The right-leaning government of South Korea has adopted the same approach.

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This week, in another event of interest to the Americans, a group of government ministers from South Korea is in Pyongyang, the North's capital, for four days of talks with their counterparts, which started on Tuesday October 14th.

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Cyber gaming is such a big part of South Korea that the government has created a special policy to promote "e-sports, " as they are known.

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The new president intends to turn South Korea's presidential system of government into more of a parliamentary one.

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Bad news from overseas for Apple: South Korea has joined the chorus of government officials asking whether the location-tracking file on iPhones and iPads breaks the law, reports Bloomberg.

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In another moment of robot-boosting, South Korea's government promised domestic robots for all homes by 2020.

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In Thailand, as in South Korea, the present government was installed partly because of the crisis, and so was able to distance itself from policies that led to the debacle.

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After what has been by all accounts a lively debate of its own, the South Korean government seems to have recognised that dealing with North Korea's worrisome behaviour needs closer co-ordination with America.

ECONOMIST: North Korea

South Korea has set up a team of computer security experts from the government, military and private sector to identify the hackers and is preparing to deal with more possible attacks, presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung told reporters Friday.

NPR: SKorea Ready For More Cyberattacks; Banks Recover

Although none was jailed, the government said the amnesty was necessary because the businessmen needed to be cleared of their criminal records in order to help South Korea recover from a slowing of its economy.

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