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08SEOUL2231	IRAN FM MOTTAKI: COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on November 13 in Seoul with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggested that cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan and Iraq might be possible, but would depend on whether the U.S. was "s [...]	2008-11-18 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KS KN AF IZ

08SEOUL2248	PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE JUNTA'S LATEST CRACKDOWN [...] (C) MOFAT's Director of the Southeast Asia Division Kim Young-chae said in response to reftel demarche that the ROKG's inclination was to take a non-confrontational, indirect approach with Burma. Korea's interactions with Burma were so limited, he said, that he did not see how the ROK, acting [...]	2008-11-21 04:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM KS
08SEOUL2250	ROK TO CONDUCT FLIGHT TEST OF HAESONG II UAV [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MCAP KPAL
08SEOUL2251	NICARAGUA POLITICAL SITUATION OF CONCERN TO ROKG [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on reported irregularities in the November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections to ROK Mininstry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Central America and Caribbean Division Director Lee Eun-chul on November 21. Director Lee said that the Korean Embassy in Managu [...]	2008-11-21 07:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS NU
08SEOUL2252	ROKG RESPONSE TO IRAN-O-HIND DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 21, Deputy Econcouns and econoff met with Si-jin Song, First Secretary in MOFAT's North American Division I, and Sung-hwan Lee, Second Secretary in MOFAT's Middle East Division, to deliver demarche (Ref A). Song and Lee listened attentively and took notes on the presentation. [...]	2008-11-21 08:27:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PARM IR KS PREL
08SEOUL2261	Nominee for December 15-19 IPR Administration Program [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 02:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA CVIS KS
08SEOUL2265	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 05:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2268	DEMARCHE ON RETURN OF CULTURAL PROPERTY MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PRES KS
08SEOUL2270	ROKG REACTION TO DPRK'S RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- On November 24, the DPRK announced that it would further restrict South-North economic cooperation as of December 1 by stopping Kaesong City tours and reducing ROK managers entering the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) by half. -- A Foreign Ministry official said the ROKG, [...]	2008-11-25 11:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2275	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO GWANGJU: POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 18-19 visit to Gwangju, it became clear that, politically, not much has changed in Korea's southwest region in the past ten years. Through discussions with various local leaders, it was evident that the region remained politically left of center, [...]	2008-11-26 04:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2278	FOLLOW UP WITH ROKG ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On November 18 econoff called on Lee Sang Soo, First Secretary in MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, to deliver demarche (Ref A). Lee pledged to deliver the demarche to KoFIU and was pleased to hear tha ec [...]	2008-11-26 07:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP PREL PARM KS IR
08SEOUL2279	PRESS BULLETIN - November 26, 2008 [...] The ROK and the U.S. Agree to Transform Cash-based Financial Contribution for USFK Upkeep to a Goods Provision (Dong-a Ilbo, November 26, 2008, Page 8) 2. 37% of ROK Lawmakers: "The KORUS FTA Would be Revised" (Dong-a Ilbo, November 26, 2008, Pages 1 and 6) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo, H [...]	2008-11-26 07:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2281	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 24 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon said with SMA negotiations concluded, he looked forward to making progress on USFK camp returns. Lee lamented that his goal of completing the return of nine facilities before the end of [...]	2008-11-26 08:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT KS
08SEOUL2282	ROK MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION ON DPRK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The DPRK's November 24 announcement of measures to restrict economic exchange activity and border crossings continued to reverberate in Seoul. On November 26, ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong reported to the National Assembly on the state of affairs, pointing out that restri [...]	2008-11-26 11:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2285	ANTI-DPRK LEAFLET DROPPING WILL CONTINUE, VOWS NGO [...] (C) Summary: On November 26, POL M/C met with Fighters For Free North Korea Chair Park Hak-Sang, responsible for sending anti-DPRK leaflets, triggering mounting tensions in South-North relations. Park said he was facing increasing pressure to stop, including the Ministry of Unification and f [...]	2008-11-28 06:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2286	PRESS BULLETIN - November 28, 2008 [...] U.S. Beef Sales; "It Is Cheap..." "But..." (Hankook Ilbo, November 28, 2008, Page 13) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Prosecutors to Seek Arrest Warrant for Former President Roh Moo-hyun's Elder Brother on Suspicion of Taking 1 Billion Won in Return for Influencing Sale of Sejong Securities t [...]	2008-11-28 07:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2289	Visit of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Janet Yellen, met with a wide range of ROKG financial authorities, market actors, and economists during her November 17-19 [...]	2008-12-01 05:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS
08SEOUL2293	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Korea Announces 33 Trillion Won Stimulus Package: On November 3, the South Korean government announced a 33 trillion won (approximately USD 25 billion) stimulus package (equal to 3.7 percent of 2007 GDP). The package includes 11 trillion won (USD 8.5 billion) in additional fiscal spending [...]	2008-12-01 06:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
08SEOUL2304	KOREAN ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Econoff discussed ROKG participation in the ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Relief Voluntary Demonstration of Response (VDR) with Mr. Lee, Young-joon of the South Asian and Oceanian Regional Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) [...]	2008-12-02 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP
08SEOUL2305	HELP FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS: PRIVATE CHARITY [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff visited two government supported and two private institutions for helping student-age North Korean defectors: Hanawon, the re-education center where all defectors spend two months on arrival; Hangyerae School, where 220 students live and study; the Heavenly Dream School, [...]	2008-12-02 09:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV KS KN
08SEOUL2306	NEW NGO REVEALS ABUSE AT PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DPRK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 18 inaugural gathering of Campaign for North Korean Freedom (NK Freedom),Yonsei University Associate Professor of Law Hong Seong-phil explained that the group's founding was based on the notion that defectors needed to take ownership of the North Korean human r [...]	2008-12-02 22:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV PROP KTIP KS KN
08SEOUL2307	U.S.-ROK SMA (AD REF) AGREEMENT [...] (C) On November 19-20, U.S. and Republic of Korea delegations, led respectively by Ambassador Jackson McDonald and Ambassador Cho Byung-jae, met in Honolulu for the sixth and likely final round of this year's Special Measures Agreement (SMA) defense cost-sharing negotiation. The talks starte [...]	2008-12-02 22:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS
08SEOUL2332	ROK APPROACH TO ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel talking points, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) United Nations Division Deputy Director Na Sang-deok expressed understanding of some of the USG concerns pertaining to UNGA resolutions with an anti-Israel bias. He agreed that such resolutions demanded [...]	2008-12-05 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KS IS PA LE SY
08SEOUL2333	DEMARCHE REQUEST - REPUBLIC OF KOREA PARTICIPATION [...] On December 4, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division's Jong-ho Kyun. Below are responses to questions posed in reftel. -- The ROK is planning to end participation in the RRT because their RRT members will be unpr [...]	2008-12-05 07:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KS IZ
08SEOUL2335	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS DISAGREE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four National Assembly members evinced frustration with worsening South-North relations in separate December 2-3 meetings, but disagreed on the causes and possible solutions. They saw close coordination with the USG as crucial. All were pessimistic about KIC's future, though the [...]	2008-12-05 07:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2336	ROKG FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador in a December 4 meeting that he did not know whether the DPRK would take further steps that would result in the complete closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, but that the ROKG was ready for that eventuality. The Foreign Mi [...]	2008-12-05 10:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2340	PRESIDENT LEE UNPOPULAR, OPPOSITION EVEN MORE SO [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak is suffering from entrenched low popularity that is affecting his ability to govern effectively. Even some Blue House insiders worry that if he does not turn things around in 2009, he could spend the remainder of his term powerless, overshadowed by jockeyi [...]	2008-12-08 07:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2341	PRESS BULLETIN - December 8, 2008 [...] U.S. Automakers' Blaming of the ROK Preposterous (Dong-a Ilbo, December 8, 2008, Page 27) 2. North Korea's Nuclear Verification Needs Patience (Hankook Ilbo, December 8, 2008, Page 39) Features 3. U.S. State Department Asks Ambassadors Overseas to Submit Resignations (Dong-a Ilbo, De [...]	2008-12-08 07:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2354	ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE: LIMITED ROKG [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 25 to MOFAT Southeast Asian Affairs Deputy Director Lee Yong-joon. Lee said an interagency meeting is required before he could provide a response. 3. (SBU) On December 3, Lee stated that [...]	2008-12-09 08:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR MOPS ASEAN ARF RP
08SEOUL2355	ROK COUNTER-PIRACY RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANS [...] (C) Summary. ROK officials describe their approach to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa as having three elements: international cooperation and coordination, preferably under the UN; capacity building for local maritime security forces; and joint military efforts. Nevertheless, budget c [...]	2008-12-09 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER PREL KS
08SEOUL2361	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED LACEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD
08SEOUL2363	ROKG RESPONSE ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (U) Post followed up with Mr. Kim Jaegeun, Assistant Director of Maritime Technology Division at the Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime (MLTM) on reftel demarche expressing concerns about the EC's third maritime safety package. 2. (U) Kim described the ROKG agreed with the US posi [...]	2008-12-11 02:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EUN IMO KS
08SEOUL2382	NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR INTELLECTUAL SAYS ELITE KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kim Heung-kwang of North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, a group of predominantly elite North Korean defectors formed in June, and North Korea Reform Radio Representative Kim Seung-chul met with poloff on December 3 to describe plans to target elite North Koreans with messages an [...]	2008-12-12 06:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2383	KOREA'S VIEW ON THE RISE OF CHINA (C-AL8-02576) [...] (U) This message addresses questions posed in Ref A on South Korean views on China. ------------------------------ ROK-PRC Engagement: Inevitable ------------------------------ 2. (C) Due to history, geography, cultural affinities, and China's rise as a regional power, Korea has no choic [...]	2008-12-12 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KS
08SEOUL2387	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) Poloff met with Ahreum Cho of the Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on December 12. Cho welcomed the information in reftel A, and will pass on the information to her director and to MOFAT representatives in the U [...]	2008-12-12 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KS
08SEOUL2388	CONTINUED COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH KOREAN FIRM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) Poloff met Young-kul Koh of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on December 10 regarding reftel. While Koh understood our concerns, he said that the ROKG did not uncover evi [...]	2008-12-12 08:03:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL PK KS
08SEOUL2389	REGULAR SESSION PASSES 7.5 PERCENT OF BILLS; MORE [...] (C) Summary: The 18th National Assembly's first regular session came to a close on December 9 without passing the 2009 budget bill or much legislation at all. To address the budget and other outstanding bills, a 30-day temporary session opened on December 10 but it is not likely many laws wi [...]	2008-12-12 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2390	NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION SEEKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with leaders of the Association of North Korean Defector Organizations (ANKDO),an umbrella organization representing 28 smaller NGOs that support North Korean defectors. Chairman Han Chang-kweon said it would be important to empower the defector community, and st [...]	2008-12-12 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2396	ROK SUSPECTS DPRK SHIP TRANSPORTS ARMS TO IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary. Jae-woo Kim of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloff on December 15 that the ROKG received information on December 14 that the North Korean vessel S [...]	2008-12-15 06:01:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL IR KS
08SEOUL2399	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2400	CHOI JANG-JIP: KOREA NOT YET MATURE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Legendary political scientist and Korea University emeritus Choi Jang-jip told poloff on December 11 that he thought Korea had not fully democratized and that the main hurdle to this goal was an overly strong central government. Choi, a college classmate of President Lee Myung-b [...]	2008-12-15 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2401	PRESS BULLETIN - December 15, 2008 [...] "Six-Party Process Reveals Its Fundamental Limitations" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 13, 2008, Page 26) 2. What the "Controversy over North Korea's Nuclear Status" Means (Chosun Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 35) 3. Obama's Way of Dealing with North Korea (Hankook Ilbo, December 15, 2008, Page 39 [...]	2008-12-15 08:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2402	DAY IN LIFE OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the second annual group wedding for four North Korean defector couples organized by a South Korean NGO. The couples were grateful for the ceremony, which they postponed because of lack of funding. Poloff also met with two of the brides to discuss their experien [...]	2008-12-15 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL2403	2009 BUDGET PASSES NA; MORE CLASHES TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, the ruling GNP along with the conservative Liberty Forward Party (LFP) passed the annual budget bill while the opposition Democratic Party (DP) and Democratic Labor Party (DLP) members boycotted the vote. Most pundits and Assembly sources note that the ruling party [...]	2008-12-15 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2408	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) DPRK Bond Prices Low and Falling: Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported November 7 by quoting Exotix Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment bank, regarding North Korean bond prices -- "The price has fallen since July this year. The market then was in the mid 20 cents, but it is now in the te [...]	2008-12-16 05:56:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
08SEOUL2409	ROKG TO MAINTAIN FIRM STANCE TOWARDS DPRK [...] (C) Summary. During a December 15 luncheon meeting with the DCM, Dr. Kim Tae-hyo, a principal advisor to ROK President Lee Myung-bak, indicated that President Lee would maintain his firm policy stance toward the DPRK despite internal politics. The DPRK is finding fewer friendly media outle [...]	2008-12-16 06:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KN KS
08SEOUL2411	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 07:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2423	PRESS BULLETIN - December 17, 2008 [...] U.S. Congressional Delegation: "If the ROK Ratifies the KORUS FTA, the U.S. Congress Will Also Make Efforts to Do So" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 17, 2008, Page 6) 2. "Line" in Front of U.S. Embassy Has Disappeared, but No Tourism "Boom" Yet (Munhwa Ilbo, December 16, 2008, Page 10; Excerpts) [...]	2008-12-17 06:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2427	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 05:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
08SEOUL2428	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 06:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL KS
08SEOUL2429	U.S.-ROK SMA AGREEMENT INITIALED [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, A/DCM Joseph Yun and MOFAT Ambassador Cho Byung-jae initialed the SMA Agreement on Wednesday, December 17, and agreed on the text for the accompanying diplomatic note. A scanned copy of the initialed agreement has been sent to both EAP/K and USFK. 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-12-18 06:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV KS
08SEOUL243	(S) ROK INVESTIGATION REVEALS ROK COMPANY DID NOT [...] (S) On December 7, poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. On February 5, Kim conveyed the results of the ROKG investigation of the South Korean company Cheonun Preci [...]	2008-02-05 04:33:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN
08SEOUL2431	ROK PLANS AID TO AFGHANISTAN DESPITE MEDIA [...] (C) Summary. In a December 18 meeting with A/DCM, MOFAT Director-General Chang Ho-jin requested that Washington and Seoul avoid public discussions of possible additional aid for Afghanistan. The ROK is considering a number of options, including deployment of military personnel and assets. [...]	2008-12-18 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
08SEOUL2433	ROKG VIEWS ON ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CHINA-JAPAN-ROK [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The ROKG was pleased with the substantive economic results and press coverage of the China-Japan-ROK summit meeting in Fukuoka, Japan on December 13. The Japan-ROK USD 3 billion " [...]	2008-12-18 11:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECIN PREL KS CH JA
08SEOUL244	ROK UAV HAESONG-II TEST FLIGHT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 04:35:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	KS MARR PARM PREL
08SEOUL2441	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, Econoff contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) by phone to verify the transaction involving fiber optic inverters exported by Schott North America Inc. Econoff also conducted a site visit of EO Systems to verify the bona fides of the firm. 2. [...]	2008-12-19 03:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL2444	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON CLIMATE CHANGE, USFK CAMP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 luncheon meeting with ROK Environment Minister Lee Maan-ee, Ambassador and Minister Lee discussed climate change, Korea's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (KULEV) regulations due to go into effect January 1, environment issues related to USFK camp returns, and domestic [...]	2008-12-19 05:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV AMGT KS
08SEOUL2446	ROK EXPERT ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Professor Yoon Yeosang, President of NKDB (Database Center for North Korean Human Rights),in a December 9 meeting with Poloff, said DPRK authorities seemed recently to be adhering to two points of the North Korean criminal code they had previously ignored: limiting detention peri [...]	2008-12-22 00:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2447	G20 DEMARCHE ON REJECTING PROTECTIONISM: KOREA [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, EMIN discussed U.S. concerns about recent protectionism measures by some G20 countries with Deputy Trade Minister Ahn Ho-young, Korea's sherpa for the November 15 G20 financial summit (Econoff had previously delivered demarche talking points to Korea,s Sous-sher [...]	2008-12-22 00:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL ECON WTRO KS
08SEOUL2448	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] On December 7 last year, a crane-carrying barge, belonging to Samsung Group's shipbuilding arm, rammed into Heibei Spirit, a Hong Kong-registered oil tanker, causing some 10,500 tons of crude oil to gush into the western coastal waters - Korea's worst oil spill ever. A shore of soft white san [...]	2008-12-22 01:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ELTN TBIO TNGD TRGY TSPA KGHG KSCA KS
08SEOUL2452	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH THE KOREAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, 2008, Ambassador Stephens paid a courtesy call on Korean Minister of Justice Kim Kyung-Han at the Gwacheon Government Complex. She raised USG concerns about international child custody and abduction issues and urged the ROK to join the Hague Convention on the C [...]	2008-12-22 05:48:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CVIS CASC KOCI KS
08SEOUL2453	PRESS BULLETIN - December 22, 2008 [...] Wrong Troop Dispatch Should Never Be Repeated (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 20, Page 27) Features 2. Former U.S. Ambassador Vershbow: "In Case of Kim Jong-il's Death, Reform and Opening-up Will Be Accelerated... The ROK Should Prepare for North Korea Contingency" (Dong-a Ilbo, December 22 [...]	2008-12-22 06:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2457	BLUE HOUSE ADVISOR SAYS FTA, MAJOR LAWS WILL PASS [...] (C) Summary: Ze Seung-wan, advisor to President Lee for civil affairs, told poloff December 22 that the KORUS FTA, along with other major legislation currently on hold due to physical opposition from the Democratic Party (DP),would be passed during the current 30-day special session set to en [...]	2008-12-22 07:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2458	YOUNGNAM: GNP LOYALTY AND REGIONALISM STILL REIGN [...] (C) Summary: On 17-18 December, poloff traveled to Daegu and Busan to gauge the popularity of President Lee Myung-bak and the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) in the conservative stronghold of Youngnam -- traditional nomenclature for the south-eastern area of Korea comprised of North and Sout [...]	2008-12-23 05:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2461	ROK-RUSSIA STRATEGIC DIALOGUE BUILDS ON CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: ROK Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak and Russian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Denisov discussed strengthening bilateral ties at the first ROK-Russia Vice Foreign Minister Strategic Dialogue in Seoul on December 18. Director of MOFAT's Russia and CIS Division [...]	2008-12-23 07:02:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS
08SEOUL2464	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE FOR IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 22 Deputy EconCouns and econoff took advantage of a call on other business to deliver reftel demarche to MOFAT Middle East Division Director Sung-kyu Kwak and Second Secretary [...]	2008-12-24 00:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR KS
08SEOUL2485	COOL GANGWON: GOVERNOR KIM ON TOURISM, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on December 22, Gangwon Province governor Kim Jin-sun and the Ambassador discussed the need for better North-South relations, the importance of tourism to Gangwon Province, and cooperating on climate change. Kim, a three-term governor who will step down in 2010, said [...]	2008-12-30 04:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL2487	PRESS BULLETIN - December 30, 2008 [...] "Breaking the Cycle" (JoongAng Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 30) 2. "Massive Israeli Assault on Palestinians" (Hankook Ilbo, December 30, 2008, Page 39) 3. "Israel Is Launching Indiscriminate Attacks for What?" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, December 30, 2008, Page 27) Features 4. Kim Jong-il' [...]	2008-12-30 07:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2496	ROK TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO CONTACT GROUP ON [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In response to reftel, Hyunghwa Cho of the Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed poloff on December 31 that the ROKG will send the following two representatives to [...]	2008-12-31 01:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08SEOUL2499	ROKG VIEWS ON INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Econ MinCouns and Deputy Econ Couns followed up on reftel demarches on December 16 and 22 to multiple officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) to discuss financial pressure on Iran as well as Korea,s energy rela [...]	2008-12-31 02:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP MNUC IR KS
08SEOUL2502	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...]	2008-12-31 05:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL262	BLUE HOUSE SENIOR SECRETARIES ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, the Presidential Transition Committee announced the lineup for the Blue House Senior Secretaries. Notably, GNP lawmaker Park Jae-wan was named SIPDIS Senior Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, and Korea University Professor Kim Byung-kook Senior Secr [...]	2008-02-11 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL287	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] Per reftel, post coordinated with the Joint U.S. Military Affairs Group (JUSMAG) regarding pre-license application 05-050082328. JUSMAG contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) by phone and fax. 2. On February 5, 2008 Mr. Jin Won Gyoon, of the International Contrac [...]	2008-02-13 03:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL291	(S) SHIELD S08F-05: ROK COMPANIES' SALE OF [...] (S) On December 10, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). On February 5, Kim conveyed the results of the ROKG investigation into the activities the [...]	2008-02-13 09:24:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC KS IR
08SEOUL292	ROK WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe, the Ambassador stated that Kosovo would declare its independence very soon, and that the U.S. and its EU partners would recognize Kosovo within the first 24 hours of its declaration of independence. The Ambassado [...]	2008-02-13 22:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KS
08SEOUL295	ROKG SATISFIED WITH IAEA IRAN EXPORT DENIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 05:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA KS IR
08SEOUL297	CABINET REFORM PLAN AT A STANDSTILL [...] With the Cabinet reform bill set to cut the number of ministries from 18 to 14 stalled at the National Assembly, the Transition Team and the GNP are planning to announce the Cabinet lineup February 15. The list is said to be almost final, although there may be some additions depending on how [...]	2008-02-14 08:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL317	STIFF COMPETITION FOR GNP SEATS IN BUSAN [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Korea. 2. (U) With the April 9 general elections less than 60 days away, competition for Grand National Party (GNP) seats is setting new records. Spurred on by Lee Myung-bak's landslide victory in the presidential election [...]	2008-02-18 01:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KS
08SEOUL327	REPATRIATED NORTH KOREANS' FATE HIGHLIGHTS ROKG'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, the Grand National Party (GNP) called for an inquiry into whether 22 North Korean's were sent home against their will following unconfirmed reports that they were executed upon repatriation. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said publicly that the No [...]	2008-02-19 08:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL329	SETTING THE RIGHT COURSE: TRANSITION TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Transition Team Chairwoman Lee Kyung-sook and National Security Advisor-designate Kim Byung-kook met with the Ambassador to discuss preparations for the planned April U.S.-ROK summit, the Transition Team's performance, and the best way to kick off President-elect [...]	2008-02-20 06:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL330	ROK REITERATES SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) The Ambassador noted that the U.S. had recognized Kosovo and again urged the ROKG follow suit as soon as possible in a February 19 telephone call with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe. Shim said that the ROK position remained unchanged: it supported Kosovo's independence and expected [...]	2008-02-20 06:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV KS
08SEOUL336	NO CHANGE IN ROK POSITION ON FULL ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 09:06:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SZ AA IS KS LI NZ
08SEOUL341	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE 05-050050727 [...] Per reftel, Econoff and staff from the Joint U.S. Military Affairs Group (JUSMAG) contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA),the Republic of Korea's Air Force (ROKAF),Cosco Technology and Bluenier (formally Hass International) by phone and fax. Due to resource constrain [...]	2008-02-21 02:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL342	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE 05-0055232 [...] Per reftel, post contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) by phone and fax. 2. On January 30, 2008, Major Kim Jung Min, responsible for Basic Ordering Agreements on the DAPA Contracts Team, and Mr. Son Young Baek, President of First Trading (an agent of the AVL Intern [...]	2008-02-21 02:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL343	SCENESETTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PROMISES A BETTER [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the election of Lee Myung-bak, his appointment of pro-American advisors, and the likelihood that his party will secure a commanding majority in the National Assembly elections in April, provide an excellent opportunity to build a more substantial U.S.-ROK partnership for t [...]	2008-02-21 03:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP
08SEOUL347	COMPROMISE REACHED: GOVERNMENT DOWNSIZING BILL SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20 the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the Grand National Party (GNP) broke a month-long deadlock and came to a compromise on Lee Myung-bak's government reform plan. The compromise includes the survival of the Unification and Gender Equality Ministries. The refo [...]	2008-02-21 07:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL349	REPLY: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG
08SEOUL362	SEOUL RESPONSE: REQUEST TO HOLD U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 6. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation took immediate action following our reftel demarche on February 23. Non-prolifer [...]	2008-02-25 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK
08SEOUL365	ROH MOO-HYUN'S TURBULENT TERM: HISTORIANS MAY BE [...] (C) Roh Moo-hyun ends his presidency a deeply disappointed man. According to Blue House contacts, Roh has been moody and morose since the presidential election in December which resulted in a lopsided victory for the conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak. Not helping Roh's mood is the piling [...]	2008-02-25 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL37	PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MEETS FORMER USG OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 meeting with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and other former senior SIPDIS USG officials, President-elect Lee Myung-bak said that: -- The DPRK government was feeling "tremendous uncertainty" after Lee's election and consequently had a wait-and-s [...]	2008-01-07 08:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
08SEOUL379	ROK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU CU KS
08SEOUL390	LESS EUPHORIA OVER NEW ROK PRESIDENT LEE MYUNG-BAK [...] (C) Summary: Lee Myung-bak's transition period, which ended with his inauguration on February 25, was plagued by weeks of political wrangling within the Grand National Party (GNP) over nominations for the April 9 National Assembly elections and intense debate with the United Democratic Party [...]	2008-02-27 07:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL392	POLITICAL BATTLES CONTINUE, PRIME MINISTER NOT YET [...] (C) Summary: The Blue House and the National Assembly are in a staring match and it appears the UDP has no reason to blink. With nothing to lose, the UDP has delayed putting the PM-designate Han Seung-soo's nomination to a vote in the plenary and they have the necessary 150 votes (141 seats p [...]	2008-02-27 08:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL422	SEOUL UPDATE ON 747 AIRCRAFT BOUND FOR IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials in the Divisions of Disarmament and Nonproliferation, and the Middle East discussed Ref (C) responses with Embassy officers on March 3. MOFAT had received the USG replie [...]	2008-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD ETTC KLIG PREL IR KS UK
08SEOUL43	2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: For more than half a century, the U.S.-ROK Alliance has served the interests of both our countries, while significantly contributing to the overall security of Northeast Asia. In recent years, however, the Alliance has experienced significant change. South Korea has changed, th [...]	2008-01-08 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS
08SEOUL45	2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our previous message (ref A),we described the impact that changes in and around the Korean Peninsula are having on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and argued that the mission and footprint of our military presence must adapt to meet those changes. We pointed out that while many aspec [...]	2008-01-09 04:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS
08SEOUL453	ELECTION RUNUP: GNP GOING STRONG; LIBERAL LOSS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent stumbles by the Grand National Party (GNP) and President Lee Myung-bak, continued attacks on Lee's appointees, and record low support for a president days after inauguration (49 percent in a March 1 Hankyoreh poll),the GNP still holds the pole position heading int [...]	2008-03-07 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL454	NEW MOU MINISTER KIM HA-JOONG: OLD MOFAT HAND, [...] (C) Kim Ha-joong, the current ROK Ambassador to China and a career diplomat, has been named Lee Myung-bak's first Unification Minister. Resistance to his nomination from the opposition United Democratic Party is unlikely to be strong; he was one of the architects of the Sunshine Policy when he [...]	2008-03-07 10:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PROG PREL PINR
08SEOUL455	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS DEFINING COMMON INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador held his first official meeting on March 7 with Lee Sang-hee, the new ROK Minister of National Defense. They engaged in a one-hour discussion that focused on the strategic importance and future role of the U.S.-ROK Alliance. -- The Ambassador congratulated Minst [...]	2008-03-07 12:04:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINS PREL KN KS

08SEOUL459	UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL SEES SOUTH-NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Unification's (MOU) Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination Park Chang-bong, a veteran MOU official who criticized the Sunshine Policy, expects President Lee Myung-bak's government to make clear to the DPRK that most economic assistance, including fertili [...]	2008-03-10 08:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL MNUC
08SEOUL474	NGO CONTACTS UNAWARE OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (U) Embassy contacts in Korea's NGO community were unaware of the UN Human Rights Council's new Universal Periodic Review special mechanism, and, consequently, did not submit input to the review. As noted in reftel, the deadline for Korean NGOs to participate has passed. VERSHBOW [...]	2008-03-11 07:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL IO DRL KS UN
08SEOUL488	NSA KIM FORECASTS PRODUCTIVE SUMMIT, ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Over a cordial lunch with the Ambassador on March 12, National Security Adviser Kim Byung-kook said that he was sure President Bush and ROK President Lee Myung-bak would get along well in their April summit meeting. Kim is planning a trip to the U.S. March 17-19 to meet with seni [...]	2008-03-12 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL496	BUSAN NOT AS FAR FROM NORTH KOREA AS YOU MAY THINK [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite an apparent lack of attention to North Korean issues, the port city of Busan is home to several key players in the expansive realm of North Korean issues. While Busan is home to one of the [...]	2008-03-13 04:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KS
08SEOUL499	SOUTH KOREAN NGOS' UPHILL STRUGGLE IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) In early March, DPRK officials faxed a request to their ROK counterparts at Mt. Kumgang saying that South Korean aid workers should "temporarily" halt visits to Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong, but noting that aid would still be accepted, with no further explanation. The message encapsulated No [...]	2008-03-13 06:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN ECON EAID
08SEOUL502	ROK AGREES WITH US VIEWS ON IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Kwak Sung-kyu, MOFAT Director for Middle Eastern Affairs, said that the ROK agreed with all of the reftel points detailing the U.S.'s assessment of the March 14 parliamentary elections. Instead of a public statement condemning the elections, however, Kim believed that a statement that exp [...]	2008-03-14 00:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS IR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08SEOUL513	SOHN PLAYS UDP'S LOSING HAND WELL [...] (C) Summary: The United Democratic Party's (UDP) resounding defeat in the December presidential election left the party struggling to get out from under the shadow of unpopular former President Roh Moo-hyun. Moreover, the new party chief, former Grand National Party (GNP) member Sohn Hak-kyu [...]	2008-03-17 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL530	GNP NOMINATIONS CUT RECORD NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS [...] (C) Summary: The political spotlight is fixed on the April 9 National Assembly elections, overshadowing even President Lee and the current financial shocks Korea is experiencing. The UDP fired off the first surprise blast by excluding all applicants from the nomination process with past conv [...]	2008-03-18 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL55	ROKG TO CONTINUE PRESSURE ON CHINA REGARDING ASAT [...] (S) On January 8, A/DCM delivered reftel A demarche and nonpaper to Song Young-wan, Director General of the International Organizations Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Song thanked the A/DCM for sharing the planned demarche to China and reiterated the ROKG's concern abo [...]	2008-01-09 07:04:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR KS CH
08SEOUL555	A STOIC PARK GEUN-HYE DISCUSSES GNP PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 18 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, Park Geun-hye discussed Grand National Party (GNP) party politics and policy toward North Korea. Though she seemed relaxed, Park confessed to being disturbed by the party's nominations process (reftel) and said the decision to cut [...]	2008-03-20 05:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL560	ROK WILL SUPPORT CALLS FOR GREATER PARTICIPATION [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with poloff, Han Woo-yong, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Affairs, said in response to reftel points that the ROK has consistently expressed its desire for authentic democratization in Burma to Burmese officials. As such, it would have no problem urging Bur [...]	2008-03-20 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PGOV PHUM BM
08SEOUL561	ROK SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL MANDATES FOR NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with poloff, Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights, said that the ROK will vote to extend the special mandate for the Special Rapporteur for North Korean Human Rights in the U.N. Human Rights Council. Furthermore, the ROK also supported the continua [...]	2008-03-20 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN BM PGOV PHUM PREL
08SEOUL562	ROK WILL CONSIDER JOINT DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA, [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting, Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights and Social Affairs, said that the ROK would consider the proposal to jointly demarche Indonesia on the non-paper and Indonesia's active participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). Mr. Jang sa [...]	2008-03-20 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PGOV PHUM
08SEOUL566	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM KWON JONG-RAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 19, Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak discussed a wide range of topics including the upcoming summit in Washington and the associated joint statement. Paralleling statements made by NSA Kim Byung-kook, who was then in Washington discussi [...]	2008-03-20 08:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL573	ROKG RESPONSE TO TEMPORARY DENIAL ORDER ON [...] (S/NF) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division Director Lee Jang-keun on March 21. Director Lee said he would urge the relevant ROK authorities and business interests to cooperate with this request and [...]	2008-03-21 07:33:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM IR KS
08SEOUL574	FORMER FM SONG DECLARES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) In a March 21 telcon with the Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said that he was running for a proportional seat for the National Assembly on the United Democratic Party (UDP) ticket. Song expressed concern that certain candidates within the UDP might pull the party toward [...]	2008-03-21 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL KS PINR
08SEOUL575	MINISTER HAN SEUNG-JOO SLAMS LMB'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In remarks delivered at the monthly dinner meeting of DCMs in Seoul on March 19, former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S. Han Seung-Joo presented a surprisingly negative assessment of the foreign policy direction of the new Lee Myung-bak Government. While acknowledging t [...]	2008-03-21 08:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN
08SEOUL576	KOREAN AIR AGREES TO COMPLY WITH TDO ON 747 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Disarmament and Nonproliferation Director Lee Jang-kuen called in Emboffs March 22 to discuss the results of the ROKG's interagency meeting held yesterday on Ref (E) demarche [...]	2008-03-22 05:32:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR
08SEOUL583	SEOUL RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE [...] Per reftel, post contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) by email, phone and fax. 2. Following several communications in March, DAPA Helicopter Project Team Major Nam Ki-jin confirmed that the 6th Group of the Materials Ma [...]	2008-03-24 07:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL592	SCENESETTER: MARCH 26 MEETING WITH ROK FOREIGN [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the main reason for Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's March 26-27 visit to Washington is to set the stage for a successful April 18-19 summit meeting at Camp David between President Lee Myung-bak and the President. Since your meeting with FM Yu on February 25, political in [...]	2008-03-25 05:56:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP
08SEOUL594	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRELICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, post contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and LIG NEX 1 by email, phone and fax. 2. On March 21, 2008 Navy Commander Hokun, Yoo of the PKX-A Team at DAPA confirmed by e-mail that DAPA ordered the items listed in DTC Case No. 050090721. The items will [...]	2008-03-25 07:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL596	FM YU DISCUSSES 6PT, ROK-PRC DIALOGUE DURING PRC [...] (C) On March 24 MOFAT officials briefed us on Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's March 20-21 trip to Beijing, his first overseas visit as FM. Yu met with Premier Wen Jiabao, State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and Wang Jairui, Chief of the International Liaison Department [...]	2008-03-25 22:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL KS KN
08SEOUL616	KIC EXPULSION SIGNALS DPRK DISCONTENT [...] (C) On March 27 at 1 a.m. Seoul time, 11 South Korean officials stationed at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) were expelled by the DPRK. According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU),the DPRK cited Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong's comments linking denuclearization with e [...]	2008-03-27 09:00:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
08SEOUL617	ROK PRESIDENT LEE DELIVERS NUANCED STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to the Unification Ministry on March 26, ROK President Lee Myung-bak made extensive comments on North Korea, especially the importance of denuclearization. Lee stressed that peace and prosperity in North Korea could be achieved only through denuclearization. H [...]	2008-03-27 09:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL62	CHUNG MONG-JOON: DELEGATION LEADER, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21-23 National Assembly member and presidential aspirant Chung Mong-joon will lead a Presidential Transition Committee delegation to Washington, DC. A similar delegation visited in 2003 on behalf of then President-elect Roh Moo-Hyun and met with the Secretary of State [...]	2008-01-11 02:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
08SEOUL622	ROK OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS AND NGOS SEE SERIOUS DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In March 17-18 meetings with INR analyst Mark Phelan and poloff, ROK observers cited reasons for serious concern about the DPRK's food situation this year: -- ROK observers expected decreased DPRK crop production because of 2006 and 2007 flood damage in the 'rice bowl' surround [...]	2008-03-28 05:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN ECON EAID EAGR PGOV
08SEOUL623	ROKG DOWNPLAYS NORTH KOREAN STYX MISSILE TEST [...] (C) The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed Korean media reports that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) test fired three Russian-made Styx anti-ship missiles into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday March 28. (Note: Due [...]	2008-03-28 07:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MNUC PINS PREL KN KS JA
08SEOUL629	CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS FOR ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 13-day official campaign period for the April 9 general election began March 27, 2008. The short campaign period, coupled with a nomination process tainted by political infighting, makes it virtually impossible for any meaningful policy debate to take place. Voter turnout i [...]	2008-03-31 07:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL636	ROKG'S CALM RESPONSE TO DPRK RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak told the Ambassador on March 31 that recent DPRK rhetoric was an effort to test the new government's dedication to denuclearization, but that the ROKG would "respond calmly" without backing down. Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chang-bo [...]	2008-03-31 10:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
08SEOUL644	ROK REACTION TO DOD REPORT ON CHINA MILITARY POWER [...] (C) As requested in reftel, Emboffs engaged our ROKG contacts to gauge reaction to the March 3rd Defense Department release of the 2008 China Military Power Report. Ministry of National Defense (MND) U.S. Policy Division Chief Colonel Song Seung-jong told us that he did not review the report [...]	2008-04-01 04:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PGOV TSPA KS CH
08SEOUL645	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN SEOUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met separately with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and members of the National Assembly on March 25 to advocate several proposed initiatives. Foremost on the list was the Congressman's propos [...]	2008-04-01 04:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG KNNP PHUM KS KN IRAQ
08SEOUL650	SEOUL RESPONSE: IRAN'S USE OF BANK MELLAT FOR [...] (S) On April 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division Director Lee Jang-kuen thanked Econoff for the detailed, comprehensive demarche/non-paper outlining Bank Mellat's proliferation activities in Seoul (reftel). He reaffirmed the ROKG's com [...]	2008-04-01 07:25:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	IR KNNP PARM PREL KS
08SEOUL67	NEVER SAY DIE -- UNIFICATION MINISTER ARGUES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung stressed the need for a three-party summit between the U.S., DPRK and ROK, to declare an end to the Korean War and provide the necessary incentive for Kim Jong-il to give up his nuclear weapons. Lee list [...]	2008-01-13 22:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL KS KN
08SEOUL68	FOREIGN MINISTER HOPEFULS DISCUSS OPCON, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a relaxed January 10 lunch with the Ambassador, National Assembly member and chief of the Presidential Transition Committee's foreign affairs team Park Jin and Lee Myung-bak adviser and former Ambassador to both Kenya and Ireland Kwon Jong-rak discussed OPCON transfer, North K [...]	2008-01-13 23:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
08SEOUL682	FINAL POLLS POINT TO GNP MAJORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With general elections less than a week away, the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is poised to secure a significant majority in the National Assembly. The latest polling data ) the last to be released before April 9 according to election law stipulations ) revealed that of the [...]	2008-04-04 08:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KN KS PGOV PINR PREL
08SEOUL7	DPRK VIEWS FAMILY REUNIONS AS QUID PRO QUO FOR AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the recent increase in family reunions between separated North Korean and South Korean families suggests that such reunions are becoming normalized, it is likely that such reunions have reached a peak for the near future. Choi Young-woon, the head of the Inter-Korean Cooper [...]	2008-01-02 04:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG KS KN
08SEOUL702	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE CHECK: [...] Per reftel, post contacted the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA),Agency of Defense Development (ADD),and LIG NEX 1 by email, phone and fax. 2. All of our contacts (LTC Hwang Young Joo, M-SAM Program Manager, DAPA; Dr. Kim Il Suk, M-SAM Program Development, ADD; Mr. Choi [...]	2008-04-08 01:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL706	GNP HEADED FOR VICTORY LANE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Koreans go to the polls tomorrow, April 9, to choose their National Assembly representatives. Coming less than four months after the presidential elections, interest is low and the outcome, despite all the media chatter, not really in question: the conservative Grand Nati [...]	2008-04-08 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL707	NSA KIM ON NORTH KOREA, SUMMIT AND ALLIANCE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over an April 8, 2008 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Byung-kook said that President Lee's position on North Korea had not changed despite the heated rhetoric from Pyongyang. Lee wanted "sincere and substantive" dialogue with the North, d [...]	2008-04-08 09:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD PINR KN KS
08SEOUL719	APRIL 9 ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: GNP EKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With 97 percent of votes counted, Lee Myung-bak's Grand National Party (GNP) won 151 of 299 seats, giving them a much slimmer majority than expected. The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) did better than anticipated, winning 82 seats. Lee Hoi-chang's Liberal Forward Pa [...]	2008-04-09 14:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL728	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION: COSTLY WIN FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the April 9 general elections, in which voters threw in their ballot for all 299 seats in the National Assembly, the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) gained a small majority with 153 seats. Nevertheless, the GNP majority combined with the surprisingly good showing by indep [...]	2008-04-10 09:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL736	ROK ALREADY IMPLEMENTED UNSCRS 1737, 1747, AND [...] (C) In an April 11 meeting with poloff, MOFAT Deputy Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Kim Jae-woo said in response to reftel points that the ROKG had already implemented their obligations under UNSCRS 1737, 1747, and 1803 in imposing a travel ban on the Iranians named in the annex [...]	2008-04-11 06:53:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS MNUC KNNP IR UNSC
08SEOUL737	FORMER FM FRETS: MB'S TEAM UP TO THE TASK? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a frank April 11 lunch meeting, former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha gave poloffs his view of Lee Myung-bak and said he hoped Lee would play it safe during the April 18-19 summit with President Bush. Yoo said he would continue to advise President Lee whenever called, as he was [...]	2008-04-11 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL738	ROK HAS FORGIVEN 80 PERCENT OF IRAQ DEBT, LOOKING [...] (C) In an April 11 meeting with Gulf Region Division First Secretary Moon Byung-jun, poloff, per reftel, (1) requested SIPDIS that MOFAT attend the May 29 Ministerial in Stockholm, (2) recommended that the ROKG use its meetings with Iraq,s neighbors to encourage them to increase engagement w [...]	2008-04-11 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS PREL IZ IR TU EUN
08SEOUL773	PRESIDENT LEE GETS SPECIAL SESSION TO DISCUSS [...] (C) On April 15 the floor leaders for the Grand National Party (GNP) and United Democratic Party (UDP) decided to convene a special National Assembly session for one month beginning on April 25. The term of the current progressive-dominated 17th National Assembly does not end until May 29, a [...]	2008-04-16 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KN
08SEOUL774	PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY: ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Lee Myung-bak won the presidency on a conservative platform, emphasizing a new approach toward North Korea. Candidate Lee repeated over and over that ten years of Sunshine Policy had yielded nothing. During that time, the North, with newly acquired nuclear weapons, had become more dangero [...]	2008-04-16 08:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV EAID PREL
08SEOUL776	LEE MYUNG-BAK WEATHERS POLITICAL STORM; AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's political landscape is in transition -- in the last two months President Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated, a new National Assembly was elected, new parties were formed; in the coming two months leaders for the two main parties are set to change. The ruling Grand National Pa [...]	2008-04-17 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL796	MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL LEGAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. (S/NF) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Deputy Minister for Multilateral, Global and Legal Affairs OH Joon called in the Charge on April 18 to request an update on Balli Group's (BG) compliance with Commerce's Temp [...]	2008-04-18 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PREL KLIG KS UK IR GR
08SEOUL80	LEE KYUNG-SOOK DISCUSSES TRANSITION TEAM PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Transition Committee Chair Lee Kyung-sook discussed the political realities of the transition team's agenda and President-elect Lee Myung-bak's personal management style. Lee Kyung-sook, who is clearly one of the president-elect [...]	2008-01-15 00:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
08SEOUL804	SEOUL RESPONSE; DONORS CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division Acting Director Kyun Jong-ho recently told us the ROKG was prepared to make a "substantial" pledge (involving both grants and loans stretching over three to four years) at the upcoming Af [...]	2008-04-21 06:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM KS PGOV PREL
08SEOUL806	KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 21 through April 25, 2008 visit of Sung Kim, Director of the Office of Korean Affairs; Paul T. Haenle, Director of Chinese Affairs and Six Party Talks, National Security Council; Douglas Frank, Program Manager, Pacific North [...]	2008-04-21 07:26:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08SEOUL831	THE DPRK ECONOMY: UPDATE ON KAESONG INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) Most of the South Korean firms operating in the DPRK's Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) remain satisfied with business conditions there, according to ROKG officials and company representatives. Newly arriving companies also seem confident about their investment plans over the longer term. [...]	2008-04-25 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL KS KN
08SEOUL833	ROK NOT ABLE TO SPONSOR PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KS EUN
08SEOUL849	ROK TO CONDUCT FLIGHT TEST OF HAESONG II UAV [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 06:36:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR PREL KS
08SEOUL853	DASD SEDNEY'S ROKG MEETINGS: A STRONGER ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 7, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney and SIPDIS the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee in the lead up to the Security Policy Initiative (SPI)-17 talks. DASD Sedney also met separately with Blue House Deputy [...]	2008-04-28 07:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM MASS KS
08SEOUL856	SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] (S) The 17th Security Policy Initiative (SPI) talks were held in Seoul on April 8, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney, with Ministry of National Defense (MND) Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy Jeon Jei-guk leadin [...]	2008-04-28 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL857	SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 07:58:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN
08SEOUL862	FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM STAYS RELEVANT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over lunch on April 25, former President (1993-98) Kim Young-sam told the Ambassador that Lee Myung-bak needed to do better in handling domestic political issues and find a way to accept former Grand National Party (GNP) lawmakers recently elected as independents or under the Pro [...]	2008-04-29 01:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL877	REQUEST TO DOWNGRADE CABLE CLASSIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 08:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP SY KS KN
08SEOUL878	ROKG REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION TO HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade has written to the Secretary of State to request that the USG support the ROKG's re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2008-2011 term at the UN General Assembly in May (see text below). Recommendation: Post supports the [...]	2008-04-29 08:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS PHUM PREL UNGA
08SEOUL879	SOUTH KOREAN ANGER AT CHINESE STUDENTS' VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Sunday, April 27, Chinese students studying in Korea who had gathered for the procession of the Olympic torch through downtown Seoul violently attacked South Korean demonstrators who were protesting China's treatment of North Korean refugees and Tibet. Unlike in other parts of [...]	2008-04-29 08:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PGOV PHUM CH
08SEOUL881	NORTH KOREA STRUGGLES WITH SHORTAGE OF MEDICINE AND [...] (SBU) Famine, natural disaster, mismanagement, a lack of safe drinking water, and shortages of essential drugs and vaccines have left the population of the Democratic Peoples' Republic (DPRK) vulnerable to infectious diseases, despite the existence of an adequately-trained corps of medical per [...]	2008-04-30 01:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PINR ECON SOCI KN
08SEOUL896	ROK REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES: NEAPSM AND NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, POL M/C met with MOFAT Director General for the Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Bureau, Huh Chul, to discuss regional issues including a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) and North Korean refugee policy. On NEAPSM, DG Huh said there had been very li [...]	2008-05-01 07:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KS KN
08SEOUL9	REGIONAL APPROACH TO ENERGY COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Korea hosted a meeting of the Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia (SOC) on Jeju Island, December 13-14. The group approved efforts spearheaded by South Korea to produce a set of energy outlook repor [...]	2008-01-02 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ESCAP ZO RS MG JA KN KS
08SEOUL903	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 7-8 [...] (C) Your visit to Korea falls between the April 18-19 Camp David Summit and the Secretary's expected stop in Seoul at the end of June. Secretary Gates will also be coming for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) change-of-command ceremony on June 3. These visits will be followed by a second U.S.-ROK [...]	2008-05-01 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PINS KN KS CH JA
08SEOUL917	ROK CONSIDERING PUBLIC STATEMENT ON FLAWED BURMESE [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with poloff, Han Woo-young, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Affairs, said that the ROKG was currently discussing the possibility of making a public statement about the flawed nature of the May 10 referendum in Burma. There was "favorable discussion" on the top [...]	2008-05-02 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PGOV PHUM BM
08SEOUL918	ROKG NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY PREPARATORY [...] (SBU) On 1 May, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Choi Ki-Cheon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Choi said that the Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division's Lee Sang-soo departed for the Non-proliferation Tre [...]	2008-05-02 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KS
08SEOUL919	KOREA-JAPAN POST SUMMIT: LOOKING FORWARD BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since his inauguration in February, ROK President Lee Myung-bak has consistently said that he intends to focus on the future of relations with Japan and not dwell on past issues. Holding two summits with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda already within his short time in office is [...]	2008-05-02 08:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JP KS KN
08SEOUL926	KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 7 through May 11, 2008 visit of Sung Kim, Director of the Office of Korean Affairs; Douglas Frank, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Chuck Lutes, NSC Director for Counter-Proliferation; and Richard Klein, [...]	2008-05-06 07:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08SEOUL928	ROK TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON BURMESE REFERENDUM AFTER [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with poloff, Han Woo-young, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southeast Asian Affairs, said that the ROKG will release a public statement concerning Burma after Deputy Secretary Negroponte meets with Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak on May 8 in Seoul. The statement will inclu [...]	2008-05-06 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PGOV PHUM BM
08SEOUL936	ROKG RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) In a 7 May meeting with poloff, Kie-joo Kim, MOFAT Director of Security and Counter-terrorism Division, said the ROKG will both support the reftel points in their entirety and actively court the support of the Asian elected members on the UN Security Council (UNSC),Indonesia and Vietnam. [...]	2008-05-07 07:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM KS PHSA PHUM PREL SO XW UNSC
08SEOUL952	PARK GEUN-HYE AND GNP LEGISLATORS ON BEEF [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with Grand National Party (GNP) leader Park Geun-hye, the Ambassador discussed the current controversy over the re-opening of the Korean market to U.S. beef and made the strong case that U.S. beef was safe, telling Park that we rely on leaders like her to calm the situ [...]	2008-05-09 04:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL96	UNDP GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT [...] (C) In a meeting that started off in front of a crowd of cameras and reporters, newly-selected United New Democratic Party (UNDP) chair Sohn Hak-kyu gave the Ambassador his assessment of North Korea's delay in providing a full declaration of its nuclear programs and (after the press left) his [...]	2008-01-17 00:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
08SEOUL974	FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE RE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE [...] Per reftel, the ROK Air Force?s (ROKAF) Logistics Command Inspector Bae Kang- ho confirmed receipt of the Attitude Director Indicator (ADI) parts referenced below for the F-4. The ADI parts were delivered to the ROKAF on April 8, 2008. Quantity/Commodity (1) 4 P/N:138947-01 NSN: 66 [...]	2008-05-13 07:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
08SEOUL976	MINISTER OF UNIFICATION: ROKG STEADFAST ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong described ROKG policy as "steadfast" on its principle that significant economic assistance to the DPRK would require progress on denuclearization, but also "flexible" in terms of seeking dialogue a [...]	2008-05-13 08:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
08SEOUL977	OPPOSITION LAWMAKER KIM BOO-KYUM ON BEEF, FTA, UDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently re-elected to a third term, United Democratic Party (UDP) lawmaker Kim Boo-kyum told poloff over a May 13 lunch that he believed controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef would blow over. Also, he explained that there were several non-binding [...]	2008-05-13 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
08SEOUL987	SEOUL RESPONSE; PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Development Cooperation Division Acting Director Kyun Jong-ho recently confirmed that Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will be leading the ROKG delegation to the Paris conference. While the ROKG has not yet finalized its [...]	2008-05-14 07:56:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM KS PGOV PREL
08SEOUL988	SEOUL RESPONSE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
08SEOUL991	MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 04:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU KS
08SEOUL993	ROK COURTS U.S. AND WESTERN VOTES ON HRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) In a May 15 breakfast meeting with Ambassadors and DCMs from Europe and the U.S., Vice Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan asked for support of the ROK's re-election bid to the U.N. Human Rights Council. VFM Kim noted that Japan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, East Timor, and Bahrain had also announced [...]	2008-05-15 06:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	UNHRC PREL PHUM UNGA KS
09SEOUL10	PRESS BULLETIN - January 02, 2009 [...] "North Korea Returns to the Past with Its Strategy of 'Tongmi Bongnam'" (Hankook Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) 2. Frustrating Editorial (JoongAng Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 34) 3. Let U.S. Congress be an Example to Korean Lawmakers (Chosun Ilbo, January 2, 2009, Page 31) Features [...]	2009-01-02 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1000	URGING ASEAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874: ROK [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On June 23, POLMC conveyed reftel points to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, asking the ROKG to seek greater cooperation from the ASEAN (Association of Southeas [...]	2009-06-23 07:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KS KN
09SEOUL1001	ROKG WELCOMES PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS JULY VISIT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On June 23, POLMC delivered reftel to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General for International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Shin said that the ROKG welcomed and appreciat [...]	2009-06-23 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS
09SEOUL1005	NORTH KOREA SHOWS WILLINGNESS TO KEEP KAESONG [...] (C) Summary: The third round of Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) talks on June 19 convinced involved ROK participants that North Korea would not close the KIC, because the North Korean delegation did not walk out during the lengthy meeting and the next meeting date was brought up by the DPRK d [...]	2009-06-24 10:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL1006	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 23:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1010	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 23:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1013	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 05:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL102	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 05:49:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1020	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 06:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1022	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 05:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1024	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 06:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1029	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 04:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL104	ROK TO SEND DESTROYER TO THE GULF OF ADEN [...] (C) Kim Yong-hyon, the Director of the U.S. Security Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloffs on January 16 that the ROKG decided to send a 4,500 ton class destroyer equipped with a Lynx helicopter and rigid inflatable craft to the Gulf of Ad [...]	2009-01-21 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHSA KS
09SEOUL1049	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 06:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL105	LEE GIVES CABINET A SHAKE, BRINGS IN NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. ROK President Lee Myung-bak gave his cabinet a makeover January 18 and 19, naming Yoon Jeung-hyun his new Finance Minister (septel),Hyun In-taek Unification Minister, and Won Sei-hoon National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director. In naming close campaign advisor and "Denuclear [...]	2009-01-21 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1050	IRREGULAR WORKERS BILL REVISIONS WAYLAY NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The June session of the National Assembly, which finally convened on June 26, has yet to hold a session, remaining deadlocked over the issue of converting "irregular workers" to regular status. In the absence of revision to the relevant legislation by the June 30 deadline, the fir [...]	2009-07-02 06:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL ELAB
09SEOUL1057	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 07:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1058	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 07:12:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1059	KOREAN-AMERICAN ACADEMIC HEADS TO PYONGYANG TO [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Professor Han S. Park from the University of Georgia met with Pol M/C to brief us on his upcoming visit to Pyongyang. Park said that he had made frequent trips to the DPRK and had deep connections with its leaders and members of the Asia Pacific Peace Committee and th [...]	2009-07-06 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL KN KS
09SEOUL1066	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 05:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US

09SEOUL1067	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 06:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1069	ROKG RESPONSE TO ITSO DEMARCHE [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the talking points and non paper to Deputy Director Lim Jae Deok, and Mr. Park Joo-Hong at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) regarding the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO). 2. (SBU) The KCC officials stated that they were [...]	2009-07-07 06:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA KS
09SEOUL1070	LEE ADMINISTRATION CHANGES TO DEFENSE REFORM 2020 [...] (C) On June 26, the ROK Government announced significant revisions to the "National Defense Reform 2020" plan. In short, the plan will increase the ROK's counterstrike/counterfire capability in the face of the growing North Korean missile threat, while reducing the numbers of ROK troops by 1 [...]	2009-07-07 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV KS KN JA CH TW
09SEOUL1073	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue -- DPRK Intensifies H1N1 Flu Preventive Measures -- DPRK Bond Prices Nosedive Following Launch of DPRK Rocket -- DPRK Opens Limited Internet Cell Phone Service -- WHO Provides Tamifl [...]	2009-07-08 01:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1080	NO BREAKTHROUGH AT KAESONG; NORTH-SOUTH IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: The fourth round of inter-Korean negotiations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on July 2 adjourned without significant results. The ROKG continued to emphasize the need for the ROK detainee's release; DPRK was solely focused on the USD 500 million fee, increased wages, an [...]	2009-07-08 06:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL1081	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1092	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROKG to Invest 24.5 Trillion Won in 17 New Growth Engines -- Current Account Surplus of USD 4.28 Billion in April -- Business Sentiment Recovering in [...]	2009-07-10 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1097	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1098	CYBER ATTACKS: NIS PREMATURE IN BLAMING NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Reports by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS),leaked by National Assembly lawmakers, that blamed North Korea for the recent spate of Denial of Service cyber attacks against U.S. and South Korean websites quickly fueled hysteria in South Korea's conservative print [...]	2009-07-10 07:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS KN PGOV PREL
09SEOUL1101	ROK NOTIFICATION OF UAV FLIGHT TEST [...] (S) Park So-yeon of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division on July 13 notified post of a planned flight test of the Haeseong-II UAV on July 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 US [...]	2009-07-13 05:22:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR MCAP PARM KPAL KS
09SEOUL1103	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 06:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1111	USING MEDICINE TO OVERCOME THE NORTH-SOUTH IMPASSE [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Green Doctors, a Busan-based NGO running the only clinic in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),hopes to open a 150-bed hospital in the near future. In addition to providing medica [...]	2009-07-14 06:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ELAB XE KN KS
09SEOUL1112	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 06:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1116	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 05:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1119	DPRK GDP GROWS 3.7 PERCENT IN 2008 ACCORDING TO BOK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Korea (BOK),South Korea's Central Bank recently released its annual estimate of GDP growth of the DPRK. The estimate, the methodology of which is the subject of consi [...]	2009-07-15 06:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1122	PROFESSOR HAN PARK ON HIS TRIP TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary: In a July 13 office call, Professor Han S. Park briefed the Ambassador on his July 4-8 visit to Pyongyang during which he had lengthy discussions on the welfare of the two detained AMCITS and the Six-Party Talks. Park's principal interlocutors were the top three officials of the [...]	2009-07-15 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL PINR KS KN
09SEOUL1125	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 06:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1126	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1127	ROKG RESPONSE TO SUPPORT NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE [...] (U) In response to reftel, Poloff contacted Deputy Director Lee Kyeo-kyeong of the UN Division of the ROK's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. According to Lee, the ROKG supports the overarching principle that consultative status to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) be "granted witho [...]	2009-07-16 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS PHUM PREL UN
09SEOUL1134	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 06:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1142	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 06:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1144	ROK'S RESPONSE TO DONOR SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA, [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) EMin delivered reftel demarche on assistance for the immediate humanitarian needs in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya to Director General Park Gang-ho, head of the Development Cooperation Burea [...]	2009-07-20 22:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREF ET KE SO KS
09SEOUL1148	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1149	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 06:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL115	MOFAT VICE MINISTER REQUESTS NEW ADMINISTRATION'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 21 meeting with the Ambassador, First Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Kwon Jong-rak offered congratulations on President Barack Obama's inauguration and requested continued consultations on the KORUS-FTA as well as on North Korea. He emphasized the importance [...]	2009-01-22 06:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1152	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 05:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1154	GNP PASSES MEDIA REFORM AMID OPPOSITION'S VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o used his authority to send the ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) media reform bill directly to the plenary, where the GNP, controlling 169 of the 294 seats, handily passed the legislation. The bill was a revised version, which [...]	2009-07-22 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL116	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 06:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1162	KSLV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUEST DELIVERED (C) [...] (C) EMin delivered reftel request for additional information to Yoo, Guk-hee, Director of the Space Development Division of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and Lee Hyo-hee, Deputy Director of the Big Science Policy Division of the same ministry. After reviewing the context [...]	2009-07-23 06:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA MCTRE PARM PREL MCAP KS
09SEOUL1164	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1167	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 04:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1169	A/S KURT CAMPBELLÂ´S MEETING WITH SENIOR SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: NSA Kim told A/S Campbell during a July 20 meeting that the ROK believed the North Korean regime could "hold on for sometime" after the death of Kim Jung-il. In the case of a total collapse, Kim unambiguously stated that North Korean territory is part of the ROK and unification is the [...]	2009-07-24 06:36:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL KN KS
09SEOUL1170	A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE [...] (C) In a July 19 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, representatives of NGOs working with North Korean refugees -- themselves all North Korean refugees -- described their work, their lives in DPRK, the North Korean leadership, and humanitarian challenges of North Korean ref [...]	2009-07-24 07:06:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PINR KN KS
09SEOUL1171	A/S CAMPBELLâ€™S MEETING WITH ROK UNIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Unification Minister Hyun In-taek outlined Kim Jong-il's health and succession concerns, key figures and the current state of the DPRK for A/S Campbell. Although Kim Jong-il (KJI) remained firmly in control of the regime for now, he was unlikely to live beyond 201 [...]	2009-07-24 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1174	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 06:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1176	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 07:06:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1177	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- South Korea's GDP Ranking Falls to Fifteenth Highest -- Inflation Rate Slows to 2 Percent in June -- Producer Prices Fall in June -- Trade Surplus Re [...]	2009-07-28 00:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL118	PRESS BULLETIN - January 22, 2009 [...] Korean Peninsula Initiative in Obama's Inaugural Address (Chosun Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 26) 2. A Profoundly Changed Foreign Policy (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 22, 2009, Page 23) 3. Reasons Why Obamanomics Should Not End in Failure (Hankook Ilbo, January 22, 2009, Page 39) 4. Messages [...]	2009-01-22 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1182	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-28 06:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1186	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 04:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL119	ROKG TO HOST GICNT AND EPG MEETINGS IN APRIL 2009 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) 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 Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 16. The Disarmament & [...]	2009-01-22 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINS KS
09SEOUL1192	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 06:50:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1194	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JULY 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- North Korea Begins Closing General Markets -- DPRK Sets Up Environmental Protection Plan -- DPRK Establishes a Charity Branch in Beijing -- DPRK Engages in Disaster P [...]	2009-07-30 03:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1195	KSLV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 03:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA MCTRE PARM PREL MCAP KS
09SEOUL12	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 01:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL120	ROKG VIEWS ON CONPLAN 5029, SMA, AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan discussed the ROKG's positions on Conceptual Plan (CONPLAN) 5029, the new Special Measures Agreement (SMA),and Afghanistan during a cordial and wide-ranging 30-minute meeting at the Blue House on January 15 with United States Forces [...]	2009-01-23 00:48:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS PGOV KS AF
09SEOUL1200	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 05:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1203	ROK FISHING BOAT SEIZED IN DPRK WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A South Korean fishing boat was seized by the DPRK on July 30. A senior MOU official confirmed to us later in the day that the boat was seven miles north of Northern Limit Line (NLL) when it was seized. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On July 30, a South Korean fishing boat with four [...]	2009-07-30 08:06:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS MARR PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1210	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 06:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1218	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 03, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 06:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1223	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 04:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1224	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 04, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 05:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1233	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 05:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1235	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 05, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-05 06:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1236	ROK-IRAN RELATIONS OVERVIEW: PAST, PRESENT AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Diplomatic and economic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran date from 1962, but the relationship is not robust, with total ROK investment in Iran still under USD 34 million. The two countries have cooperated on multiple business projects sinc [...]	2009-08-05 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL ECON ETRD KS IR
09SEOUL1241	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...]	2009-08-06 06:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1243	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 06, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-06 22:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1252	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 07, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 06:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1254	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - JUNE-JULY 2009 [...] In conjunction with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's summit with President Obama in Washington DC in mid-June, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy (MKE) Lee Yoon-ho signed a Statement of Intent on June 16 to begin cooperation on research and development in [...]	2009-08-10 03:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1255	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 04:45:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL126	PRESS BULLETIN - January 23, 2009 [...] Report Urged U.S. to Center on Japan and China (JoongAng Ilbo, January 23, 2009, Page 4) 2 2. U.S. Ambassador Urges the ROK to Give Washington Some Time Regarding FTA (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 23, 2009, Page 2) Top Headlines Chosun Ilbo Fears of "Negative Growth:" ROK Economy Shrank [...]	2009-01-23 05:12:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1264	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 06:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1273	ROKG HAS BEGUN DISBURSING PLEDGED SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) In response to reftel request to urge the host government to provide previously pledged funds for Somalia, Song Hye-ryoung, MOFAT Humanitarian Assistance Division, on August 11 said the Republic of Korea (ROKG) has already begun disbursing funds from the USD 1,500,000 pledged at the Donors [...]	2009-08-12 03:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SO EAID KPKO KS
09SEOUL1274	DP CHAIR CHUNG URGES U.S. TO ENGAGE NORTH KOREA; [...] (C) Summary: At an August 10 lunch with the Ambassador, opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Sye-kyun urged the United States to engage the DPRK in dialogue, asserting the U.S. and the ROK shared responsibility with the DPRK for the breakdown of the Six-Party Talks. Chung said for [...]	2009-08-12 04:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS KN
09SEOUL1277	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 06:45:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1282	SSANGYONG STRIKE'S END UNLIKELY TO FORESTALL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 01:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD KS
09SEOUL1284	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 06:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1285	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 06:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1288	EXPERTS FRUSTRATED WITH LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY; [...] (C) Summary: In August 10 meetings with poloff, two leading experts, each of whom is close to the Lee Myung-bak Administration, were sharply critical of Lee's North Korea policy. They also agreed that the succession of Kim Jong-un to his father's place as leader of North Korea is not yet cl [...]	2009-08-13 08:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL129	FUTURE ROLE FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS [...] (C) Summary: As the total number of North Korean defectors in South Korea crossed the 15,000 threshold in 2008, some scholars, NGOs, and defectors themselves asked whether the former North Korean residents could play a useful role promoting change of the North Korean regime and facilitating e [...]	2009-01-23 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1292	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 04:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1293	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 04:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1294	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 04:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1295	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 04:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1296	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel, Post contacted Bosung Industry and the U.S. Army in Korea to verify the bona fide transaction of the subject items with Bosung Industry by phone and fax. Due to resource constraints, a site visit was not conducted. 2. Mr. Young-dae Lee, Senior Manager of Bosung Industry confirm [...]	2009-08-14 04:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
09SEOUL1301	VICE-PRESIDENT BIDEN, SECRETARY CLINTON, TOP PICKS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Kim Dae-jung is in critical condition and is expected to live a few weeks, at most. President Kim's Senior Secretary said a funeral delegation led by Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would be the family's preference, adding that President Kim and Vice Pr [...]	2009-08-14 05:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1306	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is cable is an action request. See para 19. 3. (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Korea (ROKG) on July 21-22 hosted a USG delegation at a workshop in Seoul to discuss the Prolifera [...]	2009-08-14 06:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KS IR
09SEOUL1308	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 07:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1310	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON 64TH UNGA HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-16 22:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CVIS OTRA OVIP KSEP KS
09SEOUL1311	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-16 22:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KS
09SEOUL1316	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 23:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1318	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1319	FORMER PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG'S OBITUARY [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-jung died of complications from pneumonia on August 18 in Seoul. He was 83. The funeral is tentatively planned for August 25. Kim's staff told poloffs on August 14 that Kim's family hoped Vice President Biden or Secretary Clinton would [...]	2009-08-18 08:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL132	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1326	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 08:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1327	SOMBER REACTION TO KIM DAE-JUNG'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public reaction to the death of former President Kim Dae-jung (reftel A) is somber and lacks the anger and anti-government sentiment that followed former President Roh Moo-hyun's death (reftels B,C) in May. Debate about funeral timing is ongoing as of COB August 19, but sour [...]	2009-08-19 09:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1336	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 07:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1344	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1347	FLAG AT HALF MAST [...] (U) As of August 20 and through August 23, Charge d' Affairs Mark Tokola has authorized the lowering of the flag to half mast in observation of the mourning period and State Funeral for former Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-jung. The ROKG has lowered flags for the mourning period as have [...]	2009-08-21 08:12:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
09SEOUL1348	GICNT MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On August 19, per reftel, PolMiloff informed Director Koo Hyun-mo of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) that the United [...]	2009-08-21 08:49:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KS
09SEOUL135	PRESS BULLETIN - January 28, 2009 [...] "Goodbye Guantanamo" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 24, 2009, Page 22) 2. "Obama Takes a Stand against Torture" (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 24, 2009, Page 23) 3. Relocation on Shaky Ground (JoongAng Ilbo, January 28, 2009, Page 30) 4. Kim Jong-il's Growing Interest in Progress at Six-Party Talks [...]	2009-01-28 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1352	DELIVERY OF KWANGSON BANKING CORPORATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) EMIN met with Koo, Hyunmo, Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on August 20 to deliver reftel demarche. EMIN t [...]	2009-08-24 03:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL KS
09SEOUL1357	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1358	FM YU TELLS ALBRIGHT DENUCLEARIZATION IS TOP [...] (SBU) At a breakfast for the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the funeral of former ROK President Kim Dae-jung, FM Yu Myung-hwan told former Secretary Albright that Seoul's message to the North Korean funeral delegation had been simple: without progress on denuclearization, improvement in Nort [...]	2009-08-24 08:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN KS CH
09SEOUL1363	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1364	AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH'S AUGUST 23 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (C) In a brief August 23 meeting, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan reported to Special Representative for North Korea Policy Bosworth that President Lee had told a DPRK delegation that, until the nuclear issue was resolved, there would be limits on ROK economic cooperation with the [...]	2009-08-26 00:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KNUC KS KN
09SEOUL1371	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1373	DESPITE NORTH-SOUTH THAW, BLUE HOUSE TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two trusted Ministry of Unification (MOU) interlocutors told us August 26 that the prevailing sentiment within the ministry is that the visit of the DPRK funeral delegation represented a "breakthrough" in inter-Korean relations. MOU expects positive results from the inter-Korean [...]	2009-08-26 09:27:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KN KS
09SEOUL1374	DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...]	2009-08-27 01:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG KS KN
09SEOUL1377	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 07:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US

09SEOUL1379	HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON KJI'S HEALTH AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador that focused primarily on Hyundai Asan's business in North Korea (septel),Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jong-eun said Kim Jong-il (KJI) appeared to be "in control of everything," was very charismatic and, ignoring advice from his docto [...]	2009-08-27 08:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KS KN
09SEOUL1380	WI SAYS DENUCLEARIZATION IS STILL ROKG'S TOP [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting, ROK Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Wi Sung-lac emphasized to Ambassador Philip Goldberg that the ROKG's top priority is still denuclearization. Wi noted that UNSCR 1874 was forcing the North Koreans to find creative ways [...]	2009-08-27 23:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KN KS CH
09SEOUL1383	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1384	DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTS DPRK SANCTIONS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, members of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to former President Kim Dae-jung's funeral met with leaders of the opposition, left-of-center Democratic Party (DP). The Korean lawmakers were frankly critical of U.S. and South Korean policy toward the North. Nevertheles [...]	2009-08-28 07:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1385	CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 18 MEETING WITH ROK [...] (U) Summary: During an August 18 meeting, ROK President Lee Myung-bak stressed his satisfaction with the close cooperation between Washington and Seoul on the DPRK nuclear issue and speculated that the leadership succession in North Korea was unlikely to be smooth. The U.S. delegation emph [...]	2009-08-28 07:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV KS
09SEOUL1386	HYUNDAI CHAIRWOMAN ON DPRK TRIP, KIM JONG-IL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 25 breakfast with the Ambassador, Hyundai Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun said DPRK leader Kim Jong-il (KJI) claimed a lack of trust between the two Koreas was the main reason for "difficulties" in inter-Korean relations. KJI groused that the Ministry of Unification (M [...]	2009-08-28 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR KS KN
09SEOUL1387	DPRK PLOTTED CAPTURE OF U.S. JOURNALISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The DPRK's arrest of U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in March 2009 was an orchestrated part of Pyongyang's broader pattern of belligerent behavior in the first half of 2009, according to "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author and DPRK gulag survivor Kang Chol-hwan. Kang, citin [...]	2009-08-28 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS KN
09SEOUL1388	CGPCS MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On Agust 25, per reftel, PolOff informed Kim Yo-sup, International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),of USG views regarding participation [...]	2009-08-31 06:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL KS
09SEOUL1389	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Think Tank: DPRK Faces Worst Economic Crisis since 1994 -- DPRK Develops Wind Power Capacity -- Number of DPRK Mobile Phone Users Increases to 48 [...]	2009-08-31 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1390	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 08:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1391	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1393	KOREA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION SCENARIOS SPARK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On August 4, the Korean government announced three "scenarios" for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The scenarios range from an eight percent increase over the 2005 em [...]	2009-08-31 09:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PREL KGHG KS
09SEOUL1399	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1400	INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS ON FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Korean delegation to the August 26-28 inter-Korean Red Cross talks showed up armed with instructions from Kim Jong-il (KJI) to agree immediately to family reunions by Chusok (Korean Thanksgiving, October 2-3),but was not prepared to negotiate additional reunions. Ministry of [...]	2009-09-01 09:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1402	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Producer Prices Reverse Course, Rise on Monthly Basis -- July Consumer Inflation Slowed -- Household Debt Risks Expected to Rise -- FX Reserves Conti [...]	2009-09-02 02:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1404	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 05:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1407	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES; OPPOSITION CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (NA) convened on September 1 to begin deliberations on the budget and conduct a state audit, and the opposition Democratic Party (DP) immediately staged a walkout as part of its continuing to protest against the ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) passage of [...]	2009-09-02 06:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1408	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 07:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1413	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 05:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1418	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 05:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1419	KOREA STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH FOREIGN WIVES [...] (C) Summary: The number of Korean men marrying foreign women has increased dramatically in the past decade, and in 2006 41 percent of rural marriages were international marriages. Most arrangements are intended to be mutually beneficial -- men facing a shortage of eligible brides and women [...]	2009-09-04 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS
09SEOUL1420	CABINET RESHUFFLE SIGNALS SHIFT TO CENTER; [...] (U) Summary: The Blue House announced a cabinet reshuffle on September 3, replacing six ministers, including the Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, and creating a new position of Minister for Special Affairs. The first major cabinet reshuffle since President Lee Myung-bak took o [...]	2009-09-04 09:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1421	NK DEFECTORS MOCK CURRENT DPRK CAMPAIGN AS [...] (C) Summary: Three trusted interlocutors told us that North Korea's "150-Day Battle" campaign has devolved into a state-sponsored shakedown of small-scale North Korean traders who have managed to stash away foreign currency and/or accumulate consumer goods by doing business successfully in t [...]	2009-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1434	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 07:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1435	ROK RELATIONS WITH UZBEKISTAN: BLOOD, GAS, GOLD [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy DCM Alisher Okhunjonov gave us an upbeat assessment of bilateral ties with South Korea, which is now Uzbekistan's number one East Asian investor and one of its top trade partners. Using Uzbekistan's large ethnic Korean community as a bridge, the Korea Gas Corporation, the Kor [...]	2009-09-08 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR PGOV ECON EINV KS UZ
09SEOUL1436	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 07:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1441	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1442	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 06:48:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1450	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 07:50:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1451	CHUNG MONG-JOON ASSUMES GNP CHAIR; STAGE SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chung Mong-joon assumed the chair of the Grand National Party (GNP) on September 7 after the former chair, Park Hee-tae, resigned to run for an open seat in the October 28 by-elections. Chung, a six-term National Assembly Member, was an independent until joining the GNP in 2007, [...]	2009-09-10 08:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1453	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 11, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1455	ROKG PRIORITIES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION [...] (U) We delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities for the UN Human Rights Council's 12th Session to Chun Hye-ran, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. With regard to the USG goal of getting a more balanced resolution on freedom of expression, Chun said the R [...]	2009-09-11 08:30:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC
09SEOUL146	PRESS BULLETIN - January 29, 2009 [...] Clean Energy Race Could Leave Korea Behind (Chosun Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 27) Features 2. Secretary Clinton: "The Six-Party Talks Are Essential... We Will Also Pursue Direct Contact with North Korea" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 29, 2009, Page 17) 3. O'Connor: "Political Leaders Shou [...]	2009-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1463	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1464	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1465	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 07:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA KS
09SEOUL1468	DPRK NOT STARVING BUT CONTROLS ERODING, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, Kookmin University professor and longtime DPRK-watcher Andrei Lankov ridiculed NGO assertions that North Korea is facing another major famine but did say the regime's internal political controls are weakening. Lankov asserted that up to 80 p [...]	2009-09-14 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1469	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE -AUGUST 2009 [...] On August 4, Korea proposed three options to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying it will determine the final implementation plan by the end of this year. The Presidential Committee on Green Growth (PCGG) unveiled three scenarios that seek to reduce emissions from 21 to 30 percent [...]	2009-09-15 01:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ELTN ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL147	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH GYEONGGI GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a working lunch on January 23 for USFK Commanding General "Skip" Sharp, Gyeonggi-do Governor Kim and Pyeongtaek Mayor Song. They discussed how local communities in Tongduchon and Pyeongtaek were responding to the relocation of the 2nd Infantry Division. K [...]	2009-01-30 02:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV KS
09SEOUL1470	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 05:34:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1471	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 05:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1474	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 06:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1483	RESPONSE TO US/FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 00:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCI ABUD AFIN KSCA TBIO US KS
09SEOUL1484	SUBJECT: IRAN -- ROKG POSITIVE ABOUT JOINING THE [...] (SBU) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on 9/16 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, calling on the ROKG to join the international effort to urge Iran to respond constructively to the P5 1 offer and to fulfill its international responsibilities. POL [...]	2009-09-17 01:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09SEOUL1488	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 17, 2009 [...] Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will reportedly visit East Asia, including the ROK, China and Japan, later this month to discuss U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks and ways to resume the Six-Party Talks, among others. (JoongAng, Hankook) INTERNATIONAL NEWS ------------------ [...]	2009-09-17 06:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1495	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1496	ROK PRESIDENT LEE TO ATTEND THE 9/24 FRIENDS OF [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche requesting information on attendees to the Friend of Democratic Pakistan summit on September 24 in New York, MOFAT Deputy Director for Southwest Asia Choi Hee-deok confirmed the following ROKG participants: --Lee Myung-bak, President to the Republic of Korea [...]	2009-09-18 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PK
09SEOUL1497	POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (U) On September 18, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the U.S. proposed policy regarding missile defense in Europe to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim's only response was to question whether the U.S. and Russi [...]	2009-09-20 23:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR EZ KS
09SEOUL15	REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] This cable is in response to reftel. 2. The Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) demonstrated excellent law enforcement and intelligence capabilities, and provided terrorism-related training to law enforcement officials from various developing countries. Traditionally focused on potent [...]	2009-01-05 06:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KS
09SEOUL150	PRESS BULLETIN - January 30, 2009 [...] U.S., North Korea Should Return to "September 19 Six-Party Statement" (JoongAng Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 27) 2. Candlelight Comeback (JoongAng Daily, January 30, 2009, Page 10) Features 3. The WEST Program Is Criticized for Wasting Money (Dong-a Ilbo, January 30, 2009, Page 12) [...]	2009-01-30 07:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1501	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 08:26:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1502	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 08:31:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1503	ROKG RESPONSE TO UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 9/21 to Park Sahng-hoon, Director of United Nations Division of MOFAT,s International Organizations Bureau, calling on the ROKG to support the USG in a possible UNGA walkout and to instruct their missions in New York and their delegations for UNGA acco [...]	2009-09-21 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA
09SEOUL1507	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1511	KOREA'S EFFORT TO UNCOVER PAST HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two members of the ROK's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) told us they have sent the Ministry of National Defense updated findings regarding several Korean War incidents in which U.S. military aircraft allegedly killed ROK civilians indiscriminately. Our TRC interlocu [...]	2009-09-23 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN PGOV PHUM
09SEOUL1512	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 06:49:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1513	SENIOR ROK DIPLOMAT ON IRAN, DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon told the DCM on 9/21 that while the ROK would be as helpful as possible on Iran issues in the coming weeks, Seoul's position would be shaped by what Tokyo does. Lee argued the ROKG position on humanitarian assistance to North Korea is clear and cons [...]	2009-09-23 07:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KS KN JN IR
09SEOUL1527	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 07:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1528	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 07:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1529	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea. Your visit comes as we are in a sweet spot in the relationship, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely recovered from last year,s debacle on the importation of American beef and is committed [...]	2009-09-24 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1531	MOFAT Previews FM Yu's Upcoming Visit to Tokyo [...] (C) In a preview of Foreign Minister Yu's upcoming visit to Japan, MOFAT DG for Northeast Asia Cho Tai-young noted the potential for negative fallout from next year's 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea. He said a pending Japanese decision on textbook guidelines relating to the L [...]	2009-09-24 08:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS JN
09SEOUL1539	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 07:57:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1541	ROK SUPPORTS BALANCED RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 9/25 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROKG to support an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho, noting that the ROK had discussed the issue in detail with the Israelis, said Seoul wo [...]	2009-09-25 08:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS KS
09SEOUL1542	JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which constitutes the heart and soul of the Democratic Party (DP),seemed uninterested in [...]	2009-09-25 08:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1548	FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM AFFIRMS KOREA'S NK [...] (C) Summary: Former President Kim Young-sam, in a September 24 lunch with the Ambassador, said President Lee Myung-bak's insistence on reciprocity in South-North relations was correct and that we should be prepared for every possibility as the DPRK navigates a difficult power transition. Kim [...]	2009-09-28 06:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS KN
09SEOUL1550	JEONBUK PREOCCUPIED BY LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Please disregard SEOUL 01542. Amended version corrects place names. 2. (C) Summary: Local politics and preparations for next year's local elections dominated discussions during poloff's September 10-11 trip to North Jeolla Province (Jeonbuk). Political staffers in the area, which c [...]	2009-09-28 06:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
09SEOUL1554	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1555	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1556	CHINESE DCM ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy DCM Xing Haiming, one of the PRC's most experienced DPRK-watchers, told DCM Tokola that the PRC hoped for a quick, positive decision by Washington on bilateral talks with Pyongyang. An upside to holding discussions in North Korea, he said, was that the DPRK inte [...]	2009-09-28 09:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1559	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL156	PRESS BULLETIN - February 2, 2009 [...] The North's Provocations (JoongAng Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 26) 2. Inter-Korean Relations Cannot Be Resolved with a Strategy of Waiting (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 31, 2009, Page 23) 3. N. Korea Must Stop Its Pointless Threats (Chosun Ilbo, January 31, 2009, Page 27) 4. It Would be Di [...]	2009-02-02 08:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1563	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Finance Minister Named -- Labor Drive Campaign Extended -- DPRK Shuts Down Wholesale Market -- DPRK Expands Telecommunications Network -- Pyongyan [...]	2009-09-30 05:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1566	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; September 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1569	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- National Income Resurges in the Second Quarter -- ROKG Sets 2010 Budget at 290 Trillion Won -- KDI Raises 2009 Growth Forecast -- South Korea Ranks N [...]	2009-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1570	IRAN - ROKG RESPONSE TO URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (S) POL M/C delivered reftel demarche on September 30 to Shin Dong-ik, Director-General of MOFAT's International Organizations Bureau, informing the ROKG of Iran,s covert uranium enrichment facility in Qom and updating them on the October 7 meeting of Like-minded States on Iran to be held in W [...]	2009-09-30 08:50:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR UNSC KN KS ETTC
09SEOUL1572	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 1, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 03:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1574	ROK TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered EAP/K-Embassy Seoul e-mail message on 10/1 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROK to back the USG effort to get an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho underscored that the ROK would likely follow the [...]	2009-10-01 05:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS
09SEOUL1582	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 05:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1586	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 07:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1591	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 7, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1592	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 08:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1595	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] Korea's top businesses want the government to select the least restrictive option for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction when it decides a mid-term (2020) target later this year, according to a survey released on September 9 by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. About two-thirds [...]	2009-10-08 00:56:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND ENRG TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1598	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 8, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 06:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL160	ROK DEFENSE MINISTER ON WORSENING NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) At a January 30 dinner at the Ambassador's Residence in honor of the ROK Minister of National Defense (MND) Lee Sang-hee and other senior ROK security officials, contrasting views were presented on how the ROKG should respond to that day's statement by the DPRK that it would no longer reco [...]	2009-02-03 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF KS KN CH JA
09SEOUL1604	GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO DPRK ON SUCCESSION, 150-DAY [...] (C) During a recent meeting with Ambassador Stephens, Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang, Thomas Schaefer, asserted that military hardliners had seized the initiative while Kim Jong-il (KJI) was recovering from his stroke and are now ascendant in the DPRK government. According to Schaefer, con [...]	2009-10-08 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON PHUM KN GM
09SEOUL1605	KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...]	2009-10-08 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF
09SEOUL161	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 06:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL1610	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 06:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1612	RURAL NORTH KOREANS THANKFUL FOR U.S. MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The CEO of an American NGO that provides humanitarian assistance to North Korea, Robert Springs, told the Ambassador on October 7 that medical equipment and generators provided to rural hospitals were being used as intended and appeared to be well maintained. Springs noted tha [...]	2009-10-09 08:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1613	ROK URGES FRENCH ENVOY TO GO SLOW ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: ROKG officials urged French Special Envoy for DPRK Issues Jack Lang to exercise caution in moving ahead with North Korea, according to our contacts involved in Lang's visit. MOFAT, French Embassy and EU Mission contacts all characterized the visit to South Korea as a mission foc [...]	2009-10-09 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON KS KN FR
09SEOUL1615	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: MALAYSIA-BASED IRANIAN [...] (S) On October 9, PolOff delivered reftel talking points concerning the Malaysia-based company suspected to be an Iranian front company looking to purchase U.S.-origin equipment from Korea-based Far Eastern Trading Company to Kim Sung-eun, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of [...]	2009-10-13 05:13:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCR MNUC KS
09SEOUL1617	RARE DPRK APOLOGY MAY SIGNAL START OF NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) During October 14 inter-Korean talks on flood prevention, the DPRK expressed regret for the deaths of six South Koreans caused by the unannounced release on September 6 of a huge amount of water from a dam just north of the DMZ. The Blue House moved quickly to characterize the North's con [...]	2009-10-14 09:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1618	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 02:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL162	PRESS BULLETIN - February 3, 2009 [...] No to U.S Return to Protectionism (Dong-a Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 27) 2. The World Must Not Repeat Protectionist Mistakes (Chosun Ilbo, February 3, 2009, Page 31) 3. Obama Administration's Protectionist Barriers Are Unsettling (Seoul Shinmun, February 3, 2009, Page 31) Top Headline [...]	2009-02-03 07:45:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1620	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 14, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 02:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1628	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 05:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1631	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome you back to Korea for the 41st Security Consultative Meeting 21-22 October. Your visit comes at time when our bilateral relationship is the best it has been in a number of years, with a strongly pro-American president who has largely [...]	2009-10-15 07:42:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR KS
09SEOUL1632	ROK PROPOSES TO HOST GICNT PLENARY IN 2011-2012 [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On October 13, PolOff met with Park Eun-jin, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to deliver reftel joint demarche with Nikolay Fokin, 1st Secretar [...]	2009-10-15 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGICKS
09SEOUL1633	ROK: TOPSITES CONFERENCE YIELDS STRATEGY FOR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and is not/not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the recording and movie industry and EmbOffs met on September 24 with ROKG and law enforcement officials to reintroduce the issue of topsites and revive inves [...]	2009-10-15 08:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR KS
09SEOUL1634	ROKG RESPONSE TO GOLDSTON REPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/15 to Chun Hye-ran of MOFAT,s Human Rights and Social Affairs Division reiterating the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report and requesting ROK support at the October 15-16 Human Rights Council Special Session. Chun had no substantive comment but p [...]	2009-10-15 09:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL

09SEOUL1637	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 05:42:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1644	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 07:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1651	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1653	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: [...] (C) On October 20, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Yong-joon. The DCM told Deputy Minister Lee the reported USD 1.4 billion energy deal signed by Iran with the South Korean firm GS Engineering and Construction (GS E & C) raised concerns under the Ir [...]	2009-10-20 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EPET ETTC IR PREL KS
09SEOUL1657	IS ANOTHER "NO GUN RI" CONTROVERSY ON THE HORIZON? [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division Deputy Director Park Joon-byoung told us October 14 that Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has investigated and confirmed eight Korean War incidents in which U.S. military aircraft killed ROK civilians. Recalling the 2 [...]	2009-10-20 09:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN KS
09SEOUL1660	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 04:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ETRD KS
09SEOUL1664	ROK DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON IRAN VISIT [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Young-joon, MOFAT's point man on Iran issues, told the DCM on October 20 that post-election protests in Iran represented conflict between "hardliners and other hardliners" and not between the government and the people. Lee dismissed the protests a "tempest in a [...]	2009-10-21 06:31:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MNUC SOCI KS IR
09SEOUL1667	ROK CONSIDERING MORE FOOD AID TO THE DPRK -- IF [...] (C) A senior Ministry of Unification (MOU) official told us that the October 16 inter-Korean Red Cross talks went unexpectedly badly. The North's delegation rejected South Korea's proposal to hold another round of family reunions and asked for a significant amount of food aid. Our contact re [...]	2009-10-21 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1668	U.S. COAST GUARD DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH ASIAN [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard met with his counterparts from Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, and Russia at the annual North Pacific Coast Guard Forum. Through these mee [...]	2009-10-21 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PHSA EWWT MCAP XB
09SEOUL1670	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1672	UK AMBASSADOR SAYS CHINESE AID KEEPING DPRK "ON [...] (C) During a 10/19 breakfast with Ambassador Stephens, UK Ambassador to Pyongyang Peter Hughes asserted that Chinese economic aid was keeping the DPRK economy from collapsing. He said most factories were not functioning and the regime's "150-Day Battle" campaign appeared to be more about keepi [...]	2009-10-21 09:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KN CH
09SEOUL1676	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 22, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 06:06:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1679	EMBASSIES PRAISE ROKG ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Korean Government has established a strong track record of cooperation with the United States, Canada, and Australia on anti-trafficking efforts. In an attempt to gauge ROKG cooperation with other countries on trafficking issues, poloff met with representatives from the Mong [...]	2009-10-22 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO SOCI PHUM KS
09SEOUL1680	PROMINENT DPRK DEFECTOR ON REPORTED CLASHES [...] (C) Summary: Prominent North Korean defector Kang Cheol-hwan asserted on 10/21 that the DPRK's latest labor mobilization campaign has damaged this year's food crop harvest. Mandatory ideological busywork has kept workers out of back alley black markets and forced farmers to neglect their pri [...]	2009-10-22 08:47:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN
09SEOUL1683	PARTY LEADERSHIP HANGS IN BALANCE OF BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: October 28 by-elections to fill five National Assembly seats will be a referendum on the ruling right-of-center Grand National Party (GNP) and the main opposition left-of-center Democratic Party (DP),and are also likely to determine the fate of party leaders Chung Mong-joon (GNP [...]	2009-10-23 02:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1687	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 07:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1689	UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMATION RELATED [...] (S) On October 23, Pol-Mil Unit Chief Dorothy Delahanty met with Koo Hyun-mo, Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to deliver reftel demarche concerning information related to the DPRK cargo seized from the MSC Rachele. Koo said he had al [...]	2009-10-23 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC KS
09SEOUL1693	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] (U) Per reftel, Post verified the bona fides of registered broker Park Chae-young, President of Kyung Hee Trading. 2. (U) Park and the Defense Acquisition Procurement Administration (DAPA) confirmed to Post that the company is a DAPA-registered supplier of defense articles such as heating ve [...]	2009-10-26 06:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
09SEOUL1696	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1697	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 26, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 07:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1698	HYUNDAI ASAN HOPING TO BENEFIT FROM NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) Hyundai Asan is preparing to move quickly to resume tourism to Kaesong city and Mount Kumgang in the event of a breakthrough in North-South relations, according to company executive vice president Jang Hwan-bin. Jang claimed that word-of-mouth reports about the Kaesong Industrial Complex's [...]	2009-10-26 08:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
09SEOUL1699	ROK EXPERT CLAIMS CHINA WON'T OBSTRUCT DPRK ENDGAME [...] (C) The intellectual godfather of the ROK's current DPRK policy, Professor Nam Joo-hong, told us that in the event of a DPRK collapse China would not stand in the way of the ROK's efforts to unify the Korean Peninsula. Nam claims senior PRC intelligence officials have told him that Chinese in [...]	2009-10-26 09:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1701	MOFAT ON ROK VOTING DURING UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/26 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, seeking ROKG support for human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, the biennial U.S. elections resolution, and ROK opposition to "defamation of religions" [...]	2009-10-27 01:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL UN
09SEOUL1705	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1707	"DR. CORN" SAYS DPRK HARVEST COULD BE OFF 60 [...] (C) Biologist Kim Soon-kwon, an internationally-recognized corn expert, told us on October 23 that the DPRK corn and rice harvests could be a staggering 60 percent lower than last year, based on recent field observations near Kaesong and Pyongyang. Kim explained that this year's crops were s [...]	2009-10-27 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR SOCI KN
09SEOUL1711	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 07:49:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1712	NO ROK DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KN AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SEOUL1723	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 29, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1726	OPPOSITION WINS 3 OF 5 IN BY-ELECTION; BALANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Democratic Party (DP) won three of five open National Assembly (NA) seats in an October 28 by-election, including the two swing seats in the Seoul capital region. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) won two seats and was disappointed not to win one of the seats i [...]	2009-10-30 05:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1727	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 05:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1731	PRESIDENT LEE'S POPULARITY UP; SEEDS OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's popularity has been on the rise, exceeding 40 percent for the first time since April 2008 -- primarily due to the improving economy, his focus on common people, and his success in raising Korea's status on the international stage. An emerging perception [...]	2009-10-30 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KS
09SEOUL1732	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS MEDIA REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled that the controversial set of media reform bills the National Assembly passed in July were valid, despite violations in the voting process. Clearing this issue from the legislative agenda will allow the National Assembly to [...]	2009-10-30 07:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1733	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- IMF: Korea's Per-capita GDP Down in 2009 before Recovering -- Trade Surplus Continues to Grow in September -- Number of Self-Employed Falls by Most i [...]	2009-10-30 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL1734	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF INSURANCE TO IRISL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 08:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL KS XG UK
09SEOUL1735	ROK HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 20 to Choi Da-youn, MOFAT's Deputy Director for Development Cooperation to Pakistan, to encourage the ROKG to swiftly fulfill the ROK's pledge of assistance made at the Tokyo Donor's Conference in April in support of Pakistan. Choi informed us t [...]	2009-10-30 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EIFN AF PAK KS KN
09SEOUL1739	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-02 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1740	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- ROK Scholar: DPRK Economy Dysfunctional, Not in Crisis -- DPRK Restores Science and Technology Commission -- DPRK Establishes Ship Control Center to [...]	2009-11-02 08:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL1744	2009-2010 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is provided in para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided in para 3 with the und [...]	2009-11-03 06:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KN KS
09SEOUL1745	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 3, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 06:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL175	PRESS BULLETIN - February 4, 2009 [...] Will North Korea Again Test-fire Missiles? (Hankook Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 39) 2. Seoul, Washington Must Stand Shoulder to Shoulder (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Page 27) Features 3. Lee, Obama Pledge Cooperation on N. Korea (Chosun Ilbo, February 4, 2009, Front Page) 4. Is [...]	2009-02-04 08:03:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1750	THE HAGUE CONVENTION: A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post urges inclusion of Korean Accession to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction in President Obama,s agenda for Seoul. This issue was previously raised with the ROK on numerous occasions, both in Seoul and Washington, over the past year, including by the Secret [...]	2009-11-03 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL KOCI KITA KS
09SEOUL1759	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED BROKER [...] Per reftel, Post verified the bona fides of registered broker Kim Kun-soo, President of Songwon Trading. 2. Songwon Trading is located at Songwon Building, 254-16, Nonhyun-dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Kang Kyung-joon, assistant manager of Songwon Trading, told Post on Octo [...]	2009-11-04 08:04:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AU ETTC KOMC KS
09SEOUL1760	KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...]	2009-11-04 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER
09SEOUL1761	KOREA TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 11/4 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, urging the ROK to vote against any resolution on the Goldstone Report that included counterproductive elements. Director Cho thanked us for the update on the USG positi [...]	2009-11-04 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL PTER
09SEOUL1762	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1768	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 07:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1770	"SURGING" PRIVATE EDUCATION COSTS FUEL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Lee Myung-bak made educational reform one of his campaign promises in the 2007 presidential election. Since then, the administration has made a number of attempts to effect change, motivated in large part by the enormous financial burden private educational expenditur [...]	2009-11-05 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KS
09SEOUL1771	SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES WON'T COLLAPSE DPRK, SAYS [...] (C) During a November 2 meeting with poloffs, prominent North Korean defector Cho Myung-cheol emphasized that the DPRK's poor harvest and severe food shortages are "nothing new." The major difference between now and the famine of the late 1990s, said Cho, is that non-elite North Koreans have [...]	2009-11-05 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1772	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KOREA, [...] (SBU) Mr. President, all of us at Embassy Seoul warmly welcome your first official visit to Korea. The U.S.-ROK alliance is in arguably its best shape ever, and it is growing in scope. We have a historic opportunity to expand cooperation with an ally that sees its national interests as coinc [...]	2009-11-05 10:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KN KS
09SEOUL1773	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Korea is the ninth largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, the government said on October 19, quoting a report using 2007 data by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The country ranked as the tenth largest CO2 emitter in an earlier report using 2005 emissions data. Korea [...]	2009-11-06 03:45:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EIND ENRG TBIO OEXC TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SEOUL1775	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 04:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL178	RECLASSIFIED: ROKG TO HOST GICNT AND EPG MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) The ROKG confirmed on January 21 that it will host in Seoul a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop on April 14-15 and an Exercise Planni [...]	2009-02-05 01:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINS KS
09SEOUL1784	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 9, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-09 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1785	SENIOR UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DPRK FOOD [...] (C) One of the Ministry of Unification's top DPRK experts, Yang Cheong-seok, told us that North Korea's grain harvest was down about 10 percent from 2008, a shortfall that would be "manageable" for the regime. The DPRK's food shortages would worsen next spring and summer because the ROK had no [...]	2009-11-09 09:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH
09SEOUL1786	ROK SENDS LETTER TO NATO SIGNALING INTENT TO JOIN [...] (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Hyoung-chan Choe on November 9, 2009. Choe stated that Foreign Minister Yu sent a letter on November 6 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen re [...]	2009-11-09 22:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF KS NATO
09SEOUL1787	ROK LETTER TO NATO SIGNALING INTENT TO JOIN ISAF [...] (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Hyoung-chan Choe on November 9, 2009. Choe stated that Foreign Minister Yu sent a letter on November 6 to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen re [...]	2009-11-09 22:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF KS NATO
09SEOUL179	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO HANAWON AND HANGYERAE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's January 29 visit to Hanawon Resettlement Center and Hangyerae Middle and High School revealed clean and modern facilities that show effective ROKG support for North Korean defectors on arrival in the ROK. During 2008, Hanawon's main campus for female defectors [...]	2009-02-05 05:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SREF PGOV PROP PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1794	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 10, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1795	AMBASSADOR WI SUNG-LAC ON WEST SEA NAVAL INCIDENT [...] (C) Ambassador Wi Sung-lac, the ROKG's point person on North Korean issues, gave Ambassador Stephens a readout on the November 10 naval skirmish in the West Sea. Wi said there were no ROK casualties; he could not confirm reports that at least one North Korean was killed and several others wou [...]	2009-11-10 09:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PINR PGOV KN KS
09SEOUL18	PRESS BULLETIN - January 5, 2009 [...] Global Response to Gaza (JoongAng Ilbo, January 5, 2009, Page 26) 2. If ROK-U.S. Alliance is Strong, We Do Not Need to Be Afraid of Pyongyang's Strategy of Engaging with the U.S. and Sidelining ROK (Chosun Ilbo, January 3, 2009, Page 27) 3. ROK and U.S. Fail to Round off Bush's Tenure with S [...]	2009-01-05 07:24:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL1800	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 08:06:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1801	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 12, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1802	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 13, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 06:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
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
09SEOUL2	KOREAN ECONOMY SLOWING -- OUTLOOK WEAK FOR FIRST [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Korean economic growth slowed in 2008 from the 5 percent pace of 2007 to below 4 percent. Growth was already slowing before the impact of the global financial turmoil, but has bee [...]	2009-01-01 22:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KS
09SEOUL200	PRESS BULLETIN - February 6, 2009 [...] A Future for Iraq (JoongAng Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 2. Financial Protectionism Could Bring Second Crisis (Chosun Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 27) 3. Even Though 'Buy America' Provisions Have Softened (Hankook Ilbo, February 6, 2009, Page 36) Features 4. N. Korea "Could Fire [...]	2009-02-06 08:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL2001	U.S.-ROK BILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING HELD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the second round of U.S.-ROK bilateral counterterrorism consultations, the ROK expressed growing concern over terrorist attacks on Korean nationals abroad. Outlining its increasing international and domestic counterterrorism efforts, the ROK reiterated the desire to work clo [...]	2009-12-24 03:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PGOV KS
09SEOUL2002	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO ROK ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-24 03:12:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS
09SEOUL2006	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - DECEMBER 2009 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- Economy Records 3.2 Percent Quarterly Growth -- ROKG, IMF Optimistic About 2010 -- ROKG Plans to Expand Stake in IMF and World Bank -- ROKG Plans "Business Summit" [...]	2009-12-28 04:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
09SEOUL2007	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; December 28, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 05:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
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
09SEOUL3	PRESS BULLETIN - December 31, 2008 [...] The Israel-Palestine Issue Will Be Resolved Only When the U.S. Is Fair (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Page 27) Features 2. N. Korea to Prepare for Post-Kim Jong-il Era Next Year (Dong-a Ilbo, December 31, 2008, Front Page) 2 3. ROK Looking at Ways to Support U.S. in Afghanistan (Chos [...]	2009-01-01 23:36:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL30	POLIFESSORS: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFLICT SUBVERTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6, poloffs met with prominent political science professors Kim Hyung-joon of Myongji University and Hahm Sung-deuk of Korea University to discuss the current political situation and implications of the recent clashes in the National Assembly. Kim said that the Nationa [...]	2009-01-07 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL307	PRESS BULLETIN - February 27, 2009 [...] The Only Way Out (JoongAng Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 27) 2. A Part-Time Envoy for a Full-Time Task (Chosun Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 26) 3. Ratification of the KORUS FTA Is Urgent (Hankook Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 39) Features 4. Even If the U.S. Successfully Intercepts [...]	2009-02-27 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL309	MEDIA REACTION IN SEOUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 07:55:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US KPAO KMDR
09SEOUL311	ROK EXPERTS SAY PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: South Korean experts on the DPRK agree that the North's recent escalation of tensions with the South marks a qualitative change in South-North relations and that President Lee Myung-bak's policy of "benign neglect" toward the North is largely responsible for the change. Kim Jong [...]	2009-02-27 08:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN
09SEOUL312	ROKG QUESTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) After poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 24, Kim Hyon-Du and Kim Kwang-Woo of the ROK-U.S. Security Cooperation Division asked questions in para 3 about the current Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review. Even though their superi [...]	2009-02-27 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS
09SEOUL313	PROGRESS ON KEY LEGISLATION IN DOUBT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current special session of the National Assembly ends on March 3. The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) had pledged to push through several controversial bills in addition to economic reforms after failing to make progress in previous sessions. After the main opposition De [...]	2009-02-27 08:52:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KN KS
09SEOUL314	SEOUL ECONOMIC BRIEFING -- FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Korea,s 2008 Current Account Posts USD 6.41 Billion Deficit: South Korea,s 2008 current account shifted to a deficit of USD 6.41 billion from 2007,s surplus of USD 5.88 billion dollars. The goods account surplus decreased to USD 5.99 billion from the previous year's 28.17 billion dollars, [...]	2009-02-27 10:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EINV KS
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
10SEOUL101	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 27, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 05:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL106	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. In This Issue ------------- -- Korean Economy Achieves Positive Growth in 2009 -- Finance Minister Rules Out Quick Exit Policy -- Central Bank Keeps Record Low Interest Rates -- Consumer Prices S [...]	2010-01-28 06:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
10SEOUL107	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 07:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL109	ROKG "MULLING OVER" PLAN FOR IRAN'S UPR [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POL M/C, on January 28 delivered reftel demarche, which highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran and sought ROKG support for the U.S. position during the February 15 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session on Iran, to Cho Hyun, the new ROK Deputy For [...]	2010-01-28 09:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS IR
10SEOUL129	ROKG FIRMLY SUPPORTS USG RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 01:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID ECON HA KS
10SEOUL13	KOREAN AUTO MARKET NEW YEAR'S UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report highlights recent events and perspectives in the Korean automobile market. The increasing globalization of the ROK's automobile market - both in the influx of foreign cars in Korea and the expansion of Korea automobile production abroad - is particularly noteworthy. [...]	2010-01-06 05:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR KS
10SEOUL133	ROKG WILL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 06:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10SEOUL134	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 06:39:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL135	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 06:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL136	INFLATION, HOARDING HAVE DPRK REGIME BARING ITS [...] (C) Interlocutors from several North Korea-focused NGOs have told us that inflation is rising rapidly in the DPRK in the wake of the regime's currency replacement fiasco. State-run stores list the current price for a kilo of rice at 44 new North Korean Won (NKW) but have no rice to sell; in bl [...]	2010-01-29 08:31:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON KN KS
10SEOUL137	CHANGING KOREA'S CONSTITUTION: AN OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of cables examining the debate about revising the Republic of Korea's constitution. The current constitution, proclaimed in 1948, has been revised nine times, most recently in 1987. The 1987 revision, which is regarded as having established Korean [...]	2010-01-29 08:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
10SEOUL141	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 1, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 07:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL143	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL146	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 2, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 07:29:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL149	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 07:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL15	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 6, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 06:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL152	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 4, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL170	ROKG VIEWS ON ROK-CHINA-JAPAN FTA [...] (C) Summary: In trilateral meetings held in Korea the week of January 25, director general level officials from the ROK, Japan, and China agreed to launch a joint study on the feasibility of an FTA among the three nations. ROK working-level officials hailed the decision as "courageous" and, [...]	2010-02-05 02:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KS
10SEOUL174	VETERAN POLITICIAN GOH KUN ON KOREAN SOCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1 the Ambassador hosted former Prime Minister Goh Kun for a lunch discussion that covered a range of issues, including his work on the Committee for Social Integration. Goh, recently selected to chair the committee, has now worked for seven different presidents over [...]	2010-02-05 07:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO KS
10SEOUL175	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-05 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL176	ROKG CONSIDERS NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IRANIAN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on February 5 to Koo Hyun-mo, Director of MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, highlighting U.S. diplomatic efforts to engage Iran, outlining the U.S. view of next steps, and seeking ROK cooperation to increase pressure. Director Koo said the [...]	2010-02-05 09:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KS IR
10SEOUL177	KOREA'S GOALS FOR THE G20 IN 2010 [...] (C) Summary: Korea's G20 Chairmanship and hosting of the November 11-12 G20 Summit is vitally important to Koreans as proof of the ROK's growing global role. Viewing the G20 as a top national priority, President Lee Myung-bak has created a powerful Presidential Committee to manage the event a [...]	2010-02-07 22:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN KS
10SEOUL18	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 7, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-07 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL181	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 06:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL182	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 8, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 06:56:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL187	A/S CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH ROK DEPUTY [...] (C) During a February 3 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon dismissed ROK press speculation that a North-South summit was imminent. Lee related that veteran DPRK Six-Party Talks negotiator Kim Gye-gwan would visit China week of February 8 [...]	2010-02-08 08:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF JP CH KN KS
10SEOUL192	ROKG TO CONSIDER MEGAPORTS DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Econoff on February 8 met with Second Secretary Kim He-jin in MOFAT's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division to request meetings on February 25-26 to explore the possibility of establishing a DOE Megaports Initiative in the ROK. 2. (SBU) Kim thought MOFAT would probably [...]	2010-02-09 02:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KS PREL
10SEOUL195	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 9, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 06:51:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL2	ROK FM YU ON ROK'S COMPREHENSIVE DEAL WITH UAE [...] (C) ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-Hwan hosted a one-on-one breakfast with Ambassador Stephens on December 30, and opened with a long description of the ROK-UAE nuclear plant deal. Other subjects covered in the breakfast will be reported septel. 2. (C) ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung Hwan e [...]	2010-01-04 04:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP PGOV EINV ETRD AE KS
10SEOUL200	RESPONSE TO DOL REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ROK USE [...] (SBU) Following consultations with government officials, NGOs, and members of the National Assembly, Post has no reason to believe that any specific goods in South Korea are produced by forced labor in violation of international standards. For more information on populations vulnerable to la [...]	2010-02-09 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM KWMN KFRD KTIP KS

10SEOUL202	DASD SCHIFFER: KOREAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 00:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ETRD KS KN
10SEOUL204	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SUPREME PROSECUTORS OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting the Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) on February 4, the Ambassador praised the SPO for its cooperation in joint law enforcement projects, and for Korea's rapid development in rule of law. She encouraged the SPO to support Korea's accession to the Hague Convention on In [...]	2010-02-10 07:38:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT ECON KIPR KTIA PHUM PREL KS
10SEOUL205	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL207	DANISH EMBASSY ON FOOD SHORTAGES, CURRENCY CHAOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Danish Embassy Political Counselor Mette Ekeroth told us that, during a late January visit to North Korea, food was hard to find -- even for diplomats. Ordinary people, even in the capital, were clearly having a difficult time getting enough to eat. Senior regime officials were [...]	2010-02-10 08:53:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ECON SOCI KN KS CH
10SEOUL215	PRESIDENT'S BROTHER ILLUSTRATES KOREA'S GROWING [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's older brother and six-term Grand National Party (GNP) National Assembly Member Lee Sang-deuk told the Ambassador at lunch on February 9 that since vowing in June 2009 to stop meddling in domestic politics, he has focused his attention on securing natural [...]	2010-02-11 02:18:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SOCI KS
10SEOUL216	GYEONGGI GOVERNOR ASKS FOR PREDICTABILITY ON BASE [...] (C) Summary: Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo, introducing Ambassador Stephens before a January 29 speech in Suwon to some 250 business and political leaders from Gyeonggi Province, called for more predictability and transparency in relocating and consolidating U.S. bases. At lunch in his resi [...]	2010-02-11 03:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KS
10SEOUL218	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 06:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL219	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 06:16:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL226	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 05:35:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL23	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 8, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-08 06:13:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL234	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] Post delivered the demarche in Reftel to the Korean Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs According on February 3. Ministry officials agreed that texting while driving, talking on cell phones while driving, and watching television while driving are serious problems in the Republic of Kor [...]	2010-02-16 02:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA KS
10SEOUL238	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-16 08:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL239	POLITICS OF OPCON TRANSITION IN KOREA [...] (C) Summary: The transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 2012 does not currently register as a political issue at the National Assembly and there is little discussion of delaying OPCON transition outside a small circle of Korean veterans and conserv [...]	2010-02-16 09:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KS
10SEOUL240	ROK PKO IN HAITI FULLY SELF-SUFFICIENT [...] (U) On February 16, Jun Ji Sun, Deputy Director, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, informed Poloff that the Republic of Korea's peacekeeping team in Haiti is self-sufficient and does not require any logistics or transportation assistance at this time. Jun reported that the a [...]	2010-02-16 09:12:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN
10SEOUL244	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL248	A/S CAMPBELL DISCUSSES DPRK FUTURE WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) A group of five ROK opinion leaders and experts on North Korea issues told A/S Kurt Campbell on February 3 it was difficult to predict whether Kim Jong-il's youngest son Kim Jong-un would be able to succeed his father without sparking instability in the North. Of the five experts, one thought t [...]	2010-02-18 04:57:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KN KS CH
10SEOUL254	A/S CAMPBELL'S FEBRUARY 4 MEETINGS WITH FM YU AND [...] (C) During a February 4 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan noted that ROK civil society organizations and private citizens had donated nearly 10 million USD to the earthquake relief effort. Campbell praised the ROK's Haiti response and noted that strategic b [...]	2010-02-18 09:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI MARR ECON KN KS CH
10SEOUL255	NGOS CALL FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA [...] (U) The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) at Kyungnam University co-sponsored a human rights-focused North Korea donors conference February 4-5 in Seoul. Ambassador Stephens delivered opening remarks, highlighting the USG's commitment to d [...]	2010-02-18 09:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL EAID SOCI PINR ECON KN KS
10SEOUL258	A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY TRADE MINISTER [...] (C) In his February 3 meeting with Deputy Trade Minister Lee Hye-min, A/S Campbell underscored the importance of the discussion about the KORUS FTA between President Obama and President Lee last November. Campbell also stressed President Obama's positive remarks on trade during his State of t [...]	2010-02-19 04:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KS
10SEOUL261	S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: "VOCATIONAL, [...] (U) Of the approximately 18,000 North Koreans who have risked their lives and made it to South Korea, 80 percent are women. The majority left the DPRK to escape famine and political repression; many experienced some form of sexual exploitation and/or economic exploitation en route to freedom [...]	2010-02-19 06:49:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY KN KS
10SEOUL263	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 07:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL264	MINISTER OF PATRIOTS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS ON ROK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister Kim Yang of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (MPVA),Republic of Korea (ROK),told Ambassador Stephens on February 16 that the MPVA is planning a series of events to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, the most significant of which will be a [...]	2010-02-19 08:18:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS
10SEOUL27	PRESIDENT LEE BEGINS HIS 3RD YEAR STRONG; REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak begins his third year in office with rising poll numbers, recently topping 50 percent, and momentum to command the political playing field. The June 2 regional elections will dominate the political agenda, while the Sejong City controversy has the most po [...]	2010-01-08 08:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS KN
10SEOUL271	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL272	VFM CHUN YOUNG-WOO ON SINO-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (S) Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-woo told the Ambassador February 17th that China would not be able to stop North Korea's collapse following the death of Kim Jong-il (KJI). The DPRK, Chun said, had already collapsed economically and would collapse politically two to three years after the death o [...]	2010-02-22 09:32:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP ECON SOCI KS KN JA CH
10SEOUL273	VFM CHUN WARNS THAT ROK-U.S. CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (S) Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-woo told the Ambassador February 17th that revising the ROK-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (CNCA) could soon become a "defining issue" in ROK-U.S. relations. The issue, he warned, was already drawing significant amounts of negative press attent [...]	2010-02-22 09:37:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR ENRG KNNP MNUC ECON KS KN JA
10SEOUL287	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 23, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 08:09:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL289	ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FM OKADA'S SEOUL VISIT [...] (C) MOFAT's new Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs, Chang Won-sam, told us the ROKG was very pleased with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's annexation apology during his February 10-11 visit to Seoul. Chang said Okada had gone beyond the agreed-upon text by adding that Japan "should [...]	2010-02-22 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI MARR SCUL KS JA
10SEOUL290	A/S CAMPBELLâ€™S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH NSA KIM [...] (C) During a February 3 meeting, National Security Adviser Kim Sung-hwan told EAP Assistant Secretary Campbell the ROKG wished to have discussions with Washington about delaying the planned transfer of wartime operation control to Korea. Kim agreed that turbulence in Sino-American relations meant B [...]	2010-02-22 08:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI MARR ECON ETRD KN KS CH
10SEOUL294	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOREA AGREES THE CD 'NEEDS A [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging host countries to explore ways to move ahead in the Conference on Disarmament (CD) to Kim Sung Eun, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim listened carefully to [...]	2010-02-23 05:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL KS
10SEOUL297	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 24, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL3	ROKG AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNSCR 1267 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 05:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PINR PREL SA YM UN KN KS
10SEOUL309	SOUTH KOREA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN AGAIN ON GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 03:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	IO PHUM UNGA KS
10SEOUL310	DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS BILL SYMBOLIC BUT UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Member Park Sun-young told us February 22 that approval by the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee of the "North Korean Human Rights Act" was symbolically important, but cautioned the bill was unlikely to become law. The Liberty Forward lawmaker, co-auth [...]	2010-02-24 04:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI KS KN
10SEOUL311	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 08:02:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL312	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Korea Swings to Trade Deficit in January -- Unprecedented Demand for Unemployment Insurance -- ROKG Raises Job Creation Target to 250,000 -- Governme [...]	2010-02-25 00:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
10SEOUL314	MOFAT AND UZBEK AMBASSADOR ON KARIMOV VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The MOFAT DDG who covers Central Asia told us that during the February 11 summit between Presidents Lee and Karimov, the Uzbek leader pressed MB to hire Korean-speaking Uzbek laborers and engineers to work on the ROK's 40 billion USD nuclear power plant project in the UAE. Lee as [...]	2010-02-25 02:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG KNNP KS UZ
10SEOUL318	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- Grain Output Declines in 2009 -- Market Restrictions Eased -- Finance Chief Sacked Over Currency Debacle -- Scholar: Currency Reform Goal Was to Exp [...]	2010-02-25 08:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
10SEOUL319	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL320	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 08:10:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL321	SEOUL POLITICAL WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak begins his third year in office with poll numbers that are up despite a fierce, ongoing debate over his proposal to scrap the decision of the previous administration of Roh Moo-hyun to move half the government to a new capital, Sejong City, 150 kilometers [...]	2010-02-25 08:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KS
10SEOUL322	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH [...] (C) On February 25, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to convey U.S. views regarding the latest IAEA report on Syria to Kim He-jin, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim informed Poloff that Korea intends to give a state [...]	2010-02-25 08:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL SY IAEA KS
10SEOUL323	ROK, U.S. PRIORITIES IN SYNC FOR MARCH UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on February 26 to MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division Director Cho Tae-ick seeking ROK support for U.S. priorities at the March UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session. Cho, who will be in Geneva for part of the session, said he would pass reftel inf [...]	2010-02-25 09:22:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR KN KS UN
10SEOUL35	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL4	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 05:40:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL44	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 06:37:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL5	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 4, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 05:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL51	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 13, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 07:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL52	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - DECEMBER 2009 [...] President Lee witnessed the signing of a contract December 27 that will award USD 20 billion to a South Korean consortium led by the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to supply four 1400 megawatt light water nuclear reactors and design and build four nuclear power plants in the United A [...]	2010-01-14 00:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR ECON EIND PREL SENV TBIO TPHY KGHG KHIV
10SEOUL55	ROK'S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL, ESTHOFF called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Climate Change and Environment Kim Hyo-eun to see if Korea had yet associated itself formally with the Copenhagen Accord at the UNFCCC Secretariat and submitted its greenhouse gas emissions targe [...]	2010-01-14 05:28:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG KS
10SEOUL56	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 07:27:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL59	SPECIAL ENVOY KING'S 1/11 MEETING WITH NSA KIM [...] (C) National Security Adviser Kim Sung-hwan told Special Envoy King and the Ambassador on January 11 that the ROK remains committed to improving human rights in North Korea. Kim doubted that Pyongyang would heed calls to improve its human rights record, but it was important to remind the regim [...]	2010-01-14 08:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH
10SEOUL60	INITIAL ROK STEPS ON EMERGENCY RELIEF TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Following a January 4 inter-agency meeting, MOFAT's Development Assistance Cooperation Division informed us that the ROKG will deploy a 35-member disaster relief team to Haiti, along with supplies for the team to distribute. MOFAT expects the deployment and supplies to cost USD 1 million [...]	2010-01-14 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTSD KCRS CASC EAID PREL KS HA
10SEOUL61	SPECIAL ENVOY KING'S MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During his January 11-14 visit to Seoul, refugee leaders told Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Robert King that exposure to the outside world -- largely through radio broadcasts and South Korean DVDs -- has had a profound impact on North Korean society, and that [...]	2010-01-14 09:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KPAO KWNM KTIP SOCI KS KN
10SEOUL62	SPECIAL ENVOY KINGâ€™S 1/11 MEETING WITH FM YU [...] (C) During a January 11 meeting with Special Envoy Robert King, FM Yu downplayed press speculation that a North-South summit is imminent. Yu asserted that Kim Jong-il (KJI) would visit China in late January or early February; the North Korean leader needed both Chinese economic aid and political su [...]	2010-01-14 09:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS CH
10SEOUL65	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 06:08:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL69	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 05:17:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL7	SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 04:05:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL75	DG SHIN DONG IK TO TRAVEL TO MANILA FOR NPT [...] (SBU) On January 14, PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on Dissuading Abuse of the NPT Withdrawal Provision to Kim Sung-eun, Second Secretary, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. On January 20, Kim notified PolOff that Shin Dong-Ik, Director Genera [...]	2010-01-20 05:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA
10SEOUL8	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 5, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 04:21:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL80	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 09:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL81	TRIPLE-DIGIT INFLATION IN PYONGYANG, BRITS SAY [...] (C) A veteran British North Korea-Watcher just back from a TDY stint at the UK Embassy in Pyongyang asserted that inflation appeared to be running in the triple-digits. The impact of that inflation was clear: there are few goods to buy. Canned goods have "basically disappeared," our interlo [...]	2010-01-21 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI ECON KN KS
10SEOUL82	KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...]	2010-01-21 08:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF
10SEOUL83	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 08:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL86	ROKG CLOSELY MONITORING TAIWAN RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In order to avoid provoking ROK domestic reaction, the ROKG has adopted a deliberate low profile with respect to the Taiwan legislature's January 5 vote to amend its Food Sanitation Management Act to exclude certain cuts of U.S. beef. However, at a special session of the National [...]	2010-01-21 23:03:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PREL JA TW KS
10SEOUL89	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL90	ROK REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points on the Secretary's January 12 Asia-Pacific multilateralism speech to Kim Jong-hee, the regional security architecture action officer in MOFAT's ASEAN Cooperation Division. Ms. Kim stressed that the Secretary's speech had been read carefully by senior MOFAT [...]	2010-01-22 08:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF
10SEOUL91	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 07:46:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL92	SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - DECEMBER 2009 [...] In January 2008, Korea revised the goal of raising the share of new and renewable energy in its total energy equation from 2.6 percent in 2008 to 6 percent in 2020, and 11 percent in 2030. Korea's New and Renewable 2030 Vision stipulates wind energy to be developed and deployed as the third la [...]	2010-01-25 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND ENRG PGOV PREL TBIO TRGY TSPA KS
10SEOUL94	SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 07:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL95	NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010 [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Year's Editorial Focuses on the Economy -- DPRK Bans Foreign Currency Use -- DPRK Continues Closing Wholesale Markets -- Number of DPRK Cell Phon [...]	2010-01-26 07:01:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
10SEOUL99	ROK SENDING SURVEY TEAM TO HAITI IN ADVANCE OF PKO [...] (SBU) On January 26, Jun Ji-Sun, Deputy Director of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Poloff that the Republic of Korea (ROK) will send an interagency survey team to Haiti January 29 to assess humanitarian requirements. The survey team will [...]	2010-01-26 09:10:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KTSD KCRS CASC EAID PREL KS HA
88SEOUL3039	REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. CLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: U.S.-ROK BILATERAL COOPERATION: ------------------------------ 3. ROK COUNTERTERRORISM UNITS TRAINED WITH U.S. CT FORCES ON MANY OCCASIONS IN 1988. THE JADE NUGGET EXERCISE IN JUNE INCLU [...]	1988-03-16 23:14:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PTER KS
88SEOUL3040	REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] UNCLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: I. REVIEW OF MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN, INCLUDING STEPS TAKEN IN INTERNATIONAL FORA. A. INTRODUCTION AFTER YEARS OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING INFILTRATION BY NORTH KOREAN COMMANDO TEAMS AND AGENT [...]	1988-03-16 23:20:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KS
92SEOUL12111	SOUTH KOREA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY. THE ROKG VIEWS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SHARES A STRONG POLICY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WITH THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992, AND NO ROKG PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL T [...]	1992-11-17 06:15:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KS
92SEOUL12720	SOUTH KOREA: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY. THE ROKG VIEWS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SHARES A STRONG POLICY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WITH THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992, AND NO ROKG PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL T [...]	1992-12-04 05:49:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KS
92SEOUL4375	KIM IL SUNG'S BIRTHDAY AND NEW TITLES FOR FATHER [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: WITH N/S NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUING OVER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE N/S BASIC AGREEMENT AND THE NON-NUCLEAR ACCORD, KIM IL SUNG'S APRIL 15 BIRTHDAY BASH, KIM'S NEW TITLE OF GENERALISSIMO, AND KIM JONG IL'S ELEVATION TO MARSHAL HAVE GENERATED ONLY MODEST PUBLIC INTERE [...]	1992-04-23 08:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN
93SEOUL2885	DPRK ANNOUNCES END OF "SEMI-WAR" STATE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON MARCH 24, DPRK SUPREME COMMANDER KIM JONG IL ISSUED AN ORDER LIFTING THE "SEMI-WAR STATE" (REF A) THAT HAD BEEN INSTITUTED MARCH 9 IN RESPONSE TO THE BEGINNING OF TEAM SPIRIT. ACCORDING TO THE MOFA INTER-KOREA POLICY DIVISION, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE DPRK HAS OF [...]	1993-03-25 09:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KS KN
94SEOUL8139	DPRK LEADERSHIP - CHOSEN SOREN REPORTS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, THE DCM MET WITH A LEADING JAPANESE EXPERT ON NORTH KOREA, WHO REPORTED ON THE LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS INSIDE THE DPRK; THE DEVELOPING RESPONSIBILITIES OF CERTAIN DPRK OFFICIALS; AND THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHOSEN SOREN IN JAPANESE-DPRK R [...]	1994-09-28 05:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS KN JA
94SEOUL9874	SOUTH KOREA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SUMMARY. (U) THE ROKG VIEWS ITSELF AS A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SHARES A STRONG POLICY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WITH THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERORISM IN 1994, AND NO ROKG PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITIONS INVOLVING INTERNATION [...]	1994-12-02 07:08:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KS
98SEOUL7019	REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] (U) NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM WERE CARRIED OUT IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (ROK) IN 1998, AND THE ROK DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EXTRADITION REQUESTS FROM OTHER NATIONS FOR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. ON DECEMBER 1, 1998, THE ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIED THE ROK-U.S. EXT [...]	1998-12-11 07:47:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KS

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LZ
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MJ
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MS
MSG
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MTS
MU
MUC
MUCN
MUKASEY
MULLEN
MUNC
MURRAY
MV
MW
MX
MY
MZ
NA
NAC
NACB
NAFTA
NAM
NAMSA
NANCY
NAR
NARC
NARCOTICS
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NAT
NATEU
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NATIONAL
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NATOOPS
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NATSIOS
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