Well, That Didn’t Take Long

US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow met Korean president-elect Lee Myung-bak at the GNP headquarters in Yeoui-do today.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on December 20, 2007 at 3:22 pm, filed under Asides, ROK-US Issues, South Korean Politics. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. SomeguyinKorea your flag
    Posted December 20, 2007 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

    Well, that didn’t take long. Could it be an indication that he’ll try to strengthen some of the diplomatic ties that Roh has tested at times to the breaking point?

  2. Robert Koehler your flag
    Posted December 20, 2007 at 3:40 pm | Permalink

    Well, it was Vershbow who visited Lee to congratulate him. But Lee did suggest that a new Korea-US relationship would form after he took office, citing a lack of trust over the last five years.

    http://news.naver.com/main/rea.....0001866989

  3. SomeguyinKorea your flag
    Posted December 20, 2007 at 3:51 pm | Permalink

    #2,

    Yeah, but just imagine what Roh would have done. “No, not yet. I’m too busy.”

  4. slim your flag
    Posted December 21, 2007 at 1:40 am | Permalink

    Here’s Bush Thursday am in Washington:

    “I spoke this morning to the president-elect of South Korea. And the people there are going to be watching very carefully as to whether or not our Congress understands the importance of the relationship and that they — you know, they pass that free trade agreement with Korea. It’s in our interest we do so.”

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