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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak participates in a a meeting with representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, May. 24, 2010

Open quoteWe have always tolerated North Korea's brutality, time and again. But now things are different. North Korea will pay a price corresponding to its provocative acts. Close quote

  • LEE MYUNG-BAK,
  • president of South Korea, announces a cessation of trade between North and South Korea following the alleged sinking of a South Korean warship
Photo: Jo Bo-hee / Yonhap / AP | Source: AP