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**FILE** President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak hold a joint news conference at Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 11, 2010. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner listens to questions at a press conference during a meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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American actor Willem Dafoe appears for a press conference during the 15th Pusan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Yoo Yong-suck)

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A North Korean defector shouts slogans next to a placard showing photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, center, his late father Kim Il-sung, left, and his youngest son Kim Jong-un, during a rally against the North's succession in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. The letters on a banner read "We denounce the family's succession through three generations." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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American actor Willem Dafoe speaks during a press conference AT the 15th Pusan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Yoo Yong-suck)

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In this Oct. 1, 2010, file photo, a South Korean worker watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's third son Kim Jong-un as she waits to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine office for North Korea near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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South Koreans watch a TV news program showing a picture of a man believed to be Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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North Korean head of delegate Col. Ri Sun Gyun, center, crosses the border line with other delegates for a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/ Shin So-young, Korea Pool)

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Head of North Korean delegate Col. Ri Shin Kwon, center, and others cross the border line for a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool)

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South Korean delegate Army Col. Moon Sang-gyun, sitting right center, talks with North Korean counterpart Col. Ri Shin Kwon, sitting second left, during a military meeting at the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak test drives an electric vehicle at the compound of the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Chun Soo-young)

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South Koreans watch a TV broadcasting file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, left, meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. News reports say Mr. Kim may have traveled to China in what would be his second visit to the country this year.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Koreans watch a TV broadcasting file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, center left, accompanied by Chinese President Hu Jintao, center, in their meeting, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. News reports say Mr. Kim may have traveled to China in what would be his second visit to the country this year.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A South Korean journalist looks at a computer screen showing an alleged North Korean Facebook account which carries content condemning "warmongers" South Korea and the U.S. in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Reclusive North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the list of social network services it has recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A South Korean sailor in the honor guard holds an U.S. flag as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates lay a wreath at the Korean War Memorial, Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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South Korean slugger Lotte Giants' Lee Dae-ho hits a three-run home run as a world record with 9 consecutive-game home runs in the second inning of a professional baseball game against the Kia Tigers in Gwangju, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Hyung Min-woo)

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** FILE ** South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (right) talks with Kim Tae-ho, whom Mr. Lee on Sunday named as the nation's prime minister, in Seoul in October 2008. Mr. Kim's appointment was part of a Cabinet reshuffle. (AP Photo/Yonhap)

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A flight deck crew aboard the USS George Washington work on an F/A-18 during joint maneuvers with South Korea off the peninsula's east coast on July 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

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A Lynx helicopter of the South Korean navy leaves from the destroyer Choi Young during military drills in the Yellow Sea of South Korea's west coast on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. South Korean troops fired artillery and dropped sonar buoys into the sea as naval drills kicked off Thursday near the spot where a warship sank four months ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

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U.S. actress Angelina Jolie smiles during a press conference to promote her new spy action-thriller "Salt" in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)