However,the zone encountered problems when North Korea became upset with the conservative policies of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Since last year's inauguration of conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak who North Korea calls a "traitor" North Korea has restricted access to the zone, detained a South Korean executive for more than two months without trial, and cancelled all of the contracts governing rent and wages.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

Mr Lee's gripe is that the authorities are developing a rival economic zone, the Suzhou New District, to the west of the town.

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In other words, it was well within the strike zone the Republicans institutionalized in 1988 when they turned the GOP's amiable hitman Lee Atwater loose with his "Willie Horton" ad against Michael Dukakis.

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