A strong sense of national pride combined with a strong knowledge of English will help Korea become a powerful force in Asia and the world.

强烈的民族荣誉感和扎实的英语功底将使韩国成为亚洲及至世界的主流力量。

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The BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo says that the president's rhetoric was triumphant: he said his country should be declared the "pride of Asia" for destroying "the world's most savage terrorist leader" in the space of less than three years.

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But we pride ourselves on getting early to the rising stars of Asia-Pacific, and sure enough it was more than two years ago when Contributing Editor S. Dinakar first profiled the bank's success for us.

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