Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

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.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

The role of G-20 is to support the global economy to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

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.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

I think it's safe to say that it's rather premature for anyone to make any initial assessment or analysis of Kim Jong-un, or have an accurate impression on Kim Jong-un.

Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak

When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.