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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy tees off on the 14th hole while playing South Korea's Bae Sang-moon during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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People at the Seoul Station on Jan. 2, 2012, watch a TV screen showing South Korean President Lee Myung-bak delivering a New Year's speech to the nation. (Associated Press)
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Lee Hee-ho (center), widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, arrives at Kaesong, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 26, 2011. Mrs. Lee is part of an 18-person group allowed by South Korea to attend the funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday. (AP Photo)
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North Korean defector Park Sang-hak (right) releases a balloon bearing leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un during a demonstration against the North at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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UNCERTAINTY: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (right) huddles with his National Security Council on Monday about strategy for North Korean relations.
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A South Korean soldier uses binoculars to watch North Korea from a guard post in the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas in Cheolwon, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, after news of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Hae-ryoung)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks at the Blue House in Seoul on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, during an emergency meeting of the National Security Council over North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (second from right) presides over an emergency meeting of the National Security Council at the Blue House in Seoul on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's death. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
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An unidentified Chinese fishing-boat captain (center) suspected of stabbing two South Korean coast guard officers is led by police officers to a coast guard office in Incheon, South Korea, after his arrest on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Ha Sa-hun)
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Rep. Kim Seon-dong of the opposition Democratic Labor Party (center bottom) is blocked Nov. 22, 2011, by a security officer as National Assembly Vice Speaker Chung Eui-hwa (center seated) covers his face after Kim exploded tear gas to try to block the passage of a bill on ratification of a South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement at the National Assembly in Seoul. (Associated Press)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left) shakes hands with Sohn Hak-kyu, chairman of the leading opposition Democratic Party, before their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday. Mr. Lee made a rare visit to the National Assembly to try to break a deadlock on passage of a long-stalled free-trade agreement with the United States. (Associated Press)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left) speaks with Chinese President Hu Jintao during a roundtable meeting at a G-20 summit in Cannes, France on Nov. 4, 2011. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (left) and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin shake hands during a joint press conference in Seoul on Oct. 28, 2011. (Associated Press)
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South Koreans stage a protest Wednesday against the free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. Congress last week approved the long-pending agreement with Seoul, a landmark trade pact expected to bring the two allies closer together. (Associated Press)
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President Obama (left) listens as South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, wearing a Detroit Tigers baseball cap, speaks at the General Motors Orion assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., on Oct. 14, 2011. (Associated Press)
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A South Korean protester participates in a rally against a free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Oct. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama offers a toast during a State Dinner with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and first lady Kim Yoon-ok as they welcome them to a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Kim Yoon-ok as they welcome them to a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
