Words matter. These are the best Lee Myung-bak Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.
The role of G-20 is to support the global economy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth.
I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights – if need be – with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.
I do believe that both countries, China and Russia, that both of them are responsible countries.
Just to take a couple steps back historically, Korea, as you can see, is located among what we call big countries. And historically we’ve always been the victim of numerous invasions and whatnot.
First of all, I think all countries in the world have agreed it is not in anyone’s interest to test-fire a missile, or whatever its is.
I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies.
For us, from Korea’s perspective, China is the number one investment destination as well as number one trading partner.
Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.
I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
With the lessons taken from the financial crisis in 1997, the Republic of Korea has been able to surmount the global economic crisis rather successfully.
If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility is very slim.
Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating.
Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit.
Fortunately, when Korea was struck by the 1997/8 financial crisis, that was a good opportunity for us to engage in fundamental reforms and strengthen our financial structure. As a result, our financial regulatory structure and regime have been very much strengthened.
I’ve noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.
When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.
One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family.
From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.
What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people’s trust in North Korea has gone down considerably.
