Administration Quote by 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

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

— Lee Myung-bak

What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has…

— Lee Myung-bak

I'm well aware of the people's wishes.

— Lee Myung-bak

If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility…

— 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…

— Lee Myung-bak

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

— Lee Myung-bak

Fortunately, when Korea was struck by the 1997/8 financial crisis, that was a good opportunity for us to engage in fundamental reforms and strengthen…

— 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

For us, from Korea's perspective, China is the number one investment destination as well as number one trading partner.

— Lee Myung-bak

I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards.

— Lee Myung-bak

First of all, I think all countries in the world have agreed it is not in anyone's interest to test-fire a missile, or whatever…

— Lee Myung-bak