A GLOBAL KOREA
U.S. President Obama arrived in South Korea and meets with President Lee Myung-bak on issues such as North Korea's nuclear weapons, climate change, Afghanistan, and the stalled trade agreement. The run-up to Obama's arrival has been fairly quiet in this demonstration-loving city, although some human rights advocates pressed him to speak more forcefully against the North, a rally was staged outside the U.S. Embassy in Seoul opposing South Korea's decision to re-deploy troops to Afghanistan, and rice farmers protested the suspension of aid to North Korea resulting in plummeting prices. Read former Prime Minister Lee Hong-koo's piece on Obama's visit here, in our blog. Center for U.S.-Korea Policy's Scott Snyder also blogs about Korea's upcoming chairmanship of the G-20 and what it means for a "global Korea."
