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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)

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A view of the East Room of White House where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are hosting a state dinner for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden after addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, toast each other during a luncheon at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)

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President Barack Obama welcomed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, to a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., October 13, 2011 (Mary F. Calvert/Special to the Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak take part in a joint news conference, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in the East Room of White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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