINS OPTIMISTIC IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) Local government officials in Wuxi, a major exporting city in East China, told PolOff on April 20 that while the global financial crisis and China's economic downturn have hurt exporters, Wuxi is optimistic it will weather the economic downturn, particularly given its 10 percent growth du [...]	2009-04-24 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI190	SHANGHAI 2010 WORLD EXPO: YANGTZE RIVER DELTA CITIES HOPE [...] (SBU) A number of Yangtze River Delta (YRD) cities are looking to Shanghai's upcoming World Expo 2010 as an opportunity to advance infrastructure development and tourism promotion. A March 8 press conference about the Shanghai 2010 World Expo held during the Central Government's annual legisla [...]	2009-04-24 09:17:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KPAO SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI191	(C) STATE COUNCIL APPROVES SHANGHAI FINANCIAL REFORM PLAN [...] (C) Summary. A leading Shanghai government finance official recently revealed that the State Council has approved a critical document for Shanghai, laying out how the city will become an international financial and shipping center. Reforms could include opening a financial futures market, al [...]	2009-04-27 11:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI193	SCANDAL-RIDDEN WENZHOU DEALT ANOTHER BLOW [...] (SBU) Scandal-ridden Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province was dealt another blow on April 1 when a document was posted on the internet that identified local officials who illegally bought houses at below market prices. The case reportedly is related to the mysterious disappearance last fall of Yang Xi [...]	2009-04-28 06:50:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV CH
09SHANGHAI194	IPR - MOVING THE BALL DOWN FIELD IN ZHEJIANG WITH PATENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the Consulate's successful engagement with Zhejiang intellectual property (IP) officials during a roundtable in January 2009 (reftel),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) co-sponsored a joint seminar on [...]	2009-04-28 08:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI195	(SBU) EAST CHINA ANXIOUS OVER CHINA'S DOLLAR HOLDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. East China reporters and academics interacting with visiting Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard W. Fisher repeatedly raised the possibility of a link between current U.S. monetary and fiscal policy expansion and future U.S. inflation. One of the most vocal academic [...]	2009-04-28 11:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI
09SHANGHAI200	CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE EXPECTED RESULTS: [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...]	2009-04-30 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI201	STIMULUS PROVIDES LIFELINE TO CHINA'S TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (SBU) Summary: Government stimulus policies have saved thousands of apparel manufacturers in East China from shutting down production as dramatic drops in volume, sharp price cuts and RMB appreciation erode profit margins. During a series of meetings with Yangtze River Delta (YRD) apparel an [...]	2009-04-30 08:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ELAB KTEX CH
09SHANGHAI202	RESUBMISSION - CROSS-STRAIT TALKS IN NANJING PRODUCE [...] (C) Summary: East China interlocutors said there were no surprises from the third round of cross-Strait SEF-ARATS talks held in Nanjing April 25-26. The three agreements on direct flights, financial cooperation, and anti-crime cooperation mark the continuation of gradual improvement in cross-S [...]	2009-05-04 01:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI206	TAIWAN BUSINESS LEADER IN NANJING SEES PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: The recent SEF-ARATS talks in Nanjing are part of the process of "normalizing" cross-Strait economic relations, said a key Taiwan business leader in Nanjing. Though the three agreements are generally "useful" and may yield concrete economic benefits in the long-run, the talks were [...]	2009-05-05 06:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAIR EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI209	HEFEI OFFICIALS PAINT OPTIMISTIC PICTURE OF PROGRESS IN [...] (U) Summary. As part of Consulate efforts to scale up outreach to Anhui Province, the least affluent part of our consular district, the Consul General and Pol/Econ chief visited the provincial capital of Hefei April 8-9. During the visit, the Consul General met with Governor Wang Sanyun an [...]	2009-05-07 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELTN CVIS TPHY SENV SCUL KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI21	MUSLIMS IN SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: There are over 200,000 Muslims in Shanghai, according to one estimate, most of them migrants from Western China. The Muslim population in Shanghai has recently leveled off, though the number of Muslim students at Shanghai universities has increased. Muslims face no restrictions [...]	2009-01-09 08:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI210	CENTRAL CHINA EXPO HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS, DOWNPLAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 25-26, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Hefei, Anhui, to attend the 2009 Central China Expo. This annual gathering aims to promote the `Rise of Central China' through investment and economic development in the six Central Chinese provinces of Hu [...]	2009-05-07 10:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV ETRD ELTN EAIR CH
09SHANGHAI211	ANHUI SHOWCASES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LU'AN [...] (SBU) On April 25-27, Shanghai Deputy Principal Officer and ConOff traveled to Anhui to attend the 2009 Central China Expo in Hefei (ref A) and visit Lu'an Municipality in western Anhui. `Central China Rising' was the theme of the weekend, and provincial leaders and Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) [...]	2009-05-08 02:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELTN EIND PGOV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI221	TSMC AND SMIC: TWO SEMICONDUCTOR RIVALS IN SHANGHAI FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: TSMC and SMIC, two large semiconductor manufacturers with foundries in Shanghai, saw a "freefall" in orders in late 2008. The firms hit bottom in December 2008 and January 2009, but orders started to pick up again in Q1 2009. Shanghai-based executives at these firms are cautiou [...]	2009-05-18 04:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB TNGD CH TW
09SHANGHAI226	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Madame Speaker, your visit to Shanghai will advance U.S.-China business relations, support energy and environment cooperation, and promote religious freedom. You will arrive in Shanghai one year prior to the opening of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, the largest World Expo in history, but [...]	2009-05-20 06:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON CH
09SHANGHAI228	CONSUMPTION COUPONS IN HANGZHOU: BOOSTING CONSUMPTION, OR [...] (SBU) Summary: One of few cities in China to issue its own consumption coupons, Hangzhou has taken the lead in local government efforts to boost consumption. The Hangzhou Government issued the first tranche of consumption coupons in mid-January 2009, followed by a second tranche in March 2009 [...]	2009-05-22 06:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI229	CODEL PELOSI MEETING WITH SHANGHAI PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of five additional House members on May 24, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (MPC) Standing Committee Chairman Liu Yungeng characterized the Speaker's visit to Shanghai as good both for Ch [...]	2009-05-25 09:09:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL BEXP OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI23	SOME ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PERSISTS IN YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: City officials and businesspersons in the Zhejiang Province manufacturing and trading city of Yiwu in mid-December continued to express optimism that Yiwu and its businesses will fare comparatively better than other parts of Zhejiang and other parts of China during this economic [...]	2009-01-12 06:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI230	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN, [...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]	2009-05-25 10:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI231	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH SHANGHAI CATHOLIC BISHOP JIN, [...] (U) Summary. Shanghai Catholic Bishop Jin welcomed Speaker Pelosi and her delegation in their first meeting following arrival in China on May 24, and proclaimed himself to be satisfied with the degree of religious freedom now existing in China. He praised President Obama's May commencement [...]	2009-05-25 10:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI232	CODEL PELOSI, SHANGHAI MAYOR DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Pelosi met with Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng and other Shanghai and Chinese officials on May 25 at Shanghai's City Hall. The CODEL discussed Shanghai's efforts to promote greater energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to the importance of addressing the glob [...]	2009-05-26 00:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ENRG PGOV OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI233	CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 25 breakfast meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC),over 70 U.S. business representatives discussed energy/environment-related business opportunities in China, U.S. competitiveness, intellectual [...]	2009-05-26 00:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PREL PHUM KIPR OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI237	(SBU) SHANGHAI UPBEAT ON OPENING TO TAIWAN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. At a recent financial forum, Chinese officials and financial sector professionals offered an upbeat assessment of the potential for Taiwan financial firms to enter the mainland market. The panelists cited opportunities offered by the current financial crisis, as some Western f [...]	2009-05-27 07:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09SHANGHAI24	SHANGHAI "TWO MEETINGS" OPEN: LEADERS FACING ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Shanghai Municipality's "Two Meetings" kicked off on January 12 with the opening session of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Reflecting on a "challenging year" in 2008 and looking ahead to 2009, the CPPCC Shanghai Committee's "Work Re [...]	2009-01-12 07:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB EFIN SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI241	CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES ENERGY CONSERVATION AND EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 25 roundtable discussion on energy conservation and emissions reduction with Shanghai entrepreneurs, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Markey, Sensenbrenner, Blumenauer, and Speier underscored the importance of U.S.-China cooperation on energy issues, especially [...]	2009-05-29 06:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KIPR KGHG TRGY OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI245	TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY: SHANGHAI FOCUSED ON ECONOMICS, NOT [...] (C) A wide range of Shanghai-based contacts said they expect the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre to pass with little fanfare in the city, as current concerns about China's economic downturn outweigh political considerations. Given the focus in Shanghai on the economi [...]	2009-06-01 08:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
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
09SHANGHAI248	(SBU) SHANGHAI EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC GROWTH TO KIRK, LARSEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 27-28 visit by U.S. Representatives Larsen and Kirk, a variety of interlocutors painted a picture of Shanghai responding to a sharp downturn in the local economy, but optimistic that the elements of longer-term growth are in place. AmCham Shanghai noted that mul [...]	2009-06-04 03:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL SENV
09SHANGHAI249	SHANGHAI QUIET ON TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Shanghai appeared quiet on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown. CongenOffs visiting People's Square, Pudong, and local universities observed an increased police presence in several areas, but there were few indications that the situation was anything but business [...]	2009-06-04 09:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
09SHANGHAI250	MAYBE THE CAGE IS GETTING BIGGER: HANGZHOU CONTACTS DISCUSS [...] (C) Three Hangzhou-based reform-minded contacts told PolOff on the 20th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre that they are optimistic the "cage is getting bigger" in East China, as the Communist Party, unable to control everything, has been forced to yield ground on basic freedom [...]	2009-06-05 03:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI251	EAST CHINA COMMODITY EXPORTS HEADING FOR RECOVERY? YIWU [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the largest manufacturing and trading centers in East China, the city of Yiwu in Zhejiang Province suffered in late 2008 from the global financial crisis but is seeing signs of recovery. The economic downturn has impacted different industries to varying degrees, with man [...]	2009-06-08 06:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI252	NANJING CONTINUES TO LEAD ON IPR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nanjing continues to push the envelope on intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China. During a May 18 through 20 visit to the city, IPR Officer Conrad Wong from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou engaged Nanjing IP Administration officials, who said that patent ap [...]	2009-06-08 08:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV CH

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
09SHANGHAI258	NEW NANJING MASSACRE FILM DOES LITTLE TO CHANGE CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: The recent Chinese movie "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has stirred much domestic debate over the Nanjing Massacre and its implications for current Sino-Japan relations but has done little to alter public sentiments toward Japan. Comments on Chinese blogs are sharply divided between those w [...]	2009-06-12 02:36:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SCUL CH JA
09SHANGHAI259	SHANGHAI FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICE HOLDS "UNPRECEDENTED" [...] (SBU) The Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) convoked Consular Corps representatives on June 9 for an "unprecedented" meeting on improving Shanghai's service environment for foreigners. With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, relevant municipal government authorities must a [...]	2009-06-12 03:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC PGOV ECON TBIO KFLU ASEC AMGT CVIS
09SHANGHAI26	TAIWAN BANK KEEN TO START BUSINESS IN MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: The chief representative of a Taiwan bank in the Mainland expects SEF and ARATS to sign a financial MOU in March 2009, which would allow his bank to begin operations in the Mainland by the end of 2009. Lack of RMB/NTD convertibility and restrictions on RMB lending cast a shadow o [...]	2009-01-14 02:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ETRD ECON CH TW
09SHANGHAI267	SHANGHAI'S MEGA TRANSPORTATION HUB ON COURSE TO LAUNCH [...] (U) In a May 26 briefing for diplomats arranged by the Shanghai Foreign Affair Office, Shanghai authorities said the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub (Hongqiao Hub),one of China's largest infrastructure projects (reftel),is on schedule to begin partial operations before for the 2010 [...]	2009-06-17 11:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV ECIN CH
09SHANGHAI27	BLOGGER JIA XIAOYIN RELEASED BY POLICE [...] (C) Shanghai police released blogger Jia Xiaoyin from jail on January 13, six months after he was arrested for "spreading rumors" about the Yang Jia trial and charged with libel. The case had been widely criticized in the legal community because of the lack of a legal basis for charging libel [...]	2009-01-14 05:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI TINT CH
09SHANGHAI271	MPA ON EXPO, FILM INDUSTRY, IPR AND COOPERATION IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. ConGen officers met with Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman and Asia-based Motion Picture Association (MPA) officials on to discuss film piracy, copyright enforcement and other IPR issues. MPAA/MPA hopes that the Shanghai 2010 World Ex [...]	2009-06-22 02:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KPAO SCUL CH
09SHANGHAI273	CHINA'S HEALTHCARE REFORM/REBALANCING: THE SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China released its national roadmap for healthcare reform on April 6, which calls for universal healthcare coverage by 2020 and large investments in key areas. Provinces and municipalities (who will bear a large amount of the implementation costs) are now formulating their own [...]	2009-06-22 06:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIN TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI275	FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS SHANGHAI EXPATS HARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the global financial crisis are leading many in Shanghai's expatriate community to return home ahead of schedule just as Shanghai ramps up for the 2010 World Expo. Shanghai has approximately 150,000 expats who work for many of its 40,000 foreign-invested projects [...]	2009-06-23 06:12:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL CASC CH
09SHANGHAI277	NANJING MASSACRE MEMORIAL HALL DIRECTOR SEEKS CHANNEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-Chinese, including some Japanese, accounted for about 10 percent of the 5.4 million visitors in 2008 to Nanjing's memorial hall commemorating the Chinese victims of the city's occupation by Japanese forces in 1937. Zhu Chengshan, the director of the memorial, which contains [...]	2009-06-26 05:53:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH JA PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
09SHANGHAI28	SOUTHERN JIANGSU'S VIEW ON SOCIAL STABILITY [...] (C) Consulate contacts in southern Jiangsu Province have mixed views on the impacts of China's economic downturn, stating that the region continues to attract investment, but they acknowledged that many local export-oriented companies are feeling the effects of slowing external demand. As in o [...]	2009-01-14 05:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI281	NANJING ACADEMIC: DESPITE SLOWER REFORM, CHINESE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: As demonstrated by recent events, Iran, like China, currently lacks the political culture needed to support a democratic political system, according to a well-known Nanjing University academic. Discussion on democracy continues among intellectuals and the Chinese public, even th [...]	2009-06-29 08:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON IR PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI282	NANJING TAIWAN EXPERT COMMENTS ON TAIPEI POLITICS, MAINLAND [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China relations have become more stable and "mature" in the view of the head of Nanjing University's Taiwan Research Institute. This fact allows for more "space" to address problems than in the past. The decision of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou to become KMT Chairman was [...]	2009-06-29 08:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PREL TW
09SHANGHAI291	HOUSEHOLDS LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE PURCHASES, BUT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese households in cities across China began to show renewed interest in residential property during the first four months of 2009, but the boost this gives to the economy is limited because developers are still running down their housing inventory. Speculators, who drove i [...]	2009-07-01 05:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI292	BEIJING LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY DEVELOPERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks the Central Government has shifted from--in the words of one contact--"strangling" the property sector with regulatory restrictions to encouraging families to purchase homes. While this is not the direct aid that many struggling property developers were hoping [...]	2009-07-01 10:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI
09SHANGHAI293	LIANYUNGANG OFFICIALS ELABORATE ON JIANGSU COASTAL [...] (U) Summary. Party and municipal government officials from the Jiangsu Province port city of Lianyungang extolled the city's investment prospects and development plans under the State Council-approved Jiangsu Coastal Region Development Plan at a July 1 seminar in Shanghai. New materials, ne [...]	2009-07-02 03:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT ELTN EAIR EIND PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI309	SHANGHAI AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the Shanghai 2010 World Expo approaching, Shanghai has been discussing environmental protection in several different fora. Shanghai's experience with environmental protection has been quite different from other cities in China due to its rapid growth and expansion. Because [...]	2009-07-10 08:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD ENRG TRGY EFIN BEXP CH
09SHANGHAI314	THE COORDINATION MECHANISM AND PERSONALITIES THAT MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai has often been cited by the U.S. business community as the "diamond in the rough" when it comes to intellectual property protection in China. The highest levels of Shanghai Government have publicly declared the city's commitment to IPR, largely as a means to spur inno [...]	2009-07-16 02:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON KIPR PGOV PINR
09SHANGHAI315	A ROUNDUP OF IPR PROTECTION IN SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai is one of the bright spots in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in East China and is squarely focused on putting it best foot forward for the 2010 World Expo. In 2008, the city beefed up its IP strategy in keeping with the June 2008 National IP Strategy; i [...]	2009-07-16 09:59:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ECIN CH
09SHANGHAI320	CELEBRATING U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NANJING [...] Summary: High level enthusiastic attendance at Consulate General Shanghai's first ever Independence Day reception in Nanjing July 8 provided the capstone to our intensive outreach efforts over the past ten months. Senior leaders of both Jiangsu Province and Nanjing Municipality participate [...]	2009-07-17 10:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI BEXP KPAO ECON CH
09SHANGHAI321	(C) AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL'S BRIEFING ON THE RIO TINTO [...] (C) Summary. Australian diplomats in Shanghai have not passed judgment on whether the detention of four Rio Tinto employees here (refs A-B) is retaliation for the failed Chinalco acquisition of Rio Tinto (refs C-D) or for reasons relating to an impasse in iron ore contract negotiations. The [...]	2009-07-19 10:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09SHANGHAI329	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...]	2009-07-22 05:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR
09SHANGHAI33	ZHEJIANG VICE GOVERNOR PROMOTED TO COMMERCE VICE MINISTER [...] (SBU) China's State Council recently appointed Zhejiang Vice Governor Zhong Shan to move to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as Vice Minister. Zhong has served in Zhejiang's provincial government since 2003 during a period of rapid economic growth and the expansion of trade and investment tie [...]	2009-01-16 07:06:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON PINR CH
09SHANGHAI334	NINGBO ECONOMY HURT BY ECONOMIC CRISIS, OFFICIALS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary. On July 13, the Consul General (CG) met with officials at Ningbo University (NU),Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau (NFTECB) and Ningbo Municipal Development and Reform Commission (NMDRC),to discuss that major port city's economy. Local officials insisted that, d [...]	2009-07-27 08:01:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV SCUL SENV
09SHANGHAI335	CHINA'S PORT OF NINGBO SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE U.S., [...] (U) Summary: During a July 13-14 visit to Ningbo, the Consul General (CG) toured the massive Port of Ningbo, second only to Shanghai in container throughput. Officials of the Ningbo Port Company Ltd. (NPCL) gave an overview of the port's features while explaining how the port has fared durin [...]	2009-07-27 08:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON EIND ETRD EWWT PREL
09SHANGHAI340	EXPO FEVER AND THE CULT OF HAIBAO: SHANGHAI GOES ALL OUT [...] (U) Summary: Feverish preparations for Shanghai's World Expo 2010, due to begin next May 1, have taken over every corner of this city of 20 million people. The authorities have mobilized government, media, community, cultural, environmental and engineering resources to ensure a successful and [...]	2009-07-31 06:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BEXP SENV KPAO CH
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
09SHANGHAI351	SHANGHAI SUMMER SIMMERING WITH SUB-SURFACE SOCIAL STRIFE [...] (C) Two recent housing protests as well as other local concerns that cropped up during the summer highlight the continuing challenges to social stability in Shanghai. Consulate contacts say housing issues will remain a point of contention in the coming months, but point out that unrest to date [...]	2009-08-07 07:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI ASEC CH
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
09SHANGHAI362	STIMULUS BOOSTING GROWTH, SHANGHAI ANALYST TELLS CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: China's economy is likely to achieve the Central Government's 8 percent growth target this year, a Shanghai-based investment bank analyst told CODEL Boehner on August 11. However, much of the growth is a result of Beijing's economic stimulus measures, which are non-transparent [...]	2009-08-19 04:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PREL OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI365	SENATOR NELSON HEARS UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 10 roundtable discussion with Senator Bill Nelson, representatives of 20 American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) member companies responded to Senator Bill Nelson's (D-FL) queries regarding opportunities for U.S. businesses, technology transfer, corruption, [...]	2009-08-20 08:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD ETTC OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI367	SENATOR NELSON RAISES CONCERNS OVER CONTAMINATED DRYWALL [...] (SBU) In an August 11 meeting with senior officials of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ),Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) expressed concern over the devastating impact of contaminated drywall imported from China on U.S. households and indicated [...]	2009-08-20 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD PGOV OVIP CH
09SHANGHAI368	ZHEJIANG ACTIVISTS ON POLITICAL ANNIVERSARIES, SOCIAL [...] (C) Human rights activists in Zhejiang Province told PolOff they currently enjoy relative freedom of movement following restrictions during the June 4 period, but they predict much tighter controls in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the PRC in October. The activists remain concerned abou [...]	2009-08-20 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI369	FEARS OF POLICY CHANGES DRIVE SHANGHAI STOCKS SLUMP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai stock market's recent 18 percent decline stems from three main factors, say ConGen Shanghai contacts: a more cautious Central Government stance regarding potential asset bubbles; profit-taking by some leading institutional investors; and an expected moderation to t [...]	2009-08-20 08:51:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI372	U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC & ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: SHANGHAI OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai financial sector representatives generally acknowledge the symbolic and confidence-building value of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED),although many are uncertain about the actual economic impact of the discussions. End summary. ================ [...]	2009-08-27 11:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI374	NEW ZHEJIANG MIGRANT POLICY FOCUSES ON MAINTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang's new residency policy focuses on maintaining social stability in the midst of an economic downturn, as the Provincial Public Security Bureau aims to keep closer track of migrant workers in and out of one of China's wealthiest provinces. The officials avoided specifical [...]	2009-08-28 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI38	(SBU) SHANGHAI OFFICIAL PRESSES CARTER ON EXPO 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: While in Shanghai January 15-16 to commemorate 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations, former President Jimmy Carter heard a strong official plea to encourage U.S. participation in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. Carter promised to pass along the request to President Obama [...]	2009-01-20 06:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP PREL SCUL SENV OIIP KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI380	BOOSTING CHINESE DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION PROBLEMATIC, SAY EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: China's decentralized investment approval process aids the entry of foreign businesses into the China market, in the view of ConGen contacts in Shanghai's financial sector. However, problems with official approval of investment projects and the varying quality of government ca [...]	2009-09-04 11:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI381	JIANGSU MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP SHUFFLE ELEVATES POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A leadership shuffle in Jiangsu Province, sparked by former Suzhou Party Secretary Wang Rong's transfer to Shenzhen in mid-June, elevated officials to key posts in Suzhou, Nanjing and Yangzhou in August. Based on their ages and previous experience, all three -- Suzhou Party Secr [...]	2009-09-09 02:46:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CH
09SHANGHAI387	SENATOR CANTWELL MEETS WITH SHANGHAI VICE-MAYOR ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 7 meeting with Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell, Shanghai Executive Vice Mayor Yang Xiong touted Shanghai's expanding investments in new energy technology, highlighting efforts to use the World Expo 2010 as a platform for promoting clean energy. Senator C [...]	2009-09-15 09:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD CH OREP PGOV SENV
09SHANGHAI394	SHANGHAI OFFICIALS, U.S. BANKS DISCUSS CURRENT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 3-6 visit to Shanghai, Representative James Moran (D-VA) and Joint Economic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) met with Shanghai municipal government officials and American bank representatives to discuss ways the US-China economic relationship could be use [...]	2009-09-17 05:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV OREP CH
09SHANGHAI397	EAST CHINA TIRE MAKER "DISAPPOINTED" WITH U.S. SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: An East China-based tire manufacturer expressed disappointment in the "421" safeguards case for Chinese passenger car and light truck tires during a September 17 meeting. He complained that in spite of the imposition of new tariffs on Chinese tires, U.S. tire manufacturers would [...]	2009-09-18 09:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD ETTC CH PREL
09SHANGHAI399	SHANGHAI WTO CENTER CALLS U.S. "IRRESPONSIBLE" FOR IMPOSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the Consul General September 18, the head of Shanghai's WTO Center labeled the U.S. decision to impose safeguard tariffs on tire imports from China politically motivated and "irresponsible" in the current global economic climate but at the same time expressed unders [...]	2009-09-21 08:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PREL CH
09SHANGHAI40	(SBU) SHANGHAI MBA SCHOOL FEELING IMPACT OF FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A prominent Shanghai-based international business school is seeing demand for its Executive MBA (EMBA) program dropping in recent months as the financial crisis hits the bottom line of foreign and domestic corporations in China, according to two new Consulate contacts speaking [...]	2009-01-20 07:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN ELAB
09SHANGHAI401	CHINESE BANKS DEMANDING ASSURANCES ON FOREIGN BANKS' [...] (SBU) Summary: New Chinese regulations governing derivatives trading that went into effect September 16 are having a disproportionate negative impact on foreign-invested firms. In the face of efforts by foreign-invested banks to modify or roll back the requirements, the major Chinese banks [...]	2009-09-22 05:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI404	SHANGHAI WOMEN'S FEDERATION CHAIRWOMAN ON PLENUM OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) The Chairwoman of the Shanghai Women's Federation discussed her views on the recently concluded CPC Central Committee Plenary Session and challenges facing NGOs with the Consul General on the margins of the 7th Shanghai International Forum for Children. During the forum's opening ceremon [...]	2009-09-25 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM ECON PREL OIIP KPAO CH
09SHANGHAI405	POLITICAL PESSIMISM AS 60TH ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES [...] (C) The recent plenary session of the Communist Party Central Committee and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC are mechanisms to protect the Party's legitimacy and reassert its supremacy over other political institutions, according to Shanghai contacts. Efforts to cu [...]	2009-09-25 08:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI41	EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view U.S.-China relations the past eight years in a positive light and do not expect big changes under President Obama, though they admit they know little about the new President. They emphasize the need for bilateral cooperation on the global financial crisis b [...]	2009-01-21 02:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH PHUM PINR TW
09SHANGHAI410	SHANGHAI DEFINING ITS ROLE AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai received a large rhetorical boost this past spring in its quest to build a modern financial sector that might eventually rival New York and London. The State Council, after months of delay, issued an endorsement of Shanghai's goal to become China's international finan [...]	2009-09-30 05:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI411	60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BALANCE LOCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS [...] (SBU) As Shanghai prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China on October 1, municipal government officials and the state-run media have attempted to balance local pride with national unity. In public statements and newspaper articles, Shang [...]	2009-09-30 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KPAO SOCI TPHY CH
09SHANGHAI418	SHANGHAI MAYOR DICUSSES EXPO, POTUS VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Mayor HAN Zheng welcomed the upcoming visit by President Obama to Shanghai during an October 14 call by Ambassador Huntsman. The Ambassador outlined the Obama Administration's goal of a "positive, collaborative, and comprehensive" relationship with China and stressed [...]	2009-10-16 05:45:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL BEXP PINR CH
09SHANGHAI436	ANHUI'S 2009 ECONOMIC ROLLER COASTER RIDE [...] (SBU) Anhui Province boasted robust economic growth through the first three quarters of 2009 despite concern earlier in the year of a slowdown. Much of the province's growth is due to the Central Government's economic stimulus measures, including investment in infrastructure. Most of Anhui's [...]	2009-10-28 02:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI44	(SBU) NANJING BANKERS NOTE SURGE IN GOVERNMENT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese domestic and Hong Kong commercial bank representatives in Nanjing confirmed that new lending for government-sponsored projects surged in December and January. Over the past year, said the officials, lending quotas established by China's central bank have made the greate [...]	2009-01-22 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09SHANGHAI444	JIANGSU PURSUES INVESTMENT-FUELED GROWTH DESPITE CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With little regard for Central Government concerns about investment bubbles or overcapacity, Jiangsu -- East China's largest province -- is tapping a locally funded government stimulus program and lending to large firms to rack up impressive growth figures even as net exports r [...]	2009-11-02 10:41:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI451	ODD NUMBERS: EXPLAINING JIANGSU'S PROVINCIAL ECONOMIC DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: Jiangsu Province economic growth figures do not add up -- provincial GDP growth is well above national average, while key indicators such as exports and electricity production have declined. Jiangsu's reported figures also outshine the province's neighbors Shanghai and Zhejian [...]	2009-11-09 09:54:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH
09SHANGHAI46	WENZHOU - A CANARY IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC MINESHAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Deputy Principal Officer's January 21-22 visit to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, local officials said Wenzhou was one of the first cities in China to feel the impact of the global slowdown because of its largely private sector economy and heavy reliance on exports. Th [...]	2009-01-23 07:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI462	SHANGHAI HOUSE CHURCH CLOSED, PASTOR TEMPORARILY DETAINED [...] (C) Local authorities closed a Shanghai house church and detained the pastor earlier this month, a move that coincided with the closure of a popular house church in Beijing (Refs A and B). Consulate contacts expressed concern that U.S. Government pressure on the Shanghai Municipal Government t [...]	2009-11-24 07:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09SHANGHAI469	REAL ESTATE TALES FROM A SECOND-TIER CITY: NANJING HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Real estate sales are booming in Jiangsu -- as they are in neighboring provinces -- and have become a key component of economic growth following the introduction of real estate stimulus measures in December 2008. However, our contacts say that the stimulus measures will be dif [...]	2009-12-04 11:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI471	PRELIMINARY FIELD INVESTIGATION OF SHANGHAI MD-11 CRASH [...] (SBU) The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has indicated its desire to complete within six months its investigation into the November 28 crash of a Zimbabwean-registered MD-11 cargo charter aircraft at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, according to National Transportation Saf [...]	2009-12-07 08:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC PREL CH
09SHANGHAI472	MEDIA FRENZY AS AMBASSADOR REVISITS ADOPTION SITE [...] U.S.-China relations received an emotional boost December 3 as Ambassador Huntsman and wife Mary Kaye brought their daughter Gracie Mei to visit the city where they adopted her in 1999. Yangzhou officials and the Yangzhou Children's Welfare Institute spared no effort in preparing an ebullient h [...]	2009-12-08 08:18:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CH CASC SOCI CPAS CVIS
09SHANGHAI475	POSITIVE VIBES FROM PRESIDENT'S VISIT; SHANGHAI SCHOLARS [...] (SBU) Shanghai-based scholars generally expressed positive views on President Obama's November visit to China during a panel discussion on December 7 but noted areas of friction and disagreement that remain unresolved. They appeared optimistic that U.S.-China relations are headed in the right [...]	2009-12-10 08:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI477	AMBASSADOR'S JIANGSU TRIP BUILDS TIES WITH RISING LOCAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Huntsman's three-city swing through Jiangsu province December 2-4 offered the opportunity to meet a crop of rising provincial leaders, introduce Consulate Shanghai's new officer for Nanjing Affairs, discuss the local business climate, promote intellectual property rights protec [...]	2009-12-11 06:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV PREL KIPR CH ETRD SCUL
09SHANGHAI483	USTR GENERAL CONSUL REIF VISITS SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings December with USTR General Counsel Timothy Reif, scholars from the Shanghai Municipal Government's WTO Center expressed worries about how to harmonize possible commitments to limit greenhouse gas emissions with existing trade policy regimes. AmCham Shanghai memb [...]	2009-12-15 03:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO SENV PGOV CH ECON
09SHANGHAI485	SHANGHAI AIRLINES TO RESUME SAIPAN SERVICE DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) Shanghai Airlines (SAL) representatives met with Shanghai Consulate Officers December 14 to resolve lingering confusion following a November 28 Department of Homeland Security directive permitting visa-free travel to the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by Chinese [...]	2009-12-16 02:02:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL CVIS CH CQ
09SHANGHAI486	2009 SHANGHAI FDI SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009, Shanghai's foreign direct investment (FDI) continued to grow despite China's dramatic drop in nationwide FDI. Municipal officials and academics report that Shanghai's increasingly service-based economy, the Central Government's anointment of Shanghai as a future intern [...]	2009-12-16 10:57:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH ETRD
09SHANGHAI488	GREATER U.S. EX-IM BANK ROLE URGED BY SHANGHAI BANKERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign bank executives in Shanghai recommended that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) increase its operations in China by working with second-tier banks to finance imports by Chinese small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). They urged Ex-Im to establish a [...]	2009-12-18 06:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI492	PARTY CHIEF TOUTS SHANGHAI'S ECONOMIC "TRANSFORMATION" [...] (SBU) Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng announced to a December 5-6 meeting of senior municipal officials that Shanghai would "lead the transformation of China's economic development model" in the coming year. Yu's statements appear to reassure local officials of Central Gover [...]	2009-12-18 09:19:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN SENV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI494	FAST CHINESE LOAN GROWTH BUOYS PROVINCIAL BANK'S AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank of Jiangsu (BOJS) -- a model for government-led reform of China's municipal-level commercial banks -- appears to be prospering from the current lending boom, and has set its sights on becoming a trans-regional bank. Within Jiangsu Province in East China, BOJS is building a [...]	2009-12-21 12:52:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI50	SOCIAL STABILITY IN JIANGSU: NANJING SCHOLARS OFFER [...] (C) Two prominent political scholars in Nanjing, Jiangsu's provincial capital, offered different views on social stability in Jiangsu, where migrant workers from the rural northern part of the province may not be able to find jobs in developed southern Jiangsu after the Lunar New Year. The sch [...]	2009-01-29 08:33:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI51	RURAL EASTERN ANHUI STABLE AND PROSPEROUS IN THE YEAR OF THE [...] (C) Rural Eastern Anhui Province appeared festive and upbeat on the eve of Lunar New Year celebrations despite continued reports of returned migrant workers facing difficult job prospects after the holiday. A County Governor who attended Central Party School training in Shanghai in November 20 [...]	2009-01-30 04:07:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI52	THE MAKINGS OF A CHINESE LABOR LAWYER [...] (C) First-year labor law students in Suzhou shared their motivations for becoming labor lawyers with Poloff during a January 8 visit. The students from all over China had different reasons for pursuing their chosen field of study, ranging from aiding their own employment prospects during a per [...]	2009-01-30 04:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON CH
09SHANGHAI53	SHANGHAI AIRLINES FACES TURBULENT TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Airlines (SAL),China's fifth largest and first independently-run local airline, struggled through a string of economic blows in 2008, and the global economic slump is promising to bring more hardship in 2009. Shanghai Airlines Senior Vice President Gu Jiadan said the [...]	2009-01-30 11:22:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV
09SHANGHAI54	SHANGHAI UNIVERSITIES NURTURE NEXT GENERATION OF IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. A key element of the Shanghai Municipal Government's efforts to be a leader in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection has been the establishment and support of IPR colleges and research centers at several major universities throughout the city. Although these schools tr [...]	2009-01-30 11:23:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI55	CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET [...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]	2009-01-30 11:23:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI57	ZHEJIANG ECONOMIC ENGINE STILL MOVING, BUT TRADE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Zhejiang provincial officials remain upbeat on their largely private sector economy but acknowledged the growth rate is slowing. The province's 2008 GDP grew roughly 10 percent over 2007, and total exports and imports for 2008 were up 19.4 percent. When introducing economic t [...]	2009-02-02 03:48:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB PREL KIPR CH
09SHANGHAI58	CORRECTED COPY: CHINA SETS SIGHTS HIGH FOR NEW REGIONAL JET [...] (SBU) Summary: China's ambition to produce a domestically designed and manufactured aircraft, the ARJ21 "regional jet", is nearing reality. During a January 8 visit to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC),Consulate officers talked with company executives and viewed the plane [...]	2009-02-02 03:56:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ETRD ECON KIPR ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI59	ZHEJIANG RESUMES COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of Consulate efforts to revive relations on intellectual property rights (IPR),Zhejiang IP officials held a roundtable on January 12 on efforts to protect IPR in the province. The meeting is a breakthrough in IPR relations, representing the first engage [...]	2009-02-02 05:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN SCUL TBIO CH
09SHANGHAI60	MEGA TRANSPORTATION HUB - LYNCHPIN OF EAST CHINA AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai authorities are racing to complete one of China's largest infrastructure projects, the city's 26 square kilometer Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub, in time for the 2010 World Expo. The mega project, located 13 kilometers from the city center in the western su [...]	2009-02-02 06:32:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV ELAB CH
09SHANGHAI61	NANJING BANKER ON MONEYLAUNDERING AND OTHER FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) office in Nanjing is organizing monthly anti-moneylaundering training sessions, according to the chief representative of the Standard Chartered Bank branch there. New bank regulations imposing a tax on overseas borrowings are causing concerns fo [...]	2009-02-03 02:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN PGOV PTER
09SHANGHAI63	SHANGHAI REFORMING MIGRANT CHILDREN EDUCATION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai's large migrant population poses challenges for the Shanghai Government, as it tries to enact reforms of migrant children's education. Interlocutors cited the low quality of teachers, poor infrastructure, and the commercialization of migrant schools, which are run by mig [...]	2009-02-03 08:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL SMIG PINR SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI64	(SBU) GOVERNMENT HOUSING STIMULUS PLANS FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese government plans to expand subsidized housing have been designed to limit the benefits to property developers, according to a new contact who works with one of China's main real estate market indexes -- in fact, the government is not opposed to housing prices falling fa [...]	2009-02-04 04:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL
09SHANGHAI65	(SBU) NEW TAXES HIT FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign banks based in China could see their cost of foreign funding rise by 15 percent this year as a result of recent Chinese tax changes, said a partner in a leading tax accountancy firm's Shanghai office. Foreign banks have lobbied for exemptions, but so far have not been [...]	2009-02-05 01:55:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN KTIA PREL
09SHANGHAI66	SOCIAL STABILITY IN ZHEJIANG: CALM FOR NOW [...] (C) Zhejiang Province remains relatively calm despite continued concerns about post-Lunar New Year social instability as a result of the province's failing economy, contacts told Poloff during a February 4 visit to Hangzhou, Zhejiang's provincial capital. Some cities are in better shape than o [...]	2009-02-05 07:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09SHANGHAI67	(C) HANGZHOU ACTIVISTS ON "08 CHARTER" AND EAST CHINA HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Four Hangzhou-based signatories of the 08 Charter told Poloff on February 4 that the document's impact has not been as significant as was originally hoped, but the charter's support is greater than the number of signatories (Refs A, B, and C). The contacts also shared their views [...]	2009-02-05 08:35:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB CH UN
09SHANGHAI70	BAO STEEL GLOOMY ON QUICK ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's largest steel producer, Bao Steel, is pessimistic about China's economic prospects through 2009. In a February 3 meeting with Bao Steel, Vice President Dai Zhihao said that demand in China's steel market remains lackluster with no sign of recovery. Although excess stoc [...]	2009-02-06 09:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV ELAB PREL CH
09SHANGHAI72	EAST CHINA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY ON U.S. TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 courtesy call on East China Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Director General Xia Xinghua, the Consul General (CG) raised several industry issues, including Polar Air Cargo's request for an additional slot at Pudong Airport and UPS' [...]	2009-02-06 11:21:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
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
09SHANGHAI74	(SBU) U.S. CORPORATIONS LIMITING LAYOFFS DESPITE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Major U.S. corporations are limiting layoffs, even though they are feeling the effects the economic downturn, said the chief Shanghai representative of the U.S.-China Business Council. U.S. corporations are handling layoffs differently in China than they would in the United S [...]	2009-02-10 10:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP CH EFIN ELAB ETRD
09SHANGHAI79	JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS IN EAST CHINA HIT HARD BY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese manufacturers in East China started seeing a drop in domestic and export demand in early 2008 but did not cut production until late 2008, hoping for Olympics-driven growth and pressured by Chinese JV partners to "keep the machines running," according to Shanghai-based [...]	2009-02-13 01:20:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV CH JA
09SHANGHAI80	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...]	2009-02-13 12:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN PHUM MCAP SENV CH TW KN IR
09SHANGHAI85	TAIWAN BUSINESSES IN NANJING HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan entrepreneurs in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province said securing bank loans remains one of the biggest challenges for Taiwan firms in the Mainland but are hopeful the next SEF-ARATS talks will address this issue. The interlocutors complained about their inability to layoff workers [...]	2009-02-19 07:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI86	CORRECTED COPY: SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Chinese officials and academics will closely watch the Secretary's imminent visit to Beijing for signs of the Obama Administration's strategy toward China, according to Shanghai-based scholars. Establishment of a personal relationship between Presidents Obama and Hu, an early su [...]	2009-02-19 08:15:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EFIN IR KN PHUM PREL SENV TW MCAP
09SHANGHAI87	EAST CHINA SCHOLARS ON TAIWAN'S WHA PROSPECTS, ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: East China scholars believe China is trying to help Taiwan's ailing economy but criticize Taiwan for treating mainlanders like "third-class citizens." The scholars are optimistic that Taiwan will gain observer status in May's World Health Assembly but express reservations about gi [...]	2009-02-20 04:34:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ECON EFIN CH TW
09SHANGHAI89	JIANGSU SCHOLARS SEEK CLEARER U.S. POLICIES ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) A desire for greater policy clarity by the United States dominated comments regarding the new U.S. administration by economists and sociologists at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences. Jiangsu's export-dominated economy has suffered more than other parts of China with the global econo [...]	2009-02-20 09:03:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI90	ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE JIANGSU COURT, PROCURATORATE [...] (SBU) Supporting government efforts to maintain economic growth figures prominently among the tasks facing the Jiangsu Provincial High Court and Procuratorate. Contract disputes make up the largest portion of new cases before the Jiangsu High Court, according to the court's president. Neverth [...]	2009-02-23 02:37:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN KJUS KPAO SENV SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI96	ANHUI'S AUTO INDUSTRY HURT BY ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, BENEFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of double-digit growth, Chery Automobile Company and Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC),two large Chinese auto manufacturers headquartered in Anhui Province, saw sales slump in 2008 due to the economic downturn, with exports hit particularly hard. Recent government [...]	2009-02-27 01:39:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ELAB EIND PGOV CH
09SHANGHAI97	LINCOLN TOUCHES A CHINESE NERVE - CHARTER 08 A SENSITIVE [...] (C) Official sensitivity to human rights issues, particularly the Charter 08 pro-democracy manifesto, revealed itself in heavy-handed interference in a Consulate reception February 11 commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Local officials notified universities and other instituti [...]	2009-02-27 01:40:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ELAB CH UN
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
09SHENYANG127	XI JINPING'S JOURNEY TO THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 8-10 Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping paid a stealthy and unusual visit to Dalian and Yingkou, two key areas of strength and support for First Vice Premier Li Keqiang. The visits were characterized by witnesses as "unfriendly." We also learned that two major Liaoning [...]	2009-07-17 03:57:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV PREF PREL RS

09SHENYANG130	TONGHUA, JILIN STEELWORKERS' PROTEST LEADS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 07:03:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON ELAB PGOV
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
09SHENYANG150	YAO FUXIN'S LABOR PAINS: LABOR LEADER'S [...] (C) Summary. The family of labor activist Yao Fuxin, who was released from prison in March 2009, is still subject to restrictions on travel and very close scrutiny of all of their actions, according to the activist's daughter Yao Dan, who has reported to us periodically (Ref A and B). Mr. Yao' [...]	2009-08-25 03:37:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PINR PINS SOCI CH SPILL
09SHENYANG152	TONGHUA PROTEST FOLLOW-UP: INVESTIGATION GOING [...] (C) Summary. Wang Shou Kun, chief economic research advisor investigating the Tonghua Steel factory labor disturbance that resulted in the death a manager (reftel) says the Jilin government is committed to getting to the bottom of what happened but that no arrests have been made. Rumors of maf [...]	2009-08-27 02:39:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON ELAB PGOV PINS SPILL
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
09SHENYANG168	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO DALIAN FOR THE WORLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's message of mutual cooperation and mutual learning received a warm welcome in Dalian, Liaoning Province, against the backdrop of the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos event. Local officials were eager to discuss increased economic and cultural exchange between [...]	2009-09-18 01:08:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECIN ECON EIND EINT EMIN ENIV ETRD PGOV
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
09SHENYANG187	MOORE'S MARAUDERS INKS COOPERATION DEAL WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Pol/EconChief attended the Oct 21 MOU signing ceremony between Shenyang University and Moore's Marauders (MM),an American NGO that recovers the remains of MIA/POWs from past wars. A culmination of two years of cooperation with the University's Mukden POW Camp Studies Research C [...]	2009-10-26 03:24:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS TINT CH
09SHENYANG194	IN THE ZONE: COMPANIES TELL US THEIR DALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 26 ) 27 visit of officers from the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to various development zones in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province, provided an opportunity to visit several U.S.-invested and Chinese companies, including Intel, Epoch Internation [...]	2009-11-05 23:28:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL
09SHENYANG195	ZONE DEFENSE: DALIAN ADMINISTRATORS TELL USITC [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) officers visited various development zones and companies (chiefly foreign-invested) in the port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province with the purpose of discerning the differences between the various zones and the benefits they provide to [...]	2009-11-05 23:28:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CH ETRD WEET PGOV PREL
09SHENYANG200	MEETING WITH ROK POLMIN SUNGNAM LIM: FRUSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) ROK Political Minister Lim Sungnam, a relative newcomer in Beijing (two months, overlapping by his account somewhat awkwardly with his predecessor),dropped by Shenyang briefly on November 9 before jetting off to Harbin as part of a Northeast familiarization tour. Lim asked the Consul G [...]	2009-11-10 03:28:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH PMIL ROK
09SHENYANG204	MEETINGS WITH A-POWER ON WIND FARM DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary. A-Power, a Shenyang-based NASDAQ-listed firm, explained its plans for a 600-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Midland, Texas, including production facilities and its relationship to GE and other suppliers. According to company executives, the project will not rely on U.S. stimulus bill [...]	2009-11-17 01:24:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WEET PGOV PREL CH
09SHENYANG208	MIGRANT LABOR MARKET SNAPSHOT: CRACKS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit to a major labor market in Shenyang shows that despite government and NGO efforts to increase protections for migrant workers, an underclass of mostly unskilled migrants continues to exist here. Individuals in this situation have difficulty finding temporary work [...]	2009-11-20 02:47:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PLAB PGOV SOCI CH
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
09SHENYANG222	Consular Section Outreach on SAO Procedures [...] Summary: U.S. Consulate Shenyang's SAO officer met with students, professors, and company executives at various institutions and enterprises in Northeast China in an effort to help them prepare adequately for the visa interview. The institutions and enterprises were chosen for their large nu [...]	2009-12-22 02:34:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL CH SCUL
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
09SHENYANG73	LIAONING LEADERSHIP: DALIAN ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the two years since Li Keqiang was plucked from his Party Secretary (PS) post in Shenyang for greater glory in Beijing, no one has been able to fill the void he left behind in Liaoning Province. Two major competitors continue to jockey for Provincial leadership - Governor Chen [...]	2009-04-24 03:18:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV PINR
09SHENYANG75	STARS QUIETLY ON THE RISE IN JILIN AND HEILONGJIANG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unique arrangement of Jilin Province's Governor Han Changfu and Party Secretary (PS) Wang Min's reversed roles continues to garner success for the poorest of China's Northeast provinces. Farther north, Heilongjiang's Ji Bingxuan is now firmly ensconced in his role as PS and [...]	2009-04-24 03:29:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV PINR
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
09SIFIEDABUJA1673	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC
09SINGAPORE1000	SINGAPORE TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO ORGAN TRANSPLANT [...] (SBU) Starting November 1, Singapore will implement recent amendments to its Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA),which include a controversial measure to allow for monetary reimbursement for living, unrelated organ donors. The HOTA amendments followed extensive public debate about whether to [...]	2009-10-15 07:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE1002	SINGAPORE PREPARES TO PHASE OUT STIMULUS MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: Singapore is extending for an additional six months a popular wage subsidy program widely credited with saving thousands of jobs and businesses during the recession. The program was part of an anticipated one-year set of stimulus measures laid out in last January's budget. Howe [...]	2009-10-15 08:40:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1010	SINGAPORE COOPERATES ON EXTRADITION OF TAMIL TIGER [...] (C) Singapore citizen Balraj Naidu Ragavan is under U.S. indictment for violating the Arms Export Control Act and committing other crimes in connection with attempts to broker weapons sales to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2006. The United States formally requested Naidu's extradi [...]	2009-10-20 02:14:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SN
09SINGAPORE1016	SINGAPORE PASSES TAX INFO SHARING LAW, EYES U.S. TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore took a step to exiting the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "grey list" of tax havens by passing tax amendments that improve its ability to exchange tax information with foreign authorities. Singapore is also renegotiating existing Double T [...]	2009-10-20 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE1021	BURMA DEMARCHE: SINGAPORE PREFERS PRIVATE [...] (C) Political Chief delivered reftel dermarche to Southeast Asia Deputy Director Raymond Chow October 21, urging Singapore to reinforce to the Burmese leadership at the upcoming ASEAN Summit that a window of opportunity exists for the GOB to improve its international standing by initiating a c [...]	2009-10-21 08:46:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE1023	GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE TO [...] (SBU) Singapore will send a two-person delegation to attend the November 4-5 Sous-Sherpa/Experts meeting in Washington D.C. MFA International Organizations Deputy Director Chin Siew Fei will lead the Singapore delegation. The GOS has not yet decided who will be the second member of the deleg [...]	2009-10-21 09:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG PTER TRGY AORC IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE1057	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO SINGAPORE [...] (C) Mr. President, Singapore is abuzz over your return to Asia. Your visit, in the wake of your historic changing-of-the-generations meeting in Washington with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, has the potential to change fundamentally perceptions of the United States in the region. Your presen [...]	2009-10-30 07:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR OVIP POTUS SN ASEAN
09SINGAPORE1060	NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT: SINGAPORE DESIGNATES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 08:55:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE1062	2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Drugs and Chemical Control Section, Volume 1. 2. (SBU) Begin text. I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter-narcotics policies through strict [...]	2009-11-02 04:38:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
09SINGAPORE1063	SINGAPORE WILL FOLLOW CASE-BY-CASE APPROACH TO [...] (C) Embassy officers previewed the expected Third Committee resolutions as outlined in reftel and made a preliminary request for Singapore's support to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate Deputy Director Daryl Sng on October 27. Though Singapore is familiar wi [...]	2009-11-02 09:26:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN SN
09SINGAPORE1073	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the message you delivered in Thailand in July that "the United States is back in Southeast Asia" is resonating here in Singapore. Your upcoming visit presents a precious opportunity to consolidate and build upon the gains that your early and intense focus on Asia as Secr [...]	2009-11-04 06:25:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR OVIP CLINTON HILLARY SN ASEAN
09SINGAPORE1074	SINGAPORE STILL FORMULATING ITS POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 06:29:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SN
09SINGAPORE1092	DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, BURMA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 14:03:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN
09SINGAPORE110	EMBASSY SINGAPORE POC FOR ASEAN RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 06:42:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEAN EAID PREL ECIN SN
09SINGAPORE1108	SINGAPORE BROADBAND NETWORK PROMISES FASTER INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: Supported by a billion dollars in subsidies, Singapore is launching construction of a city-wide next generation broadband network that promises higher connectivity speeds at lower subscription rates. The new fiber-to-home network is part of a grand ten-year plan begun in 2005 [...]	2009-11-19 02:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE112	SINGAPORE BATTLES RISING UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis is beginning to be reflected in a rise in unemployment in Singapore which will likely get worse as the recession continues. Recent business surveys have been downbeat with employers expecting more layoffs and a long wait before conditions improve. [...]	2009-02-06 09:40:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SN
09SINGAPORE1123	SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. POSTURE ON [...] (C) Singapore's bilateral relations with Iran remain positive, but Singapore has made it known to Iran that while all nations have the inalienable right to peaceful nuclear energy, that right comes with obligations and Iran must work with the international community to restore confidence in it [...]	2009-11-24 08:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IAEA AORC SN
09SINGAPORE1126	PERMISSION TO BE AWAY FROM POST (SHIELDS, DANIEL L.) SSN: [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Daniel L. Shields requests permission to be away from Post from Friday, December 4 through Monday, December 7, 2009 for personal travel in Siem Riep and Angkor Wat, Cambodia. 2. (SBU) During Mr. Shields' absence, Acting DCM Raymond Kengott will be in charge. SHIELD [...]	2009-11-25 07:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AMGT OTRA SN
09SINGAPORE1138	PRESIDENT HU - SINGAPORE VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During the State Visit to Singapore by Chinese President Hu Jintao, China and Singapore reached four agreements: the "loan" of two pandas, a tie-up between Singapore University of Technology and Design and Zhejiang University, the formalization of civil leadership exchanges, and t [...]	2009-12-01 08:49:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV APEC CN SN
09SINGAPORE1141	SINGAPORE ELECTION TIPPED FOR MID-2010, WITH [...] (C) Summary. Though there has been no formal announcement, Singapore's next general election appears increasingly likely to take place between April and June 2010. Circumstantial evidence, such as the training of election workers and instructions for those workers not to take leave, points [...]	2009-12-01 08:54:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE1142	SINGAPORE POSITIONS TO BE CARBON TRADING CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted an October conference on emissions trading and carbon finance, highlighting the role Asia, and potentially Singapore, can play as a center for carbon trading. Speakers at the Carbon Forum Asia conference voiced concerns about the lack of carbon credit supply and a [...]	2009-12-01 10:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON KGHG SN
09SINGAPORE1149	SINGAPORE REAFFIRMS SUPPORT ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) MFA Deputy Secretary Chua Siew San told the CDA that Singapore will continue to support strongly the U.S. approach in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Chua said she personally expects that Singapore will be able to make a clear, public statement of support for the President's announcement in his [...]	2009-12-02 09:09:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN AF PK
09SINGAPORE1150	SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES 16 PERCENT EMISSIONS CUT GOAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore announced plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 16 percent before 2020 if a global agreement on climate change is reached during next week's talks in Copenhagen. Singapore did not provide details about the measures it would institute to drive the cuts. Prime Minister [...]	2009-12-02 09:14:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON SN
09SINGAPORE1154	AFGHANISTAN: SINGAPORE PUBLICLY WELCOMES PRESIDENT [...] (U) The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following press statement late on December 2. (Note: President Obama's West Point speech took place on the morning of December 2 Singapore time. End note.) BEGIN TEXT OF MFA STATEMENT Singapore welcomes the United States' continu [...]	2009-12-03 08:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN AF PK
09SINGAPORE1156	SINGAPORE EXPLAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Singapore MFA Deputy Director for International, Social, and Development Issues Daryl Sng welcomed Poloffs' delivery of reftel talking points and supporting materials on December 4, noting that Singapore values such inputs from the United States. Sng said Singapore understands the United [...]	2009-12-04 04:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM UNGA SN
09SINGAPORE1157	SINGAPORE EXPLAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Singapore MFA Deputy Director for International, Social, and Development Issues Daryl Sng welcomed Poloffs' delivery of reftel talking points and supporting materials on December 4, noting that Singapore values such inputs from the United States. Sng said Singapore understands the United [...]	2009-12-04 05:55:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM UNGA SN
09SINGAPORE1159	SINGAPORE RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF EDBI TO EXPAND [...] (S) There are no branches of Iranian banks in Singapore and the Government of Singapore (GOS) is not aware of any efforts by the Economic Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) to establish financial ties or institutions in Singapore, Valerie Tay, the Head and Deputy Director of Financial Services C [...]	2009-12-04 09:53:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN ETTC ETRD PREL SN
09SINGAPORE1168	SINGAPORE HOSTS EU-ASEAN MEETING REGARDING CHEMICAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) hosted a one-day conference in Singapore on November 23 regarding its outreach to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and an EU proposal to establish a CBRN Cen [...]	2009-12-08 08:04:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM AORC PREL PTER SN
09SINGAPORE1169	SINGAPORE SUPPORTIVE OF EXPORT LICENSING TRANSPARENCY [...] Embassy officers from Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei delivered reftel points December 7 regarding a joint proposal on transparency in export licensing. (Note: Due to Chinese Taipei's participation, Econoff declined to join the demarche.) According to Shinnosuke Kameyama of the Japane [...]	2009-12-08 08:53:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO SN
09SINGAPORE1184	SUBMARINE CABLE LINKS SINGAPORE DIRECTLY TO U.S., BYPASSES [...] Singapore witnessed the official launch December 8 of a new 20,000 kilometer high bandwidth fiber optic submarine cable system that links Southeast Asia directly to the United States. The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable system links Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Hong Kong an [...]	2009-12-10 08:10:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON SN
09SINGAPORE1185	DAS MARCIEL MEETS SINGAPORE MFA ASEAN DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Marciel discussed U.S.-ASEAN relations with MFA ASEAN Director Kwok Fook Seng during a visit to Singapore December 9. Singapore will support U.S. efforts to include businesses in the 2010 ASEAN trade ministers visit to [...]	2009-12-10 09:38:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE12	SINGAPORE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Singapore continued its bilateral and multilateral intelligence and law enforcement cooperation to investigate terrorist groups, focusing on Jemaah Islamiya (JI). As of December, Singapore held in detention 19 persons with links to terrorist groups. Detainees included members of JI who had plo [...]	2009-01-05 03:55:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN
09SINGAPORE1217	SINGAPORE VIEW OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Singapore maintains positive economic relations with Iran and would be open to expanded economic ties, though Singapore is mindful of proliferation issues and international sanctions, Government of Singapore (GOS) officials told Emboffs. Singapore has engaged Iran in the contex [...]	2009-12-20 23:42:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETRD EINV ENRG ECON PREL KNNP IR SN
09SINGAPORE1223	SINGAPORE PORT DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's port, the busiest container port in the world, is beginning to recover from the global financial crisis that crippled international trade, but volumes are still dramatically off the heights from early 2008. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) saw its annual conta [...]	2009-12-21 07:44:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT SN
09SINGAPORE1224	SINGAPORE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Singapore submits the following draft narrative for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Please note that requests for updated statistics for the first paragraph are pending with the government of Singapore. Post will submit that data separately. For purposes of this draft, we hav [...]	2009-12-21 08:27:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SN
09SINGAPORE1234	SINGAPORE LAMENTS COPENHAGEN "TRENCH FIGHTING" BUT [...] (U) Summary: As the United Nations Conference on Climate Change wound down in Copenhagen, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong criticized the event's "sound and fury" and "trench fighting" in remarks to Singaporean journalists. Participants did not adopt the right frame of mind, he said. [...]	2009-12-23 04:55:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV KGHG SN
09SINGAPORE1239	SINGAPORE DIPLOMATS OFFER READOUT ON RECENT TRIP [...] (C) Summary: North Korea has begun paying more attention to economic issues and is keen to improve relations with the United States, MFA Northeast Asia Deputy Director Loh Tuck Wai told Econ/PolCouns in a readout of a Singapore delegation's late November visit to Pyongyang. Led by MFA Secon [...]	2009-12-23 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN SN
09SINGAPORE1243	FOO KOK JWEE OFFERS DEPUTY NIO HIS PERSONAL VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: "The next 100 days are critical for Indonesia," MFA Deputy Director for Indonesia, FOO Kok Jwee conveyed in a December 14 meeting with Deputy NIO for East Asia, Dr. Terrence Markin. Citing the KPK and Bank Century corruption scandals that are dogging Indonesia's government, Foo [...]	2009-12-27 23:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ID PGOV PINR PREL SN
09SINGAPORE1245	SINGAPORE FTA REVIEW REVEALS PROGRESS IN SOME AREAS, DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and U.S. trade officials noted progress in resolving outstanding trade issues during an annual review of the 2004 U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The review saw positive developments in the processing of two textile short supply requests, initiatives under [...]	2009-12-28 06:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV ECPS SENV EAGR KTEX KIPR SN
09SINGAPORE1254	ROBERT MUGABE REPORTEDLY IN SINGAPORE FOR MEDICAL [...] (SBU) A reputable private-sector source told CDA that he saw Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrive in the office of a radiation oncologist at Gleneagles, a major hospital in Singapore, on December 29. The source, an American resident in Singapore who is a patient of the radiation oncologi [...]	2009-12-29 09:25:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SN ZI
09SINGAPORE126	OPPOSITION FORUM SHOWCASES DISUNITY, LACK OF IDEAS [...] (U) Summary. A public forum on the future of opposition politics in Singapore drew an audience of about 100 on February 7. Panelists representing civil society and two opposition parties aired grievances against the ruling People's Action Party (PAP),Singapore's electoral system, and other [...]	2009-02-11 05:40:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE128	LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CAN BE A CHALLENGE FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some U.S. and other foreign firms have found the lack of transparency from the Singapore government and its government-linked corporations (GLCs) a serious challenge in operating in Singapore. The GOS maintains a strong grip on the economy, whether through the Economic Developm [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECPS ECON SN
09SINGAPORE129	BURMESE COMMUNITY LYING LOW AS SINGAPORE EXPELS [...] (C) Summary. Burmese activists in Singapore have temporarily abandoned public protests against the Burmese junta, according to Burmese contacts. Over the past year, several leaders of 2007's anti-junta protests had to leave Singapore after the GOS refused to renew their permanent resident s [...]	2009-02-12 08:40:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM SN
09SINGAPORE131	SINGAPORE REACTS TO LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT TEMASEK [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials from Temasek leadership, the announcement of the upcoming departure of CEO Ho Ching from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings is suspected to be at least partly a result of the fund's recent poor performance. Ho oversaw a broad expansion and diversi [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SN
09SINGAPORE152	SINGAPORE MUSLIMS HAVE HOPE BUT WANT CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Singapore's Muslims welcome the Obama presidency as "a new era of hope," but are waiting to see what new steps the United States will take, Hajji Mohammad Alami Musa, President of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS),told the Charge d' Affaires (CDA) on February 12 [...]	2009-02-19 09:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE158	SINGAPORE APPLAUDS SECRETARY'S "STRONG SIGNAL" TO [...] (C) Summary. MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan and Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh provided EAP/DAS Scot Marciel and the Charge d'Affaires glowing reactions to the Secretary's recent visit to Indonesia during separate meetings February 20. Kausikan said the Secretary's first vi [...]	2009-02-24 01:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE159	SINGAPORE ACKNOWLEDGES LACKING INSIGHT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 01:55:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID SN AF
09SINGAPORE164	EARLY ELECTIONS? GOVERNMENT LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) Summary: Fueling rumors of early polls, the Government of Singapore (GOS) is executing the procedural steps that will allow it to call a general election at will. Political observers here speculate that the People's Action Party (PAP) may be keen to hold an early election (which must oth [...]	2009-02-25 05:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE165	GOS PROVIDING $200 MILLION TO "AIRPORT PARTNERS" IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will provide S$200 million to airlines and "airport partners" to help bolster local aviation and airport business in 2009. Funds will be disbursed in the form of property tax and rental rebates, as well as other incentives. Air [...]	2009-02-25 06:26:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE167	OUTLOOK MIXED FOR SINGAPORE'S AVIATION REPAIR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 2009 is expected to be difficult for the aviation maintenance and repair overhaul (MRO) industry in Singapore. As the recession deepens and leisure travel slows, some carriers may be forced to ground older planes and default on payments. MRO companies face challenges securing [...]	2009-02-26 04:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE171	REQUEST FOR TRANSMITTAL OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS LETTER [...] Post transmitted the letter in reftel from Acting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Assistant Administrator James Balsiger to Dr. Astrid Yeo, Head of the Import and Export Division of the Food and Veterinary Administration at the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. Dr. Ye [...]	2009-02-27 02:11:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE18	SINGAPORE TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR ORGAN DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced plans to amend the Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) in early 2009 to allow monetary compensation for donors, among other changes. The announcement followed an unusually extensive public debate about legalizing the organ tr [...]	2009-01-06 08:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE180	SINGAPORE: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Post's reply is keyed to Reftel A: STATE 13023. - - - - - - - - - - - 5. POLITICAL VIOLENCE - - - - - - - - - - - I. (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. No. Singapore has a wide range of ethnic/religious communities. Singapore hosts significant numbers of Bangladeshi and Indonesian guest [...]	2009-02-27 10:04:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
09SINGAPORE186	SINGAPORE 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMEND NO [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request, Post recommends maintaining Singapore's current Special 301 status in 2009, i.e., not on the Watch List. Singapore is committed to enhancing what is already one of Asia's strongest intellectual property regimes. The government continues to implem [...]	2009-03-02 08:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV USTR WTRO SN
09SINGAPORE19	SINGAPORE EYES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Prime Minister and other top officials took advantage of attendance at APEC meetings in Peru to strengthen and broaden relationships in Latin America. After years of mostly indifference to the region, Singapore is making a push to expand trade and investment in Lat [...]	2009-01-07 00:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD SN
09SINGAPORE201	SINGAPORE PEOPLE'S PARTY MIRED IN DISTRUST, [...] (C) Summary. The Singapore People's Party (SPP) is demoralized even though it is one of only two opposition parties with a seat in Parliament, party contacts told PolOff recently. The SPP's attempt to forge a lasting partnership with the National Solidarity Party (NSP) failed in 2007 when t [...]	2009-03-05 07:01:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE227	SINGAPORE MAKES PUBLIC ITS RELEASE OF TWO JI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Singapore released two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members from custody on January 5, Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) informed Embassy officials on March 11. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a press release about the freed JI members on the evening of March 12 an [...]	2009-03-13 10:42:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SN
09SINGAPORE23	SINGAPORE UNSURE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF IRENA [...] (SBU) Singapore supports the goal of increasing R&D in renewable energy technologies and making such technologies more affordable for developing countries. However, the GOS is unsure whether the German-proposed International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is the best approach, Hazri Hassan, [...]	2009-01-08 06:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN SN
09SINGAPORE237	SINGAPORE LOWERS HOPES FOR ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (C) Summary: The planned Human Rights Body (HRB) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will remain a "work in progress" for several years, Singapore's MFA and two former ASEAN Secretaries-General said March 11. ASEAN has not publicly released the draft terms of reference (TOR [...]	2009-03-17 10:17:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE25	GAO REVIEWS CANCELLATION OF SFI TRIAL IN SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 01:15:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSLG ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE265	SINGAPORE STANDING BY FOR FINAL DECISIONS ON MANAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:11:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SN AF
09SINGAPORE266	AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE: SINGAPORE HAS NOT YET [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 09:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SN AF
09SINGAPORE267	SINGAPORE CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S/NF) Post recommends that the four Singapore Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR) included on the 2008 Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative (CFDI) list be retained on the 2009 CFDI list, because they continue to meet the criteria set forth in Ref A, paragraphs 4 and 8. Those f [...]	2009-03-20 10:07:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC AFIN EFIN ENRG KCIP SN

09SINGAPORE271	SINGAPORE WELCOMES MTCR OUTREACH MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the context of a regional outreach effort, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) representatives met Singapore officials March 20 and exchanged briefings concerning the MTCR and Singapore's strategic goods control regime. GOS officials stressed the importance of working [...]	2009-03-24 00:34:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSTC ETTC PREL SN
09SINGAPORE274	SINGAPORE SUPPORTS MAINTAINING THE TCG'S AUTHORITY [...] (C) Poloff urged the Government of Singapore to weigh in with the Government of Burma to maintain the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority and to discourage the GOB from imposing any further conditions on the activities and travel of international NGOs or diplomatic personnel in the [...]	2009-03-24 11:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SN BM
09SINGAPORE28	GAO REVIEWS CANCELLATION OF SFI TRIAL IN SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A three-person team from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) visited Singapore December 12 to 19 to meet with GOS officials, private sector representatives, and Embassy personnel regarding cancellation of the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) trial. At a multi-agency brie [...]	2009-01-09 03:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSLG ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE287	SINGAPORE PM RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (C) Summary: In a minor cabinet reshuffle March 26, Defense Minister Teo took on the long-expected additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM). Teo replaces DPM S. Jayakumar, who will become one of two Senior Ministers. People's Action Party (PAP) stalwart Lim Hwee Hua will become [...]	2009-03-27 10:43:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SN
09SINGAPORE288	SINGAPORE-INDIA: STRATEGIC SYMBIOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore is working systematically with India to strengthen India's bilateral and regional engagement in East Asia, Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh, Indian High Commissioner S. Jaishankar, and other contacts told CDA and Embassy officers. Symbolic of this was Foreign Minister Geor [...]	2009-03-27 10:46:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MOPS SN IN
09SINGAPORE294	SINGAPORE MAKING CHANGES TO AVOID TAX HAVEN LABEL [...] This cable is classified Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Singapore (GOS),concerned that being labeled as a non-cooperative tax haven would dent its ambitions to become a global financial center, announced on March 6th that [...]	2009-03-30 07:38:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE295	SINGAPORE TRADE MINISTER PUSHES FOR ROBUST U.S. TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 20 speech to a U.S. business conference, Minister of Trade and Industry (MTI) LIM Hng Kiang issued a strong call for the United States to resist protectionism and adopt a "robust" free trade agenda. He charged the United States with a special role and responsibility [...]	2009-03-30 07:38:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD APECO SN
09SINGAPORE301	SINGAPORE - 2009 NARRATIVE ON BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request for information regarding the transparency of Singapore's budget, we provide the draft narrative below. The narrative is an update of the text from last year's congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance (Ref B [...]	2009-03-31 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL SN
09SINGAPORE303	SINGAPORE ECONOMISTS LOOKING FOR LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Singapore has seen a steep drop in exports and industrial production the past few quarters and is expected to see continued drops in the near future, Singapore economists are beginning to see signs that the economy has bottomed out and a slow recovery may soon be under [...]	2009-04-01 00:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE308	OUTLOOOK FOR PORT OF SINGAPORE FROM MARITIME AND PORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has caused container volumes to decline substantially in Singapore, but it has not had a comparable effect on vessel traffic and daily operations at the port, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) officials told Emboffs March 31. There are no ships laid up in [...]	2009-04-02 01:46:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT SENV EPET ETRD EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE311	SINGAPORE: UPDATE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Econoffs met with officials from the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) March 26 to discuss progress made on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues since the October review of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (Ref A),and urge IPOS to focus on reso [...]	2009-04-03 06:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINT EINV ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE313	SINGAPORE TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES [...] (C) Summary: Apparently in preparation for Singapore's hosting of the APEC Leaders Meeting this year, the government submitted a new Public Order Bill to Parliament on March 23, to be debated in mid-April. The bill proposes a new regulatory scheme for public assemblies and processions, new [...]	2009-04-03 08:39:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE314	SINGAPORE DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA OR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Director Lawrence Anderson. Anderson noted that Georgia is a long way from Singapore and said Singapore has no plans to recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent states. Anderson noted that Singapore's ambassa [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS SN
09SINGAPORE315	SINGAPORE WILL SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In response to reftel points, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate informed PolOff April 3 that Singapore will support the United States in its candidacy for membership of the Human Rights Council. Samuel Myat San of the United Nations and Legal Issues Br [...]	2009-04-03 10:34:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SN
09SINGAPORE316	CDA CALLS ON YOUNG PAP CHAIRMAN TEO SER LUCK [...] (C) Summary: Young People's Action Party (YP) Chairman Teo Ser Luck expressed a positive view to CDA regarding YP exchanges with the Chinese Communist Youth League (CYL) and CYL First Secretary Lu Hao. Singapore, as it prepares to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, is interested in learning [...]	2009-04-03 11:26:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KOLY SN
09SINGAPORE321	DPRK LAUNCH DEMARCHE: SINGAPORE URGES RESTRAINT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea's (DPRK) launch of a TAEPO-DONG 2 missile to MFA Northeast Asia Assistant Director Tan Eng Tat, April 6. Tan agreed that the DPRK's decision to launch a missile was regrettable, and noted that the [...]	2009-04-06 10:00:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM SN
09SINGAPORE325	SINGAPORE OPENS DOOR TO CHINESE TO MAINTAIN ETHNIC [...] (C) Summary: Faced with a chronically low fertility rate and high emigration, Singapore has used a selective but relatively open immigration policy to increase its population, fuel its normally strong economic growth, and maintain a politically delicate balance among its Chinese, Malay and In [...]	2009-04-07 06:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEAN PINR ELAB SN CH
09SINGAPORE331	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconPol Counselor conducted a joint demarche April 7 with representatives from the Russian Federation, Japanese and Australian missions to urge the GOS to endorse the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). The GOS assembled a group representing six different a [...]	2009-04-08 08:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP ETTC PREL SN
09SINGAPORE355	SINGAPORE SEES SHARP DECLINE IN GDP, LOOSENS MONETARY [...] (U) Summary: The Singapore government announced April 14 that first quarter GDP growth was 11.5 percent lower than the first quarter of 2008, the sharpest fall in GDP on record. The steep drop is attributed to the collapse in global trade demand which has dramatically reduced economic activi [...]	2009-04-16 00:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE356	(S) SINGAPORE AGREES TO HELP ON DPRK [...] (S) MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told the CDA April 15 that Singapore will help with regard to a possible upcoming proliferation-related transaction involving the DPRK at Singapore's Changi airport (see reftel). Kausikan complained, however, that the USG had not been full [...]	2009-04-16 01:29:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE KN SN
09SINGAPORE36	SINGAPORE: LOCAL CHIKUNGUNYA CASES ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recorded 689 cases of chikungunya in Singapore as of January 7, 2009, and 513 of those cases were contracted locally, TAN Boon Hian, MOH Public Health Officer in the Surveillance and Response Branch of the Disease Control Unit, told Econoff January 13. Th [...]	2009-01-14 06:32:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON SN
09SINGAPORE366	SINGAPORE REMAINS COMMITTED TO HELPING IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on the conclusions of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategic Review and on Afghanistan's continuing needs to MFA Americas Deputy Director Loh Tuck Keat and MFA Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Assistant Director Stephen Lim April 15. He called attentio [...]	2009-04-16 08:20:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO SN AF
09SINGAPORE381	SINGAPORE REACTION TO OECD TAX HAVEN LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore Deputy Secretary of Finance Ng Wai Choon, in the course of a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires (CDA) on another matter, expressed concern that the OECD's process of classifying tax havens is not transparent or fair. The GOS was disturbed that the OECD had not placed [...]	2009-04-22 02:24:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN OECD SN
09SINGAPORE401	SINGAPORE: SWINE FLU CONTAINMENT MEASURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no cases of swine influenza detected in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) are taking preventive measures against the spread of the disease. CAAS has installed thermal scanners for arriving passengers at [...]	2009-04-27 10:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE412	SINGAPORE TAKES NO POSITION ON GM FOOD LABELING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 03:46:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO SN
09SINGAPORE416	SINGAPORE STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO VOTE FOR IMF [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 09:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV SN
09SINGAPORE420	SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 type A influenza in Singapore, but the Ministry of Health (MOH) raised its alert level on May 1 from yellow to orange, indicating a potentially greater risk of human-to-human transmission but without declaring a pandemic. The GOS has institu [...]	2009-05-06 01:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE43	SINGAPORE READIES BUDGET TO FACE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore has brought forward its budget process and will unveil on January 22 what are expected to be new expansionary measures to boost the economy and provide support for workers and businesses. Singapore's economy is heavily dependent on exports and has been hit hard by th [...]	2009-01-15 06:05:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE441	TERRORIST MAS SELAMAT CAUGHT: SECURITY TRIUMPH OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysian authorities recaptured fugitive Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari across the border from Singapore on April 1. Singapore media first reported the news on May 8, following up with days of extensive coverage praising Singapore-Malaysia cooperation and [...]	2009-05-11 11:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE445	SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; NO MORE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza in Singapore and the Ministry of Health (MOH) lowered its alert level from orange to yellow on May 11. The GOS lifted its visa requirement for Mexican citizens on May 12, but seven-day quarantine requirements for people with recent [...]	2009-05-13 10:05:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE460	CULTURE WAR ROILS SINGAPORE'S FEEBLE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE),a Singapore women's rights organization, suffered a wrenching leadership fight from March 28 through May 2. Though relatively trivial in itself, the episode offers a window on some developing dynamics in Singapore societ [...]	2009-05-15 10:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE461	SINGAPORE EXPRESSES DISMAY AT NEW AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 10:50:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SN BM
09SINGAPORE467	SINGAPORE: NO H1N1 CASES; HOME QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) There are still no reported cases of H1N1 Type A Influenza in Singapore. As of 1700 on May 17, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that 37 suspected cases have been investigated and, of those, 30 cases tested negative for Influenza A, while seven cases tested positive for typical seasona [...]	2009-05-18 07:58:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE47	SINGAPORE SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF TRIPARTITE CORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 08:19:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV SN BM
09SINGAPORE473	SINGAPORE CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTING TO PAKISTAN IDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 09:43:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SN PK
09SINGAPORE476	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) Singapore welcomed the April 24 designation by the UNSCR 1718 Sanctions Committee of the three Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) entities, Sharon SEAH Li-Lian, MFA Assistant Director for the Counter-proliferation and International Security Branch, told Econoff May 18. The desi [...]	2009-05-20 07:52:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SN
09SINGAPORE477	TEMASEK DIVESTS BANK OF AMERICA HOLDINGS, CHANGES STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings confirmed it sold its entire 3.8 percent stake in Bank of America at what appears to be a substantial loss, ending its foray into U.S. financial sector investments. The sale comes only two years after Temasek's original entry in [...]	2009-05-20 08:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE479	SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AL QAEDA WEBSITE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 10:13:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SN
09SINGAPORE480	SINGAPORE ALLOWS GE MONEY TO JOIN CREDIT BUREAU [...] (SBU) Summary: GE Money became the newest member of the Singapore Credit Bureau after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) relented to allow lenders not regulated by the central bank. The USG raised the issue of non-bank membership in the Credit Bureau during the Singapore-U.S. Free Trad [...]	2009-05-21 00:49:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON SN
09SINGAPORE492	SINGAPORE: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 08:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE493	SINGAPORE UNLIKELY TO VOTE ON KOSOVO WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 08:56:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV SN
09SINGAPORE495	SINGAPORE: FIRST H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza in a 22-year-old woman who returned from a visit to New York on May 26. The Ministry of Health continues to investigate other suspect cases and has instituted Home Quarantine Orders for people found to have had close contact w [...]	2009-05-27 10:50:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAIR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE50	SINGAPORE TOURISM AND AIR TRAFFIC DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) estimates that overall passenger traffic increased in 2008 despite the economic downturn. Lower fuel costs have helped improve air carrier revenues and Singapore Airlines has seen continued, albeit slower, growth on routes to Ch [...]	2009-01-15 09:04:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EIND ECON SN
09SINGAPORE51	SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...]	2009-01-15 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
09SINGAPORE518	SINGAPORE: SEVEN H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED, AMCIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore has seven confirmed cases of H1N1 Influenza as of June 1. Three of the early cases, including an active member of the U.S. military, recovered and have been released from the hospital. Six of the seven cases were contracted during travel to the United States. MFA h [...]	2009-06-03 01:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAIR CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE520	RULING PARTY TILTS FUNHOUSE MIRROR TO MAKE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong announced on May 27 plans for three reforms intended to enhance the quantity and quality of debate in Singapore's Parliament. For the next elections, due by early 2012, the government will increase the minimum number of opposition members in [...]	2009-06-03 03:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SN
09SINGAPORE523	SINGAPORE STILL MULLING CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief delivered Ref A demarche June 2 to MFA South Asia Assistant Director Chen Kien Pin, again urging Singapore to contribute to relief efforts for Pakistan's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Chen said the GOS is still deciding whether it will make a contribution to [...]	2009-06-03 08:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK SN
09SINGAPORE529	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERGâ€™S MAY 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) May 30, 2009; 6:30 p.m.; The Presidential Palace; Singapore. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Glyn T. Davies, EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Daniel L. Shields, CDA (Notetaker) SINGAPORE --------- Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew Chee Hong Tat, Princi [...]	2009-06-04 09:08:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL MNUC ECON SN CH
09SINGAPORE532	SINGAPORE SLOWLY WADING DEEPER INTO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Singapore announced in the Straits Times newspaper June 4 that it will deploy to Afghanistan a battlefield radar system and supporting personnel that can detect enemy artillery, rocket and mortar launches and help direct counter-battery fire. The radar requires a four-man team to operate [...]	2009-06-05 08:31:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC PTER MARR AF SN
09SINGAPORE540	U.S. AND SINGAPORE ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Singapore is the world's third largest oil-refining center and a highly developed economy with substantial foreign investment in the energy sector. Energy-related projects and research are typically funded by multinational corporations and academic institutions with a presence here. The [...]	2009-06-08 08:41:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG APECO ECON SN
09SINGAPORE547	SINGAPORE UNWILLING TO BE DRAWN INTO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 06:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PTER SN
09SINGAPORE558	SINGAPORE RESPONSE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 09:42:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE559	SINGAPORE MUSLIMS IMPRESSED BY CAIRO SPEECH, BUT [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo generated a lot of attention and discussion in Singapore's Muslim community. Singapore's Muslims appreciated President Obama's Cairo speech, but they want to see what actions he will take, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian [...]	2009-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI SN
09SINGAPORE563	ANTI-ISLAM PAMPHLETS PROVOKE JAIL TERMS FOR [...] (C) Summary: A Singapore court found a couple guilty of sedition on May 28 and sentenced them on June 10 to eight weeks in prison for distributing Christian pamphlets offensive to Muslims. The U.S.-published pamphlets, "The Little Bride" and "Who Is Allah?", portrayed Islam as "dangerous" a [...]	2009-06-16 07:28:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE565	SINGAPORE TAKES WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH TO IRENA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 08:44:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV SN
09SINGAPORE566	SINGAPORE SENIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong pointed out to Burma Senior General Than Shwe during a June 8-11 visit to Burma that there would be negative foreign policy implications should Burma convict Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),according to a Singapore MFA briefing. Goh, noting his "p [...]	2009-06-16 10:03:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM SN
09SINGAPORE575	SINGAPORE RELEASES TWO TERROR SUSPECT DETAINEES [...] (C) Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) publicly announced on June 16 the release of two men from preventive detention under the Internal Security Act; unusually, one of the men released had been in custody for no more than a month. Arifin Ali (alias John Wong Ah Hung),a former senior [...]	2009-06-18 09:20:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PGOV PTER SN
09SINGAPORE58	TANG RECEIVES DEATH ROW KIDNEY; HOTA CHANGES ON [...] (SBU) Retail magnate TANG Wee Sung's quest for a kidney came to a bizarre conclusion January 9 when he received a kidney, apparently from hanged triad gang leader TAN Chor Jin. Tang's health problems became a front-page staple after he was fined and spent a day in jail last summer for trying [...]	2009-01-16 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE581	SINGAPORE: 77 H1N1 CASES -- COMMUNITY SPREAD STARTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of June 18, there have been 77 cases of H1N1 influenza confirmed in Singapore. Almost all were "imported" cases involving people with recent travel to affected countries. However, a Malaysian permanent resident may be the first case of H1N1 influenza contracted by community [...]	2009-06-19 09:48:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE586	URGING ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Singapore will fully implement UNSCR 1874 and will ensure transparency in its limited transactions with North Korea, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan said in response to CDA's June 22 delivery of reftel points. Kausikan asked that the USG provide detailed, credibl [...]	2009-06-22 11:13:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KN SN
09SINGAPORE588	FOLLOWING THE MONEY TRAIL OF SINGAPORE'S SECRETIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a portfolio estimated at more than $300 billion, the funding sources and uses of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds (SWF) are shrouded in secrecy and not well understood by the Singapore public or most analysts. SWF funds come from three sources: the government's [...]	2009-06-23 09:21:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN
09SINGAPORE589	SINGAPORE WILL NOT COMMIT TO G8 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 09:21:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL
09SINGAPORE59	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 09:33:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK SN
09SINGAPORE590	DEMARCHE OF ISAF ALLIES TO RELEASE STATEMENTS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 10:25:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF SN
09SINGAPORE594	UNSCR 1874: UPDATE FROM MFA SECOND PERMSEC [...] (C) Singapore MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told CDA on June 24 that, at China's suggestion, Chinese and ASEAN officials discussed the U.S. demarche (reftels) regarding North Korea and UNSCR 1874, in the course of the 15th China-ASEAN Senior Officials Consultations held in [...]	2009-06-24 09:25:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KN SN
09SINGAPORE60	(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 09:34:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR SN
09SINGAPORE603	SINGAPORE: 220 H1N1 CASES; SLOW MOVE TO MITIGATION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore health officials have confirmed 220 cases of H1N1 influenza as of June 24, including numerous cases of local transmission. With community spread of the virus confirmed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced June 22 that Singapore would begin the transition from a con [...]	2009-06-25 10:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE61	JOURNALISTS FRUSTRATED BY PRESS CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Singapore journalists say they are increasingly frustrated with GOS-imposed limits on their domestic reporting. Political leaders put pressure on the Straits Times (ST) staff to ensure that the paper's domestic coverage follows the government line. Reporters say they are eager [...]	2009-01-16 09:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL SN
09SINGAPORE611	SEMINAR READOUT: CHINA'S POLICY TOWARDS BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two visiting Chinese academics described China's policy toward Burma as creating strategic opportunities for China, but also supposedly promoting stability in Burma. The scholars, speaking at a seminar in Singapore, focused on Burma's strategic importance to China's energy secu [...]	2009-06-29 06:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CH BM SN
09SINGAPORE612	SINGAPORE DOWNPLAYS ITS ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore is one of Burma's largest investors and trading partners, but the GOS downplays the bilateral economic relationship and asserts the economic relationship offers little leverage to engage Burma on non-economic issues. The GOS does not actively promote investment in Burm [...]	2009-06-29 06:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL BM SN
09SINGAPORE614	UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (C) In response to reftel instructions, CDA delivered the points for ASEAN governments to Singapore MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan. CDA and Kausikan had two discussions on June 29, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon. In the afternoon discussion, Kausikan said he [...]	2009-06-29 08:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM KN SN
09SINGAPORE623	SINGAPORE AMENDING TAX LAW TO IMPROVE INFO SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Ministry of Finance has issued for comment draft amendments to its Income Tax Act to improve exchange of information on tax matters and bring Singapore in line with OECD standards. The OECD's inclusion of Singapore on its "grey list" of non-compliant jurisdictions [...]	2009-07-01 07:06:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE624	SINGAPORE: 701 H1N1 CASES; QUARANTINE MEASURES EASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 cases in Singapore has risen rapidly to more than 700, spurring the GOS to continue its move away from strict containment measures toward mitigating the effects of local transmission of the virus. However, during this transition phase there are mixed [...]	2009-07-01 07:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE630	SINGAPORE CONSIDERING FINANCIAL CHANGES FOR UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Singapore financial authorities are considering how best to implement UNSCR 1874 and the new financial measures it brings against North Korea. Grace Yan, Assistant Director of Financial Services Relations in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),told Econoff July 1 in response to r [...]	2009-07-02 09:02:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SN
09SINGAPORE631	GOS TAKES OVER LNG TERMINAL PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOS has taken over ownership and development of Singapore's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal after the companies developing the project struggled to secure financing that would keep the terminal on track for a 2012 deadline. The LNG terminal is considered critical [...]	2009-07-02 10:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE641	DEPARTURE OF CHARGE SHIELDS (SHIELDS, DANIEL L.) SSN: [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 08:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AMGT OTRA SN
09SINGAPORE656	SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA: WAITING FOR THE ODD [...] (C) Summary: In recent high-level exchanges, Singaporean and Malaysian officials signaled a desire to improve bilateral relations and overcome legacy disputes. Malaysia's new Prime Minister Najib Razak made overtures perceived as sincere in Singapore, and the two countries began talks to im [...]	2009-07-10 06:00:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN MY
09SINGAPORE659	SINGAPORE READY TO DISCUSS ASEAN TIFA PROPOSALS AT SEOM [...] Singaporean trade officials are looking forward to discussing U.S. proposals for the ASEAN-TIFA work plan, but have no proposals of their own to offer. Ms. Sulaimah Mahmood, Director of the ASEAN Division of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, told Econoff July 9 that she would advise USTR to [...]	2009-07-10 09:42:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OTRA SN
09SINGAPORE660	RETURN TO POST OF CHARGE SHIELDS (SHIELDS, DANIEL L. SSN: [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 01:35:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AMGT OTRA SN
09SINGAPORE665	MFA PONDERS WHETHER NEW AGREEMENT ON MANAS MEANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 07:53:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF
09SINGAPORE671	SINGAPORE PULLS OUT OF RECESSION, TECHNICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's economy showed positive growth during the second quarter, unofficially marking the end of a year-long recession. Advance estimates are that Singapore posted a 20.4 percent expansion over the previous quarter, though still a 3.7 percent drop from the same period in [...]	2009-07-14 08:58:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE672	SINGAPORE MFA COMMENTS ON U.S. - RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 03:05:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS SN
09SINGAPORE676	SINGAPORE ENDS H1N1 TEMPERATURE SCREENING AT BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: There have been at least 1,200 cases of H1N1 influenza reported in Singapore. The GOS ceased temperature screening at border checkpoints on July 11 and has stopped reporting individual confirmed cases of H1N1. Instead, the Ministry of Health will only report hospitalized cases, [...]	2009-07-15 06:25:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE677	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) In response to Ref A demarche, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) confirmed that Deutsche Bank and United Overseas Bank (UOB) no longer maintain correspondent banking relationships in Singapore with DPRK-based Tanchon Commercial Bank. An MAS contact indicated that Deutsche Bank and [...]	2009-07-15 06:43:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SN
09SINGAPORE679	SINGAPORE CONDUCTS EXERCISE SIMULATING [...] (C) CDA and Embassy consular and law enforcement officers observed the final part of the Government of Singapore's "Northstar VII" crisis response exercise held at the Rasa Sentosa Hotel on July 15. The exercise simulated a Mumbai-style terrorist "swarm" assault from the sea on Singapore. T [...]	2009-07-15 09:05:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS CASC SN
09SINGAPORE68	SINGAPORE CRACKS OPEN DOOR TO POLITICAL FILMS, [...] (C) Singapore signaled on January 9 that it will begin a phased liberalization of political content in new media, while reserving the power to ban material it deems inappropriate. Singaporeans will be able to see independent political films, but only if a government-appointed panel certifies [...]	2009-01-21 06:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE686	EMBASSY SINGAPORE'S EAC ON JAKARTA BOMBINGS [...] (C) Embassy Singapore convened its Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Friday July 17 to determine what action Post should take in response to the Jakarta bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels. 2. (C) The EAC reviewed information from reports received from Embassy Jakarta, o [...]	2009-07-17 11:02:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AMGT SN
09SINGAPORE687	MFA SUGGESTS COOPERATION WITH USG ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 07:43:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV AF SG
09SINGAPORE695	SINGAPORE SWF TEMASEK REVERSES LEADERSHIP TRANSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Temasek Holdings, one of Singapore's two sovereign wealth funds, announced it had canceled plans for U.S. citizen Charles Goodyear to take over as CEO on October 1. Ho Ching, the current CEO and Executive Director (and PM Lee's wife) will remain in charge. The announcement abr [...]	2009-07-22 12:22:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE703	TEETER TOTTER BALANCING ACT FOR FALUN GONG IN [...] (C) Summary: While Falun Gong (FLG) practitioners in Singapore enjoy a certain degree of freedom, problems still persist. Over the past decade, the organization has seen its membership drop by more than half. Although FLG has received little media coverage in recent years, this does not ne [...]	2009-07-24 08:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN CM
09SINGAPORE704	SINGAPORE AIRPORT "CORPORATIZED"; LEE FAMILY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore has "corporatized" Changi International Airport in a move that will consolidate control of the domestic aviation sector in the hands of sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the Lee family. Aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has split off [...]	2009-07-24 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV ETRD PGOV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE712	SINGAPORE CONTINUES TO DRAG FEET ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] (SBU) Despite suggestions of a willingness to revisit the issue of opening Singapore's markets to imports of U.S. bone-in beef, the GoS has made no progress on a long-promised risk assessment of beef imports. On the sidelines of a separate meeting, Dr. Astrid Yeo, Deputy Director of the Import [...]	2009-07-28 07:43:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR SN
09SINGAPORE715	SINGAPORE ELECTRONICS SECTOR RECOVERING, BUT FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's electronics manufacturing sector is facing a transformative shift as it begins to recover from recession. The economic downturn gave a further push to a trend already underway as high-volume, lower value-added manufacturing departed Singapore for lower-cost produce [...]	2009-07-29 10:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV SN
09SINGAPORE717	TEMASEK MULLING OPENING FUND TO CO-INVESTORS [...] (U) Ho Ching, CEO of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, disclosed in a July 29 speech that the fund was considering opening up to co-investors from the general public. Ho said a pilot program would organize relevant structures and devise rules of engagement on how to proceed wi [...]	2009-07-30 08:50:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE718	SINGAPORE WOULD CONSIDER ARMED MERCHANT MARINE [...] (SBU) MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen sent the below response in reply to reftel demarche seeking information on Singapore's laws concerning armed security teams aboard U.S. merchant vessels. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff, Chen acknowledged that the response does not [...]	2009-07-30 09:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PHSA PARM KOMC PREL ECON ETRD SN
09SINGAPORE72	SINGAPORE: ANNUAL OSAC CRIME / SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation. Post's assessment is that the overall level of crime in Singapore is low. Complete crime statistics for 2008 will be published in the first quarter of 2009, and Post will report any significant changes when the info [...]	2009-01-22 10:54:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC SN
09SINGAPORE722	SINGAPORE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STEADY AS ECONOMY BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: Singapore's overall unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.3 percent during the second quarter, although industry still reported 12,400 net job losses, mostly in manufacturing. Unemployment during the economic slowdown has been lower than in previous recessions, and much better tha [...]	2009-07-31 09:32:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV SN
09SINGAPORE730	SINGAPORE: SIX DEATHS AND H1N1 CASES PASS EPIDEMIC LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six people have died as a result of H1N1 influenza infection, although each was complicated by preexisting health conditions or obesity. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that the number of respiratory infections believed to be H1N1 has surpassed epidemic levels and MOH has [...]	2009-08-03 10:05:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC ECON SN
09SINGAPORE734	SEAGATE CLOSES SINGAPORE HDD PLANT, CONTINUING ELECTRONICS [...] (SBU) U.S.-based Seagate Technology announced August 4 that it would relocate its hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturing from Singapore to other Seagate facilities elsewhere in Asia by the end of 2010 and would lay off 2000 of its current 8000 person labor force. Seagate has had operations in Si [...]	2009-08-05 09:52:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CN SN
09SINGAPORE753	ASSK VERDICT: SINGAPORE TEMPERS DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C) Economic-Political (EP) Counselor urged Singapore to publicly express deep concern over Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) conviction and to press the Burmese government to release ASSK without conditions (Ref A),during a meeting August 12 with MFA Southeast Asia Director Peter Tan. Tan immediatel [...]	2009-08-12 11:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM SN

09SINGAPORE755	WIPO CENTER COMING TO SINGAPORE, BUT IPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed an agreement on July 28 to establish the first WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center outside of Geneva. Singapore is already home to a WIPO office and the new Center is slated to open in January 2010. News [...]	2009-08-13 03:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ETRD EINV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE759	VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR IN SINGAPORE WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Thanh expressed to Charge his appreciation for increased American engagement in Southeast Asia and described as excellent the prospects for enhanced U.S.-Vietnam ties, in areas including defense cooperation. While Vietnam looks to continued eng [...]	2009-08-13 06:57:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SN BM ASEAN
09SINGAPORE760	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 09:02:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC SN
09SINGAPORE761	SINGAPORE'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN [...] Singapore plans to send three ministerial-level delegations to the 64th UN General Assembly in New York. One will be led by Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo, who will be present for the General Debate. The others will be led by Senior Minister S. Jayakumar and Minister for the Enviro [...]	2009-08-13 09:10:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA SN
09SINGAPORE765	SINGAPORE TO PROVIDE GOOD GOVERNANCE TRAINING TO [...] (C) Singapore will host twenty-five (all Under-Secretary level) Sri-Lankan officials from several ministries for two weeks of good-governance and leadership training beginning October 25, MFA South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Director S. Premjith told EP Counselor in an August 13 meeting. Prem [...]	2009-08-14 07:21:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS SL AF SN
09SINGAPORE773	SENATOR BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER MENTOR [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Minister Mentor (MM) Lee Kuan Yew, Senator Bill Nelson stressed the importance of cooperation between Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) and U.S. counterpart organizations to address common threats in areas such as terrorism and proliferation. MM Lee [...]	2009-08-17 09:47:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SN IN CN MN
09SINGAPORE776	PM TOUTS GOVERNMENT'S COMPETENCE, WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his annual National Day Rally speech, Singapore's equivalent of the U.S. State of the Union address, on the evening of August 16. He asserted that government policies have cushioned Singapore against job losses but predicted a "subdued [...]	2009-08-18 09:19:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SN
09SINGAPORE779	READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH [...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...]	2009-08-18 10:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM
09SINGAPORE78	SINGAPORE - NO PROTECTIONIST PROPOSALS ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 09:03:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE80	SINGAPORE LAUNCHES EXPANSIONARY BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled an expansionary budget January 22 with S$20.5 billion (USD 13.7 billion) in new measures to help Singapore businesses and workers survive the economic downturn. Tharman made clear the budget was not sufficient to pull [...]	2009-01-23 10:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE817	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND GOS DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for Implementation of UNSCR 1874, led a five-person delegation to Singapore to meet with GOS officials, bank compliance officers, and media, to urge complete and transparent implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 187 [...]	2009-08-27 06:01:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL SN KN
09SINGAPORE818	SINGAPORE HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING NEW [...] (C) Summary: Singapore has several concerns about the new U.S. proposal (reftel) to move beyond the concept of membership to one of participation in the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen told Poloff August 27. Chen said S [...]	2009-08-27 07:53:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SN
09SINGAPORE842	TEMASEK UPDATES CHARTER TO REFLECT COMMERCIAL FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings revised its charter to reflect what it called "a changed environment," downplaying its former leadership role in managing Singapore's state-owned companies and guiding the country's economic development. The new charter emphasiz [...]	2009-09-03 02:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SN
09SINGAPORE852	SINGAPORE MFA'S TOMMY KOH TALKS CHINA, SE ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh offered Staffdel Luse his views on Southeast Asian countries' relations with China, the United States, and each other in an August 17 meeting. According to Koh, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) mem [...]	2009-09-04 04:24:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN
09SINGAPORE853	CHINA-SINGAPORE DEEPENING OF RELATIONS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a September 2 Singapore MFA readout, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, accompanied by 150 officials including two Ministers and 21 Vice Ministers, visited Singapore August 23-26 to participate in the Sixth Annual China-Singapore Joint Council (JCBC) for Bilateral Co [...]	2009-09-04 04:36:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CN SN
09SINGAPORE862	SINGAPORE IS UNSUITABLE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Post has contacted the United Nations and Legal Issues Branch of the International Organisations Directorate in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to determine whether Singapore would consider running for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights [...]	2009-09-08 10:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR
09SINGAPORE863	RULING PARTY YOUTH WING COZIES UP TO CHINESE, [...] (C) Summary. The youth wing of Singapore's ruling party, Young PAP (YP),is pursuing closer ties with the Chinese Communist Youth League, two YP executive committee members told PolOffs on August 27. Recent YP "study visits" to China have focused on political education and recruitment. In [...]	2009-09-09 03:41:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE867	PERMISSION TO BE AWAY FROM POST (SHIELDS, DANIEL [...] Charge d'Affaires Daniel L. Shields requests permission to be away from Post from Wednesday, October 7 through Saturday, October 10 for official travel to attend the Chiefs of Mission Conference in Hawaii, October 7-9, 2009. 2. During Mr. Shields' absence Acting DCM Raymond Kengott will be [...]	2009-09-10 00:17:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA SG
09SINGAPORE869	EMBASSY SINGAPORE: NO EXPERIENCE ENGAGING [...] Post does not know of any community of Singaporeans living abroad that would qualify as a "diaspora" using the criteria set forth in reftel paragraph 4. Given that there are no known diaspora communities of Singaporeans, Post is unable to provide meaningful responses to the questions posed i [...]	2009-09-10 01:28:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09SINGAPORE876	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore is supportive of the United States' global counterproliferation agenda and promotes a targeted, risk-based approach to trade and cargo security initiatives. Singapore is a trade and financial services hub and has a key role to play in monitoring and preventing the f [...]	2009-09-11 00:06:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PARM PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE88	PORT OPERATOR POSTPONES GATE EXPANSION DUE TO ECONOMY; [...] (SBU) Singapore port terminal operator PSA Corporation Ltd. has decided to postpone construction to expand Gate 4 at the Pasir Panjang terminal due to a substantial drop in container traffic. Construction at the new gate was more than 50-percent complete, but PSA decided to mothball the projec [...]	2009-01-30 10:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EWWT KNNP ETRD ECON SN
09SINGAPORE884	SINGAPORE PUSHING R&D AND POACHING TALENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Singapore (GOS) aims to grow research and development (R&D) spending to three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 2010. GOS agencies advocate a results-driven and integrative approach to R&D in order to expand the local economy and involve foreign [...]	2009-09-14 08:33:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV TSPL TBIO PGOV PREL SN
09SINGAPORE887	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 09:00:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA SN
09SINGAPORE898	KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF UNGA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points urging Singapore to meet with Kososvo's UN delegation on the margins of the UNGA and urged Singapore to formally recognize Kosovo during a meeting with MFA United Nations and Legal Issue Branch Desk Officer Jeremy Rabani on September 14. Rabani ackno [...]	2009-09-15 09:10:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA AORC KV SN
09SINGAPORE901	EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) In response to reftel instructions, CDA met with MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan on September 15 and called on Singapore to sound the alarm to Iran on sanctions. CDA used the general and the Singapore-specific points from reftel to urge that Singapore find opportunities [...]	2009-09-16 07:20:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA PREL AORC SN IR
09SINGAPORE907	GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT - SINGAPORE POINTS [...] (SBU) MFA 2nd Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kauskian confirmed to the Charge that Singapore had received President Obama's invitation to the Global Security Summit and that Singapore is still in the process of naming a "Sherpa" to represent Singapore during Summit preparations. 2. (SBU) MFA [...]	2009-09-17 10:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM AORC PREL PGOV IAEA MNUC SN
09SINGAPORE926	SINGAPORE INKS DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH [...] (U) Singapore and Vietnam signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) during a September 7-10 visit to Vietnam by Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Teo Chee Hean. The DCA will formalize existing mil-mil interactions, which have focused mainly on exchanges and study visi [...]	2009-09-23 09:42:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE930	SINGAPORE ALLOWS FIRST POLITICAL FILM SINCE 1998 [...] (C) Summary: In the first ruling of its kind under Singapore's recently amended Films Act, film censors have reversed a ban on "Singapore Rebel," a film by Martyn See about opposition politician Chee Soon Juan. In rating the film, however, authorities prohibited its exhibition to anyone und [...]	2009-09-24 09:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SN
09SINGAPORE951	SINGAPORE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND SHOWS SHARP LOSSES [...] Summary: Singapore's largest sovereign wealth fund lost 20 percent of its value in the last financial year ending in March, but has since made up much of the losses in the ensuing recovery in financial markets. In only its second annual report in its history, the Government of Singapore Inve [...]	2009-09-29 08:07:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SN
09SINGAPORE952	SINGAPORE LIKE MINDED ON IRAN, BUT PREFERS TO [...] (C) Summary: Singapore shares U.S. concerns over Iran's deceitful actions regarding its nuclear program, and will continue to engage Tehran quietly in efforts to persuade Iran to comply with its international obligations. Singapore believes U.S. engagement with Iran is the right approach, alt [...]	2009-09-29 08:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM SN
09SINGAPORE953	SINGAPORE SUPPORTIVE OF NEW U.S. BURMA POLICY, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Burma has made several nuanced, conciliatory gestures towards the West, and Singapore believes the timing is right to engage Burma and nudge it along the road towards democracy, according to the Singapore Foreign Ministry. Singapore supports the new U.S. "carrot and stick" policy [...]	2009-09-29 08:45:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE964	Post Speaker Program - Nan Aron [...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Speaker Nan Aron, President of the Alliance for Justice, visited Singapore on August 24-26 to discuss non-governmental organization (NGO) management and fundraising. Aron met with university students interested in NGO work, law students, activists and the staff of Malay-Musl [...]	2009-10-02 09:05:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SN
09SINGAPORE965	SINGAPORE'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: ADDRESSING COSTS AND CARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore's first graduate medical school, a partnership between Duke University and the National University of Singapore (NUS),opened September 29. The physicians it graduates will increase Singapore's pool of new doctors and help the island address increased healthcare deman [...]	2009-10-02 09:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI ECON SN
09SINGAPORE976	SINGAPORE BRIEFING OF P5+1 OUTCOME: POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 08:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR SN
09SINGAPORE977	SINGAPORE OFFERS DISASTER RELIEF TO INDONESIA AND [...] (U) Summary: GOS has offered humanitarian assistance and disaster relief aid to Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos in the wake of the Padang Earthquake and Typhoon Ketsana. Assistance offers range from military aircraft assistance and deployment of elite Singapore Civil Def [...]	2009-10-05 09:45:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ID MOPS PREL SENV SN
09SINGAPORE978	SINGAPORE, CHINA PLAN DIALOGUE TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore and China will hold a joint economic dialogue in early 2010 to discuss recent experiences dealing with the financial crisis and economic slowdown, and plans to reorient their economies post-recession. Singapore officials are still developing plans for the hastily prop [...]	2009-10-06 23:50:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL CN SN
09SINGAPORE982	SINGAPORE'S COUNTER-RADICALIZATION PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (S) Summary: Singapore claims its integrative approach to counter-radicalization is effective at reducing extremism, and that there has been zero recidivism among the 41 terrorists that have been released into the community on a restricted basis. However, some independent observers are skepti [...]	2009-10-07 03:43:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC SN
09SINGAPORE994	SINGAPORE KEEPS MONETARY POLICY UNCHANGED AS ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's GDP tallied up 14.9 percent growth in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, its second consecutive strong quarter of double digit growth. The government revised upward its official estimates of 2009 GDP growth, predicting a contraction of between 2.0 [...]	2009-10-13 10:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SN
09SKOPJE109	MACEDONIA: MAYORAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) As Macedonia holds its first combined presidential and local elections in March/April (first round March 22, second round April 5),key local races are as much in the spotlight as the presidential race. In some cases, better-known political names will be found on mayoral ballots than in [...]	2009-03-09 14:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
09SKOPJE117	MACEDONIA: CAN THE DENAR AVOID DEVALUATION? [...] (SBU) Summary. Macedonia's current account deficit widened dramatically in 2008. The central bank's currency reserves have dropped at an alarming rate in 2009, raising concern about the country's ability to maintain the pegged value of the denar at roughly 61 to the euro, a fundamental elem [...]	2009-03-16 06:33:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL MK
09SKOPJE124	MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN GENERALLY POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign for presidential and municipal elections has proceeded far better than parliamentary elections last year. Should the trend continue, we assess that the conduct of these elections should advance Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations. There are some municipalities of [...]	2009-03-19 16:26:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE13	Macedonia Suffers Minimal Effects from Russian Gas Cutoff [...] (SBU) Summary: As a minor consumer of natural gas, Macedonia has been affected only minimally by the cutoff of natural gas from Russia through Ukraine. Residential heating quickly transitioned to fuel oil and the greatest impact to date has been felt by two industrial users -- a steel produc [...]	2009-01-13 06:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL UP RS MK
09SKOPJE136	MACEDONIA: ELECTIONS PEACEFUL AND WELL-RUN, VMRO TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia held peaceful presidential and municipal elections March 22 with few irregularities. Ruling VMRO presidential candidate George Ivanov looks set to cruise to an easy victory in the second round, to be held April 5. VMRO and its ethnic-Albanian coalition partner DUI mad [...]	2009-03-27 12:25:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE146	MACEDONIA ELECTIONS ROUND TWO: ON TRACK BUT TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 15:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
09SKOPJE15	SKOPJE - ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] Embassy Skopje's Regional Security Office submits the following information for the 2008 Annual OSAC Crime and Safety Report. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Macedonia is a generally safe country with a low crime rate compared to the United States. Violence against foreigners is r [...]	2009-01-13 18:20:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC MK
09SKOPJE153	MACEDONIA: MIXED SIGNALS AS BUDGET REALITIES MEET ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Macedonian Government seems to be underestimating the likely effects of the global economic crisis on the Macedonian economy, especially on the domestic currency. Not only has revenue collection in the first two months of 2009 fallen short of the projections on which the state budget [...]	2009-04-07 15:34:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK
09SKOPJE156	MACEDONIAN ELECTIONS: GRUEVSKI IN NEAR-COMPLETE [...] (SBU) In a second round of presidential and municipal elections assessed as generally meeting international standards, ruling VMRO-DPMNE,s Gjorge Ivanov won by almost a two-to-one margin over SDSM opponent Ljubomir Frckoski. Macedonia,s ethnic Albanian population essentially boycotted the pre [...]	2009-04-08 15:17:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE16	MACEDONIA: CODEL POE HEARS GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION, [...] (SBU) In meetings on December 17 and 18, local and national political leaders briefed Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) on their views of the name dispute with Greece and challenges to its resolution. Speaker of the Parliament Veljanovski and leading opposition MP Sekerinska concurred that Mace [...]	2009-01-14 12:57:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK
09SKOPJE170	MACEDONIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 09:04:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MK
09SKOPJE177	MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI RECEPTIVE TO ADVICE ON NAME, [...] (C) Summary: PM Gruevski was receptive to the Ambassador's advice on the name issue and continued engagement with NATO in the course of a wide-ranging conversation April 15. Ambassador pressed for retention of CHOD LTG Stojanovski, a positive public tone and negotiating stance toward Greece on [...]	2009-04-17 15:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV GR MK
09SKOPJE188	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN POLITICS IN FERMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Albanian politicians increasingly believe PM Gruevski's government is not committed to their top goal: Euro-Atlantic integration. Largest e-Albanian party and coalition partner DUI is struggling with how to push Gruevski to solve the name issue (thus opening the door to NA [...]	2009-04-22 16:37:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE201	REFLECTING ON BRANKO CRVENKOVSKI'S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: As his five-year Presidential term comes to an end May 12, Branko Crvenkovski prepares himself for yet another political transition --this time returning to resurrect his opposition Social Democrats (SDSM),in shambles following devastating losses in 2008 parliamentary and 2009 [...]	2009-05-06 11:19:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MK
09SKOPJE203	FRAUD SUMMARY - SKOPJE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 11:25:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KV MK
09SKOPJE206	MACEDONIA'S CULTURE WARS [...] (SBU) Summary: Coincidentally (or perhaps not),two church/state issues in Macedonia have grabbed the headlines and pitted PM Gruevski's VMRO government against the opposition and his own ethnic Albanian coalition partner, DUI. The GoM is aggressively pressing forward with its plans to fund t [...]	2009-05-08 06:38:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI MK
09SKOPJE214	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Your visit presents an opportune moment to underscore to Macedonians that the Obama Administration is not "pro-Greek," that the United States is prepared to engage in active behind-the-scenes support for developing a reasonable solution to the name dispute -- working with BOTH sides -- [...]	2009-05-12 18:23:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR KV MK
09SKOPJE269	MACEDONIA: SWEDISH DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 11:56:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK GR KV SR SW
09SKOPJE275	MACEDONIA: MOI ON ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. Per reftel, Charge met with Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska. In response to our question about donation, lease, or sale of any of Macedonia's four MoI Mi-171 helicopters (a variant of Mi-17) for use in Pakistan, Jankuloska thought the GoM [...]	2009-06-12 09:00:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PARM PK AF MK
09SKOPJE278	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 16:56:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON GR MK
09SKOPJE293	MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (U) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of concerns and progress in areas of democratic development and human rig [...]	2009-06-23 09:11:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM
09SKOPJE294	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES REBALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) On Monday, June 8, Macedonia's parliament approved the Government's rebalanced budget. Although it had been evident to many observers that the GoM budget was wildly out of synch with economic realities, the GoM had resisted an adjustment until after local and presidential elections were [...]	2009-06-23 09:17:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK
09SKOPJE300	MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI AGREES TO KEY JUDICIAL REFORMS [...] (SBU) At post's urging, PM Gruevski has agreed to a string of key reforms in Macedonia's justice sector, many of which should become public within days. Among these reforms are detainee access to an attorney, public access to court proceedings and rulings, public proceedings of the Judicial an [...]	2009-06-24 12:34:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE301	MACEDONIA: INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES CONTINUED FIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 14:00:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP MK MT
09SKOPJE328	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 11:12:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PHUM MNUC MTCRE KN MK
09SKOPJE332	MACEDONIA: DANGEROUS DRIFT? [...] (C) PM Gruevski's government continues a very mixed performance. He and his closest cronies continue to engage in highly questionable practices on government tenders and in squeezing EVN, the Austrian-owned electricity distributor. Substantial judicial reform lags, but Gruevski has directed t [...]	2009-07-10 13:50:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
09SKOPJE35	MACEDONIA: S/WCI GROUP FINDS ICTY CASES HIGHLY [...] (C) Summary: Members of the State Department,s S/WCI team discovered an ethnically divided, highly politicized environment surrounding the four war crimes cases returned to Macedonia by the ICTY. GOM officials admitted that political pressure was guiding these cases. The e-Albanian leadershi [...]	2009-01-23 08:10:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE366	More H1N1 Cases Confirmed in Macedonia [...] On July 4, Macedonian Health authorities announced the first confirmed case of Influenza A H1N1 in the country (ref b). The results were confirmed by a reference lab in London. Since then, a total of 14 cases have been confirmed and hospitalized at the State Clinics for Infectious diseases. [...]	2009-07-27 13:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT MK
09SKOPJE369	MACEDONIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATO ADVISORY TEAM [...] (C) Summary: The assignment of Bulgarians to both the commander and deputy positions of the NATO Advisory Team for Macedonia is not in U.S. interests. End summary. 2. (C) We learned off-line in early June that Bulgaria was the only Ally who volunteered to fill the "Chief NAT" position in S [...]	2009-07-29 07:06:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK BU NL
09SKOPJE377	MACEDONIA: NEW DEBATE ON USE OF LANGUAGE HEATING UP [...] (C) Summary: New Democracy (ND) leader Imer Selmani's request for more complete implementation in parliament of the law that outlines the use of minority languages has escalated to a wider debate in Parliament. An unlikely alliance between ND and governing coalition partner DUI is now seeking [...]	2009-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE38	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR WARNS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: We have been engaging at all levels of the GoM regarding Macedonia,s decision to name a stadium, highway, and new cargo airport for Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon and its plans to erect yet more Alexander statues in Skopje and elsewhere. In a Jan. 16 meeting with FonMi [...]	2009-01-26 13:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE382	IMPEDIMENTS TO MACEDONIA'S DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) I request senior-level intervention to resolve bureaucratic impediments to the long-planned deployment of 79 Macedonian soldiers to Afghanistan. This deployment will allow the Vermont National Guard to double its reconnaissance and police mentor teams, from 4 to 8 of each. Obtaining pra [...]	2009-08-05 17:10:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS NATO AF MK
09SKOPJE383	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and Council of Europe. Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human rights a [...]	2009-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK
09SKOPJE39	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: (C) Recent soundings of ethnic Albanian (e-Albanian) contacts have revealed a pessimistic outlook towards the current state of interethnic relations in Macedonia. They have expressed a high level of dissatisfaction with the e-Macedonian governing party, VMRO-DPMNE, and its cooperatio [...]	2009-01-26 15:26:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE398	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNODC AS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 10:10:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MK
09SKOPJE411	MACEDONIA: AHMETI RATES STATE OF AFFAIRS A "FOUR [...] (C) Summary: Following the commemoration of the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, Ambassador Reeker joined DUI leader Ali Ahmeti at his family sheep station deep in the mountains of western Macedonia on August 16. Ahmeti was critical of Prime Minister Nikola Gru [...]	2009-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE414	MACEDONIA:GUARANTORS OF FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) the principal officers of the four international entities that signed the OFA presented an assessment of its implementation to date to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. The Principals cited education, de [...]	2009-08-21 16:16:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE418	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 13:42:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AORC KPER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09SKOPJE452	MACEDONIA: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva and Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Sanja Zografska-Krteska on September 10. Geleva reported that due to budget shortfalls, she, as a MFA's main UNGA subject matter expert, would not be att [...]	2009-09-11 16:23:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL MK
09SKOPJE457	POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF CLOSING AIRSCAN IN [...] (C) We have learned that a decision memo has been forwarded to SACEUR recommending, among other options, that the Airscan operation based at the Skopje airport cease entirely. NATO has used Airscan since 2003 to provide aerial surveillance for KFOR. (For operational reasons, Airscan was base [...]	2009-09-16 17:12:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL KFOR KV MK
09SKOPJE469	MACEDONIA-U.S. MOU ON ASSISTANCE CEMENTS GOM COMMITMENT [...] (U) On September 15, Ambassador Reeker and Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-integration Vasko Naumovski signed a groundbreaking bilateral Memorandum of Understanding "Concerning Training and Related Assistance." The MOU ensures proper selection of Government of Macedonia employees who will recei [...]	2009-09-28 13:33:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV MK
09SKOPJE477	MACEDONIA: ENCYCLOPEDIA STIRS UP INTER-ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of the first ever Macedonian National Encyclopedia by the government-funded, nearly ethnically homogeneous Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts has caused uproar in the ethnic-Albanian community and provoked reactions from Macedonia's neighbors. The encyclopedia a [...]	2009-09-30 13:42:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK KV AL BU
09SKOPJE48	MACEDONIA'S 2009 BUDGET: SEEKING FISCAL STIMULUS VIA HIGHER [...] (SBU) On December 29, the Macedonian Parliament passed the country's largest budget since independence, projecting a general government deficit of 2.8 percent of GDP. With this budget, the GoM continues to implement a fiscal program characterized by low and flat tax rates with increased public [...]	2009-02-04 10:26:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK
09SKOPJE49	MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: The ruling VMRO choice for president, Georgi Ivanov, will likely win and further consolidate PM Gruevski's hold on power. SDSM's candidate, Ljubomir Frckoski, is unlikely to win and may not even come in second. Former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski could threaten VMRO's party [...]	2009-02-04 17:17:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK
09SKOPJE5	MACEDONIA: Muted reaction to the Middle East [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Macedonia has a significant Muslim population, the response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been very quiet thus far. Coverage of the events in the Middle East has been limited to reprinting wire stories and standard video feed, and there has been no commenta [...]	2009-01-08 12:41:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IS XF MK
09SKOPJE509	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 16:12:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC IMO MK
09SKOPJE510	MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR U.S. PRIORITIES IN UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 16:12:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UN MK
09SKOPJE514	MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI INSISTS ON PROGRESS IN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) PM Nikola Gruevski continued to closely monitor and insist on judicial reform in an October 15 meeting with OSCE and the Embassy. While progress has been made on some reforms, most have not been fully implemented, despite promises made by Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski in Jun [...]	2009-10-27 16:05:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE515	MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SKOPJE528	MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 13:53:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MK
09SKOPJE538	MACEDONIA: DUI LEADER AHMETI OPPOSES NAME ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings on October 26 and November 1, ethnic-Albanian coalition party leader Ali Ahmeti and Ambassador Reeker discussed PM Nikola Gruevski's recent trip to Brussels and his meeting with new Greek PM Papandreou. Ahmeti noted that the PM seemed to have a renewed openness to [...]	2009-11-09 18:32:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK
09SKOPJE540	MACEDONIA'S DIASPORA GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Diaspora groups from Macedonia, most active in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, are divided along the ethnic lines of the country,s two largest groups-- ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. The ethnic separation of diaspora interests -- coupled with use of the term "Mace [...]	2009-11-10 12:21:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OIIP PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09SKOPJE554	MACEDONIA: 2009-2010 INSCR PART I [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 13:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE569	MACEDONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 16:09:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
09SKOPJE582	MACEDONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF [...] (C) On November 28 Ambassador Reeker raised with PM Gruevski the request for further assistance in Afghanistan and public support following the upcoming announcement of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gruevski said he would issue a public statement of support following the Presi [...]	2009-11-30 16:09:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
09SKOPJE583	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT USES STATE ORGANS TO ENFORCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 08:32:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XG ZL MK
09SKOPJE584	MACEDONIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 13:02:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KNNP IAEA MK
09SKOPJE587	MACEDONIA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] This is an action request - please see para. 4. 2. In response to President Obama's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Ivanov wrote a letter addressed to the President (shared with the media here) in which he commended President Obama for his leadership in this [...]	2009-12-04 17:30:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS NATO AF MK
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
09SKOPJE601	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT USES STATE ORGANS TO ENFORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, it appears that Prime Minister Gruevski and his VMRO inner circle have used the judicial and policing arms of the state to enforce party discipline and quell dissent, which has contributed to an increasing climate of fear. The government has been using a catch [...]	2009-12-14 09:11:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XG ZL MK
09SKOPJE621	MACEDONIA: NEW NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AIMS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after the influx of nearly 350,000 refugees to Macedonia during the Kosovo crisis, the Government of Macedonia, together with UNHCR Skopje, is working to create durable solutions for the remaining approximately 1,600 refugees and asylum seekers, nearly all of whom a [...]	2009-12-23 16:13:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MK
09SKOPJE64	MACEDONIA: MFA INFORMED BUT NO COMMITMENT ON PARTICIPATION [...] On February 6, we delivered ref A and ref B talking points to Marko Spirovski of the Macedonia MFA Department for Collective Security Systems. Spirovski thanked us for the information, and asked whether USG funding was available to support Macedonia's participation in the April 20-22 workshop [...]	2009-02-13 11:32:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC MK

09SKOPJE65	ADDENDUM TO 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The following information serves as an addendum to Macedonia,s 2009 TIP report and provides details about ongoing criminal investigations into trafficking and smuggling related corruption by government officials. The information was passed to Post in high confidence by the Head [...]	2009-02-13 14:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB MK
09SKOPJE66	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC-ALBANIANS SENDING MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: The ethnic-Albanian (e-Albanian) political leaders in Macedonia have given positive indications that they understand how critical fair and democratic municipal and presidential elections are to Macedonia,s future. They have repeatedly reassured us that their own parties will not [...]	2009-02-13 14:28:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE67	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA [...] SUMMARY: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in cross-border operations and other international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GOM officials took [...]	2009-02-13 14:52:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MK
09SKOPJE74	MACEDONIA: PRIMER ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF [...] (SBU) Just nine months after holding parliamentary elections marked by violence, intimidation and serious irregularities, Macedonia will hold its first-ever concurrent presidential and mayoral/municipal elections, with the first round on March 22 and second on April 5. With Euro-Atlantic i [...]	2009-02-18 08:24:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MK
09SKOPJE87	MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 15:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SKOPJE88	Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety [...] As requested reftel, Post discussed the demarche points with State Counselor for Multilateral Relations at the MFA Svetlana Geleva, Head of International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Waterways Lidija Cadikovska, Head of Legal Affairs of the Veterinary Dir [...]	2009-02-25 08:40:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MK
09SKOPJE95	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. There is a small ethnic Serbian population in Macedonia capable of carrying out anti-American demonstrations. i. There have been no anti-American demonstrations in the country within the last 12 months. ii. There have been no anti-American demonstrations near o [...]	2009-03-02 13:17:00	Embassy Skopje	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC MK PTER
09SOFIA1	BULGARIA: TOTAL CUT IN GAS SUPPLY SPARKS CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas hit Bulgaria broadside on January 6, when the country discovered that 100 percent of its gas supplies had been suspended indefinitely. PM Stanishev has reached out to his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to demand an im [...]	2009-01-06 15:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV
09SOFIA10	BULGARIA GAS CRISIS DAY 4: SITUATION IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Despite severe cold and snow, the situation improved on day four of a complete gas cut-off. As more district heating plants successfully switched from gas to other forms of fuel, heat to many apartments around the country was resumed. Nationwide, sixty-eight schools remain closed and [...]	2009-01-09 13:09:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA101	BULGARIA: F-16 ENDGAME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is in the final sprint of a ten-year marathon to acquire new fighters. A successful deal on F-16s will lock in a NATO-reinforcing U.S.-Bulgaria defense relationship for at least a generation. Without it, we will have a hole in NATO's southern tier: Bulgaria wil [...]	2009-03-12 11:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA104	BULGARIA: CENTER-RIGHT'S DESPERATE MARRIAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an acrimonious five hour debate, Bulgaria's small center-right UDF party (Union of Democratic Forces) agreed to form a pre-election coalition with its bitter breakaway center-right rival DSB (Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria). Although a positive step that will likely ena [...]	2009-03-13 15:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA109	BULGARIA: DAS BRYZA AND ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: In the course of extensive consultations with the Bulgarian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign and Energy Ministers, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steve Mann endorsed Bulgarian plans to hold a summit on Eurasian gas security issues April 2 [...]	2009-03-17 11:36:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA11	BULGARIA: RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO A SERBIAN [...] (C) Bulgaria views the recent outbreak of violence between Kosovar Serbs and Kosovar Albanians in Mitrovica as a Serbian test of EULEX. According to MFA Head of Western Balkans Krasimir Tulechki, the recent events are another example of "Belgrade provoking Pristina." Tulechki noted that al [...]	2009-01-09 14:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR KV BU
09SOFIA116	Want to be a Phony Roma? Just Google Bulgarian coyotes! [...] Summary: We continue to process fraudulent asylum cases (follow-to-join) in which we have no choice but to issue the visas. We have yet to come across an asylum case based on Roma ("gypsy") ethnicity -- and virtually all cases are based on Roma ethnicity -- in which the claimant is actually Roma. T [...]	2009-03-18 10:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD ASEC BU
09SOFIA120	BULGARIA SUPPORTS MAINTAINING KFOR AT CURRENT [...] (C) The Government of Bulgaria strongly supports the points include in reftel and will continue to resist any move to reduce the size or scope of KFOR. In a recent briefing in Sofia, Foreign Minister Kalfin said that Kosovo continues to require NATO's commitment and KFOR must preserve an ade [...]	2009-03-20 14:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA127	BULGARIA: THE ECONOMY'S MUDDLING THROUGH, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is finally feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. After years of impressive growth, major indicators are down and the real economy is taking a hit. But years of fiscal conservatism have left Bulgaria with sufficient buffers to avoid the financial turbulen [...]	2009-03-25 07:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA131	BULGARIA'S JUDICIARY: WEAKEST LINK IN A POORLY [...] (C) Summary. On paper, Bulgaria's judiciary system meets most international and EU standards. But in practice, it is in shambles. Polls show that within the EU, Bulgarians have the least confidence in public institutions, with the judicial system at the bottom of the heap. The police and [...]	2009-03-30 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA132	BULGARIA'S JUDICIARY: WEAKEST LINK IN A POORLY [...] (C) Summary. On paper, Bulgaria's judiciary system meets most international and EU standards. But in practice, it is in shambles. Polls show that within the EU, Bulgarians have the least confidence in public institutions, with the judicial system at the bottom of the heap. The police and [...]	2009-03-30 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA133	BULGARIA'S JUDICIARY: WEAKEST LINK IN A POORLY [...] (C) Summary. On paper, Bulgaria's judiciary system meets most international and EU standards. But in practice, it is in shambles. Polls show that within the EU, Bulgarians have the least confidence in public institutions, with the judicial system at the bottom of the heap. The police and [...]	2009-03-30 07:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09SOFIA138	BULGARIA'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following is post's assessment of Bulgaria's fiscal transparency. Bulgaria's budget reporting standards conform to EU and international standards. Relevant budget documents can be found on the websites of the Ministry of Finance and Parliament (the Finance and Budget C [...]	2009-03-31 10:34:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA139	BULGARIA UNLIKELY TO SUBMIT BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 12:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV SR BU
09SOFIA140	AF/PAK: BULGARIA WILLING TO DO MORE, BUT ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing appreciation for Bulgaria's current troop deployments to Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia, DCM Karagiannis stressed the importance of new Bulgarian contributions in Afghanistan. Looking to President Parvanov's first meeting with our President, the DCM urged Bulga [...]	2009-03-31 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA15	BULGARIA: DIGGING OUT OF THE ENERGY HOLE [...] (C) Summary: The total gas cut-off, now in its seventh day, has exposed the vulnerabilities and short-sightedness of Bulgaria's Russia-centric energy policy. Nearly 100 percent dependent on Russia for its gas, oil and nuclear fuel, Bulgaria is clearly under Moscow's thumb. We are urging s [...]	2009-01-12 15:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA154	SOFIA'S MEAN STREETS [...] (C) Summary: Sofia's streets are a showcase for potholes and uncollected garbage. Lined by decaying soviet style blocks and uncompleted new construction (mixed with some glitzy modern buildings),they are ugly. While the ordinary crime rate is low, organized crime violence is a recurrent [...]	2009-04-02 14:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA158	BULGARIA: POSITIVE BUT CAUTIOUS ON NEW ISAF [...] (C) CDA a.i. Karagiannis delivered Reftel A to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff and Foreign Policy Advisor stressing the need for all allies to contribute more at the upcoming NATO Summit. Foreign Policy Advisor Chukov said the issue was already under consideration and would be discussed [...]	2009-04-03 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR BU AF
09SOFIA159	BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINGTON MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...]	2009-04-03 15:30:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENGY BU
09SOFIA16	BULGARIA NONCOMMITTAL ON DELAYING THE APPROVAL OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 14:15:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU SY BU
09SOFIA162	BULGARIAN FM KALFIN'S WASHINTON MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin arrives just after his sprint to Ashgabat and the NATO and U.S.-EU Summits and just two weeks before Bulgaria's April 24-25 Energy Summit on natural gas. Anxious for a successful summit, Bulgaria is struggling to confirm high-level attendance and thread the needle tha [...]	2009-04-03 17:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGY BU
09SOFIA169	FM KALFIN PREVIEWS HIS APRIL 8 WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Kalfin previewed his Washington visit with the Charge for 90 minutes on April 6. He asked for a strong public statement by the Secretary commending the substantially strengthened bilateral partnership over the past five years, underscoring that it will establish the foundation for t [...]	2009-04-06 17:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG BU
09SOFIA177	BULGARIA'S PARLIAMENT: FUMBLING AT THE FINISH LINE [...] (C) Summary: With less than 20 working days left before June 7 European Parliamentary and expected national elections in early July),Bulgarian MPs are scrambling to clear a pile of long-stalled legislation. A scrum has developed over the key law regulating national elections, which has de [...]	2009-04-10 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA180	BULGARIA'S ENERGY DEBUT: GETTING WHAT WE WANT AT SOFIA'S NATURAL GAS SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The April 24-25 Sofia Energy Summit is many things to many people. Bulgaria's ostensible goal is to improve Europe's outreach and relationship with Central Asian and Caspian producers, while at the same time putting Sofia on the energy map. Russia will use it as a way to highlight and [...]	2009-04-14 06:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA183	BULGARIAN ROMA: LOST IN (NON)INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Roma communities across Bulgaria commemorated International Roma Day, the government sluggishly moved to update the 1999 Framework Program for Roma Integration. Ten years after the adoption of the government's first policy document on Roma integration, results are meager. [...]	2009-04-16 10:07:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO AINT BU SIPDIS
09SOFIA186	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT VETOES ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov vetoed amendments to the election law that raise the threshold vote for coalitions to enter the parliament (from 4 to 8 percent) and allow for majority vote election of "district deputies" (31 of the parliament,s 240 seats) rather than on a proportional basis. [...]	2009-04-16 15:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA188	WITH NO TIES TO BURMA, BULGARIA STILL ACTIVELY [...] (C) On April 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for Laos, Cambodia, the Philipines, Thailand, and Burma, Ivan Velikov. Though the Government of Bulgaria (GOB) does not have an embassy in Burma or official diplomatic relations with th [...]	2009-04-17 08:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM BU
09SOFIA19	BULGARIA: ADVANCING U.S. INTERESTS IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ivalyo Kalfin has made a strong case for a meeting with Secretary-designate Clinton following her confirmation. Bulgaria is struggling to deal with the energy crisis and to reverse Moscow's long-standing energy dominance - Kalfin wants the United States to be p [...]	2009-01-14 14:21:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA2	BULGARIA OUT IN THE COLD: DAY TWO OF GAS CUT-OFF [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria endured a second day without gas January 7. Thousands of homes and many schools report significantly reduced - or no - heating, although the country did not experience any major power interruptions. Several large industrial firms are shutting down and laying off emplo [...]	2009-01-07 11:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV
09SOFIA20	BULGARIA 2008: PERSPECTIVE ON A TOUGH YEAR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Bulgaria begins 2009 with a bad hangover. Pervasive disgust over the problems of recent months and the even grimmer prospects of the coming year has led many here to sink into an already deep hole of apathy and cynicism. Tangible improvements in family income and overall [...]	2009-01-15 05:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BU
09SOFIA205	BULGARIANS TOUT A SUCCESSFUL ENERGY SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Overcoming intense Russian pressure and European skepticism, the April 24-25 Sofia Energy Summit focused on the key principles and policies of energy security rather than on individual projects. The event's deliverable, a declaration endorsed by the 30 participating delegations, [...]	2009-04-30 14:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA208	BULGARIA: RUSSIANS INTENSIFY PRESSURE ON SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 13:10:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA210	BULGARIA: SPECIAL 301 ANNOUNCEMENT RESPONSE [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Government responded with relief to reftel announcement that Bulgaria would not be placed on any list in the 2009 Special 301 Report. Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economy and Culture all said they knew Bulgaria had narrowly avoided a listing and expressed apprecia [...]	2009-05-08 14:21:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BU
09SOFIA214	BULGARIA: REVISED 2008 INL END USE REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Sofia's revised 2008 End Use Monitoring Report, keyed to items listed in Reftel B. A. Inventory Management End Use Monitoring Report Coordinator: Joslyn Mack-Wilson, Political Officer, 359 2 937 5276, mack-wilsonjg@tstate.gov. B. Inventory System: Post mainta [...]	2009-05-11 09:36:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU
09SOFIA221	BULGARIA: PM RATIONALIZES RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a move that prompted scathing ridicule by local media, Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev rushed to Moscow less than 24 hours after the April 24-25 regional energy summit in Sofia (which Putin refused to attend). While in Moscow, Stanishev signed yet another "secret" agreement [...]	2009-05-12 12:02:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BG
09SOFIA222	BULGARIA TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 08:04:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL KV BU
09SOFIA225	TWO YEARS IN, BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO FIND VOICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two years after accession, Bulgaria still struggles to find its voice within the EU. Preoccupied with domestic political in-fighting, shamed by the withholding of EU funds, and sensitive to its status as a "quasi member state" subject to a rule-of-law-related special monitoring [...]	2009-05-14 14:48:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA226	NUTS AND BOLTS OF BULGARIA'S JUNE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the second time since EU accession, Bulgarians go to the polls June 7 to elect 17 members of the European Parliament (MEPs). Generating little public interest on their own, the MEP elections are viewed more as dress rehearsal for national parliamentary elections on July 5. [...]	2009-05-14 14:51:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA229	Semi-annual Fraud Summary Sofia; October, 2008 - March, [...] SUMMARY: Though overstay rates for Bulgarians may still be declining overall, low wages here continue to fuel problems in this area. Our latest H2B validation study, for instance, indicated a 33 percent overstay rate. On the other hand, our most recent B1/B2 validation study found the overst [...]	2009-05-15 10:30:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC BU
09SOFIA23	BULGARIA: FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. Post requests $30,240.00 to fund agricultural biotechnology ("agbiotech") programs in FY2009. These programs will educate consumers, farmers, academics, and policy makers about the benefits of agbiotech, with the goal of assisting Bulgaria to become a successful model and advoc [...]	2009-01-15 07:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRB TBIO KPAO
09SOFIA234	CUBAN-BULGARIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) The Government of Bulgaria (GOB) maintains friendly, yet minimal relations with Cuba. Political contact and economic ties are minimal. The GOB has made no recent statements on democracy or human rights issues in Cuba, and can generally be expected to follow the European Union position o [...]	2009-05-19 14:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ERTD ETTC PREL CU BU
09SOFIA235	BULGARIA: UPDATED HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (U) This cable provides an unclassified update on Bulgarian Government practices on information collection, screening, and sharing since the classified November 2007 baseline cable (See REF A). Responses correspond to questions listed in REF B. 2. (SBU) In December 2007, the Bulgarian [...]	2009-05-19 15:00:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KHLS BU
09SOFIA236	BULGARIAN BROKER FACILITATING UKRAINIAN-CUBA ARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. Bulgarian arms broker, "Assa Engineering, Ltd.," has applied for Bulgarian Government approval to broker a deal between Ukrainian state owned enterprise, "GXVIF" (company name transliterated from Cyrillic) and the Cuban Minist [...]	2009-05-20 05:41:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA243	BULGARIA: EMBASSY EVENT SHOWCASES U.S. RENEWABLE [...] (U) Summary: U.S. renewable and energy efficiency technology took center stage May 19 at an Embassy and AmCham-sponsored conference featuring cutting edge U.S. solutions to Bulgaria's energy security and environmental challenges. Titled "Renewable and Efficient Energy: Pathways to a Better [...]	2009-05-21 09:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BG
09SOFIA25	BULGARIA: SECOND DAY OF PROTESTS PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two thousand protestors gathered for a second day in front of Parliament January 15, a day after a demonstration of roughly the same size turned violent as extremist groups clashed with police. The January 14 clashes were the worst since mass protests brought down the Sociali [...]	2009-01-16 07:04:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA252	BULGARIA: THE CASE FOR A PERMANENT DEA OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A permanent DEA presence in Sofia makes strategic, policy and budgetary sense. Heroin from Afghanistan transits Bulgaria and other Balkan/Black Sea countries and poses a major policy and law enforcement concern to the United States and our European partners. Heroin traffickin [...]	2009-05-26 09:43:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA259	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN POE'S MAY 30-JUNE 1 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representative Poe, Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes you and looks forward to a very successful May 30 - June 1 visit. Your visit comes at an important time - just one week before European Parliamentary Elections and five weeks before Bulgaria's national elections. The current S [...]	2009-05-28 12:11:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA263	BULGARIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO INCLUSION IN REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 14:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MD KV BU
09SOFIA264	BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is staggering toward the finish line of a tawdry year-long campaign that has ushered in new lows in mudslinging and slander. Neither of the top two contenders, Sofia Mayor Borissov and Socialist PM Stanishev, have any chance of winning an absolute majority. The real [...]	2009-06-02 08:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA265	BULGARIAN ENERGY AMBASSADOR ON NABUCCO ISA [...] (C) In response to reftel points on the Nabucco Inter-State Agreement (ISA),Bulgarian Energy Envoy Peter Poptchev told us June 1 that as a result of negotiations between project partners May 28-29, the ISA will not reference any specific state in its definition of "initial entry points." He [...]	2009-06-03 11:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA266	MI-17 HELOS AVAILABLE BUT MOST REQUIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian Armed Forces currently possess 12 MI-17 helicopters, only three of which are in flying condition. The remaining nine require approximately USD 10 million (per airframe) of repair and upgrades to be fully mission capable. Since early 2008, Bulgaria has been in d [...]	2009-06-03 14:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR SMIG PK BU
09SOFIA268	BULGARIA APPROVES MANPADS TRANSFER TO SWEDEN [...] (S) The Government of Bulgaria approves the transfer of 20 Bulgarian manufactured SA-7 MANPADS currently in USG possession to the Government of Sweden for countermeasures testing. In a diplomatic note dated June 1, 2009, the GOB approved the transfer of said MANPADS in response to USG's req [...]	2009-06-05 11:51:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL PTER BU
09SOFIA27	BULGARIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Bulgaria: A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Prom [...]	2009-01-20 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
09SOFIA270	BRINGING TRANSPARENCY TO EURASIAN GAS TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eurasian gas transit sector is notoriously murky, with poorly-understood, Gazprom-owned and affiliated intermediaries managing operations, taking cuts, and complicating or preventing legal recourse during gas supply interruptions. For most countries in the region, bringi [...]	2009-06-05 13:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA271	BULGARIA'S LOOMING DEMOGRAPHIC SQUEEZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is shrinking. Low birth rates, short life expectancy and persistent net outward migration have produced negative population growth, which, if not stemmed, will cause Bulgaria's current 7.2 million population to decline by nearly one-third by the year 2060. The Gove [...]	2009-06-05 13:27:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO AINT BU
09SOFIA278	BULGARIA: CONSERVATIVES DO WELL, BUT SOCIALISTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Bulgaria's European Parliament (EP) elections results are in line with the general EU trend of a low turnout, gains by conservative parties, and a strong protest vote punishing incumbent governments. Sofia Mayor Borissov's GERB party held its five seats while the Socialists l [...]	2009-06-09 15:48:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA28	BULGARIA: WILL ATTEND THE FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 15:20:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BU
09SOFIA283	BULGARIA WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 14:36:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SOFIA286	BULGARIA: REACHING OUT TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador McEldowney highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech in a meeting with Bulgaria's chief Mufti, stressing our determination to establish a new way forward for U.S. relations with the Muslim world. The Ambassador raised ideas for promoting religious tolerance and voi [...]	2009-06-11 14:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM
09SOFIA287	BULGARIA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB),and one (1) that has been closed in the past one year. 2. This report is keyed to reftel instructions. CASE 1 ------ (A.) Claimant A (ongoing cas [...]	2009-06-12 06:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU
09SOFIA289	BULGARIA CONFIRMS 2009 GICNT PLENARY ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The Government of Bulgaria will send a delegation of three to the June 16-17, 2009 GICNT Plenary Meeting. The delegation will be headed by the Bulgarian ambassador to the Hague, Mr. Zlatin Trapkov. Nuclear Regulatory Agency contacts noted that had GICNT funding been available they woul [...]	2009-06-12 09:50:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC BU
09SOFIA29	BULGARIAN POLICE PROTEST, DEMAND REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the third time in a little over a month, Bulgarian police officers protested on January 17 over low wages and poor work conditions. Despite conflicts between police and student protesters earlier in the week, students on January 17 supported the police protest and joined c [...]	2009-01-21 14:33:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA292	BULGARIAN ECONOMY WORSENS; IMF PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: With spending up, revenues down, and the economy officially in recession, the Bulgarian Government's handling of its finances is increasingly in question. Running on its up-to-now steady handling of economic issues in the midst of global financial turmoil, the Socialist-led coal [...]	2009-06-12 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA299	BULGARIA WILL SEND DELEGATION TO IRENA MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 14:36:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV BU
09SOFIA300	BULGARIA SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO CORFU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria agrees fully with the United States on the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the Corfu Ministerial. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly supports reftel points and took the unusually proactive step of presenting the Embassy with a formal position paper ide [...]	2009-06-17 13:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA301	BULGARIA: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corrupt, compromised and even recently incarcerated candidates appear poised to enter parliament in this summer's national elections. In the latest negative development, a June 16 court decision freed the notorious Galevi brothers on bail, pending their trial on racketeering [...]	2009-06-18 08:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA302	BULGARIA; RESPONSE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS' EFFECT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Global Financial Crisis is beginning to affect Bulgaria, but not yet to the extent of other EU nations. Few migrants work in the country and therefore increased negativity or violence against immigrants is nonexistent. Relatively few Bulgarian migrants have returned to [...]	2009-06-18 12:43:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA304	BULGARIAN MEDIA: LACKING MONEY AND MORALS [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian media is highly manipulated and increasingly concentrated in fewer hands. Reporters and editors accept bribes to cover stories, to print propaganda articles as though they were news, and to not print information that sponsors do not approve. The media's cooption obv [...]	2009-06-18 14:16:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRCM BU
09SOFIA305	BULGARIA'S JULY 5 GENERAL ELECTIONS: NUTS AND BOLTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgarians go to the polls July 5 to elect 240 members of the unicameral parliament for a four-year office term. This year the MPs are elected through a newly-introduced "mixed" electoral system, in which 31 MPs are elected from districts on an individual, first-past-the-post b [...]	2009-06-19 08:45:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA310	BULGARIAN PROPERTY RESTITUTION SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the end of June, the history of property restitution in Bulgaria will be presented as a success story at a Holocaust Era Assets Conference in Prague. For several years, the Embassy has actively advocated with government officials at different levels to help the Jewish communi [...]	2009-06-19 14:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO AINT BU SIPDIS
09SOFIA312	BULGARIA: AID'S POST-GRADUATION PARTNERSHIP: [...] Summary: When AID formally closed its mission to Bulgaria in 2008 after 17 years of operation and 650 million dollars of aid, many Bulgarians assumed that the assistance relationship had come to an end. However, the continuing need for engagement to help address domestic priorities and to p [...]	2009-06-22 12:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID BU EU
09SOFIA313	BULGARIA: DECISION NOT TO INVITE IRAN TO JULY 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 14:38:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL IR
09SOFIA318	BULGARIA: SPECIAL 301 IPR ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 08:20:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KIPR BU
09SOFIA323	BULGARIA: FORMER KOSOVAR PM RELEASED, WILL REMAIN [...] (C) A Bulgarian court decided on June 25 to release, Agim Ceku, former Kosovar Prime Minister, despite an Interpol Red Notice that had been lodged by Serbia. Though Ceku is free to leave Bulgaria, he has opted to remain in country for three additional days, as this is the timeframe normally [...]	2009-06-26 12:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU SR KV
09SOFIA324	BULGARIAN ECONOMY: STORM CLOUDS DARKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government will barely get past the July 5 general elections before a gathering economic storm erupts. EU, IMF, WB, and think tank forecasts are turning uniformly negative, with economic contraction now expected to range between 7 and 10 percent. Foreign Direct Investment [...]	2009-06-26 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU
09SOFIA325	BULGARIA/EC MONITORING TEAM: "HOW DO YOU MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX (please strictly protect) confided that the July report on Bulgaria's anti-crime and corruption efforts would be negative, but the EU political level would "water down" the tone of the final version. The report's release might be delayed until September because of the [...]	2009-06-26 15:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BU
09SOFIA333	BULGARIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) This cable provides post's concerns on human rights in Bulgaria in preparation for the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). This request comes at a sensitive time for the Bulgarian government. On July 5, Bulgaria will hold national elections, which will result in the for [...]	2009-06-30 10:50:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PHUM PGOV KDEM
09SOFIA340	SOFIA GAY PRDE PARADE A QUALIFIED SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY The second annual Rainbow Friendship parade hel on June 27 in downtown Sofia attracted over three hundred participants and avoided any violent incients or major anti-gay protests like those that arred last year's event. Eleven embassies, the Bulgarian Green Party and the Bulgari [...]	2009-07-02 07:06:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI BU
09SOFIA341	BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: GERB LEADS IN LAST LAP, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the homestretch of a cynical and uninspiring campaign for July 5 parliamentary elections, Bulgaria's parties are targeting the 25 percent undecided vote that holds the balance of power. Voter distrust and disgust are sky high, but turnout may yet reach traditional 50-60 perc [...]	2009-07-02 09:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA342	BULGARIA: VOTE FRAUD 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption in Bulgaria is deep-seated, but post-transition elections have generally been free and fair. The last two cycles have produced more extensive electoral fraud. This year, it is more widespread and sophisticated, reaching levels in which vote buyers can fine-tune re [...]	2009-07-02 10:01:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
09SOFIA343	BULGARIA: GERB FINANCIAL EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Simeon Dyankov, a World Bank economist and financial advisor to Boyko Borissov's Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB),recently presented highlights from GERB's economic plan to a group of foreign diplomats. The platform contains immediate anti-crisis steps [...]	2009-07-02 10:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA357	BULGARIAN ELECTIONS: GERB WINS BIG, CENTER-RIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a clear signal for change and a turn to the right, Sofia Mayor Borissov's GERB party scored a victory over the incumbent Socialist party in the July 5 national elections. Voters punished the ruling coalition (including ethnic-Turkish MRF and ex-King Simeon's NMS, which fa [...]	2009-07-06 11:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA358	AUSTRALIA GROUP: BULGARIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 11:22:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	BU ETTC PARM PREL
09SOFIA36	BULGARIAN VIEWS ON JAN 26-27 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel points, MFA Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Sergey Tassev noted that the upcoming GAERC would focus on the Gaza conflict and energy security issues; Western Balkans and Afghanistan would not be discussed at all. Bulgaria supports EU po [...]	2009-01-23 15:17:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA361	BULGARIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRANIAN ELECTION [...] (SBU) Preoccupied with Bulgaria's own national election, coverage of the situation in Iran has been limited to the international news pages of most media outlets. Print and broadcast media coverage of the election and the ensuing protests has been factual and extensive, but unlike other count [...]	2009-07-07 06:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SOFIA362	BULGARIA: NEW CHOD, OLD MINDSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nomination of Simeon Simeonov as Chief of Defense (CHOD) is a testament to the lack of appetite for serious reform. In his previous position as Commander of the Air Force, Air Force modernization lagged far behind the other services. A classic, myopic bureaucrat, he stifle [...]	2009-07-07 08:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
09SOFIA363	BULGARIA: BELENE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT: MORE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's highest profile energy project -- the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) is dogged by cost overruns, financing woes, construction delays, and now serious safety and quality assurance concerns. Belene may end up costing Bulgaria more than money in the long run. Despite [...]	2009-07-07 08:56:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	ENRG IAEA PREL PGOV BU
09SOFIA369	ELECTED OFFICIALS SENTENCED IN LANDMARK HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Varna District Court sentenced two municipal counselors on June 11 to one and three years respectively for leading and participating in an organized crime group involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and human trafficking. The government froze their property and anticipat [...]	2009-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SOFIA37	BULGARIA: IPR EFFORTS LOSE STEAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission informed the relevant deputy ministers of Culture, Economy and Foreign Affairs January 22 that, despite modest progress in some areas, Bulgarian IPR efforts were not hitting the mark. In order to improve performance, Bulgaria has to take urgent actio [...]	2009-01-23 15:50:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ETRD BU
09SOFIA377	BULGARIA: BORISSOV SWALLOWS HARD, ASSUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The big winner of Bulgaria's July 5 national elections, Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov, has always been more interested in power than responsibility. His landslide victory (48 percent of parliamentary seats) and the implosion of the Socialist party have now made his ascent to Prim [...]	2009-07-10 11:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA378	BULGARIA: POTUS LETTER TO NEW PRIME MINSTER [...] (SBU) Post recommends a letter of congratulations from President Obama to current Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov, expected to become Prime Minister shortly. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already sent a letter and European Commission President Manuel Barosso and other leaders have issued c [...]	2009-07-10 12:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BU
09SOFIA381	BULGARIA: COALITION MANEUVERS [...] (C) Summary: Eight days after the July 5 elections, the shape of Bulgaria's next government remains unclear. The Blue coalition of UDF and DSB (pro-West center-right parties) barely squeaked into parliament after winning 6.7 percent of the vote, though most assumed they would play a king-mak [...]	2009-07-13 13:37:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
09SOFIA389	BULGARIA: CLEANING UP MOI [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister designate Tsvetan Tsvetanov told Ambassador he wanted to bring major changes to the MOI and criminal justice system and welcomed American assistance and advice. He is determined to show progress on corruption issues within the first few months of the new gove [...]	2009-07-15 14:17:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU

09SOFIA391	BULGARIA: BOYKO TAKES THE HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boyko Borissov -- a former bodyguard with a black belt in karate and an equally flamboyant personality -- was given the mandate to form Bulgaria's next government on July 16. A self-described political outsider and man-of-the-street, Borissov swept to power in July 5 elections [...]	2009-07-16 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU

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