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Template:Contains Korean text Lee Myung-bak, the President of the Republic of Korea, has elicited a variety of public perceptions regarding his policies, personality, and performance as a head of state. Lee has garnered a very conflicting reputation since he started career as a politician. This has contributed his mixed reputation.

Legal professor Lee Sang-don of the Chung-Ang University had expressed concerns through his blog how Lee Myung-bak's political clique could potentially drag down his own administration and the Grand National Party after the next presidential election due to Lee's extensive history of political-level corruptions.

Late 2011 Crisis

September 2011

Lee Myung-bak's political stewardship has been under scrutiny after a series of arrests of Lee's closest associates in the government. These events had brought a change of fate within the Blue House and the Grand National Party. His earlier persidential campaign promised "an administration without any scandal" and "a government that can overcome economic crises" have been suddenly continued to fail around the time of his September 20-24th 2011 trip for his speech in the United Nations Headquarter. The Blue House circle of individuals has expressed nervousness as the direct allegations against Lee have suddenly appeared in the mass media and as Lee has been initially silent on the controversies.

December 2011

The bribery charges against the personal aide of his brother Lee Sang-deuk has speared criticism against President Lee, and the public exposures of the two DDoS incidents during the October 26th, 2011 by-election have also generated controversy.

Negative Image

The "Rat" Nickname

He is often smeared as a "rat" by the South Korean liberals. This is contrasted from ex-president's Roh Mu-hyun's slanders. Lee's "rat" image later contributed to another online nickname, Jwibagi (쥐박이), a portmanteau of the Korean word for rat (쥐) and his name. The Hangul .com internet domain named after his 'Jwibagi' nickname is ironically owned by the security division of the Blue House, the official residence of the President.

The "2MB" Nickname

President Lee Myung Bak has several nicknames and the most famous one is "2MB" which means his brain can only contain memory or data of 2 Megabytes. The nickname derives from the Korean language, in that both "Lee" and "two" are spelled the same way (이) according to the South Korean phonological convention. The MB in the name comes from "Myung Bak."

The "Gaka" Nickname

Hosts of the popular podcast, Naneun Ggomsuda used a lazy spelling of the Korean word for Excellency, Gaka (가카 in Korean), as a nickname of President Lee Myung-bak.

Economic Failure

Iraqi Oil Deal Failure

A Wikileaks document shows that despite Lee's influence during the 2009 Iraq-South Korea Submit in Seoul, the Iraqi oil deal for South Korea was made "prematurely" according to a South Korean Foreign Minister official. Soon afterwards, the failure of Korea National Oil Corporation's plan to inspect oil reserves in the Iraqi Kurdistan, in which Lee Myung-bak personally took part in, was met with criticism from a fellow GNP member, Lee Hak-jae (이학재), on September 16, 2011.

2012 control of consumer prices

To control inflation, a new policy to limit the rising of prices was set in motion. It was enacted by after previous attempts by the Korean food agency failed to do anything about inflation and only led to wild price changes, and is considered a much more proactive rather than passive stance. Baek-il, professor of Commercial Distribution Studies at Ulsan College, criticized President Lee's proposal of artificially controlling the prices of consumer products as "interfering the supply and demand chains" and "unless the government gives subsidiary funds, it is impossible to control the prices".

Ignoring Pledges

Lee's pledges during his elections stirred disputes after he commenced his duty as a president. There has been concerns that his national-level plans are "lameducked" except for the river project right before the mid-election starting in early 2011.

Voters in the 40s age group who voted for Lee in the 2007 presidential election had voted against the Grand National Party in the October 2011 by-election based usually upon the Lee's failures of implementing policies for working class citizens.

Mortgage Issues

There are concerns that he ignored his own campaign promise to stabilize the mortgage issues.

University Tuition Policy

There has been a series of student demonstrations such as "hair-cutting protests" by university students. This also brought criticisms from the opposition, the Democratic Party. Hwang Woo-yeo, floor leader of the GNP, urged President Lee to reform the tuition policy even though there is still dispute whether the half-tuition talk was an actual promise.

Fraudulent Campaign Controversy

The 2007 presidential election was met with many protests, possibilities of his corruptions during his career as the mayor of Seoul, and problems with his campaign platform.

Foreign image

Similarities to foreign leaders

According to Mainichi Shimbun, Lee Myung-bak is similar to the controversial former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in that both of them proposed an extensive sociopolitical remodeling of their respective countries, encountered many political-level scandals, and failed to stop rising inflation.

Admnistration issues

Pro-Americanism

The older brother of Lee Myung-bak, Lee Sang-deuk, told Alexander Vershbow that Lee Myung-bak was "pro-U.S. and pro-Japan to the core" during a private discussion on the free trade-related issues in 2008. He once said that South Koreans who hold anti-American beliefs are "a very small minority" during an NPR interview on the South Korea–United States Free Trade Agreement.

Choi Eun-bae, a South Korean judge once criticized President Lee for being "pro-American to the core” on Facebook after Lee's leadership pressured the National Assembly to pass the KORUS Free Trade Agreement.

CEOs vs. Politicians

GNP chairperson Hong Jun-pyo voiced his concerns about Lee in that "due to the fact that Lee is a former CEO, he runs the country like a business company" and "for a person who sleeps at midnight and wakes at 4am, he is not good at politics".

Choi Jin, a Political Science professor at Kyonggi University, explained his CEO-style of presidential leadership:

In politics, a leader should be able to capture the hearts to be successful. Unfortunately, President Lee fails in this. He works hard on what he thinks is right for the country and its people, but makes little effort to explain his motives and sincerity.

Business-oriented Governance

Lee said that "the government's goal is to make businesses successful" during a business meeting on May 3rd, 2011. He is supportive of chaebol business groups.

Lee vowed in 2007 to "get rid of" political and "hard-line" unions. However, the general labor union scene in South Korea has eventually recovered as of late 2011 from concerns of the overall ruling party and the presidential leadership. Lee Yong-deuk, the chairman of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, mentioned that President Lee's anti-labor union policies were crucial of transforming labor unions in South Korea into politically active groups.

UAE Military Dispatch

A fellow member of National Assembly from the ruling Grand National Party Yoo Seung-min criticized that there might be concealed documents about dispatching soldiers, thus questioning the nature of the bilateral deal to send troops to the middle east. However, nothing else has been found to support his allegations.

Telecommunication Mismanagement

The party leader of the Democratic Party, Kim Jin-pyo, criticized the Lee governments decision to dismantle the Ministry of Information and Communication for the on-going negligence of South Korea's telecommunication security. This has later eventually been criticized by another member, Son Hak-gyu, of concerning about Korea Communications Commission's mismanagement

Counterproductive Governance

One of the biggest critics of Lee's political career, GNP politician Chung Doo-un on February 5, 2011 voiced his criticism against Lee by saying "It is natural to see how lameduck is President Lee's 4 years in office. We will agree whether who would be lameducked later this year." His editorial in Monthly Chosun (July 2011) about the July 4th party conference mentioned that Lee's later stage of his presidency is similar to ex-president Roh's later stage of presidency.

During the GNP supreme council on October 31st, 2011, after the fatal October 2011 by-election, fellow GNP politician, Won Hee-ryong had expressed discontent against Lee Myung-bak's self-praising and out of reality way of communication that does not help the public.

Political freedoms

Under the Lee Myung-bak administration, police are reportedly moving to restrict assemblies and demonstrations depending on their purposes as well as imposing fines on people who refuse on-the-street demands to present identification. Lee has been called authoritarian, and anti-labor. Yoon Yeo-jun, a former GNP member, openly concerned how Lee Myung-bak ignores democratic protocols at a public seminar on September 2011.

Amnesty International highly criticized the human rights violation caused under Lee Myung-bak's administration. Amnesty International accused Lee Myung Bak of ordering South Korean police to use excessive force against peaceful protestors who were demonstrating against Lee's policies. In contrast to his use of excessive force against the protestors, in an interview with Time magazine, President Lee said, "I fully understand the protesters' point of view on the matter" and regarding the long-lasting demonstration, he added, "Protesting culture has a deep-root in democracy of Korea and despite the ongoing political upheaval of this country, the enthusiasm that the protesters showed is one side of the dynamism we embrace and this will eventually be a positive drive of Korea's development".

Lee's government has also been criticized for maintaining surveillance illegally on Kim Jong-ik. Lee ordered a swift investigation into the case and punishment for anyone found guilty.

Former minister of the Ministry of Environment, Yoon Yeo-jun, criticized President Lee for his lack of publicness in which he valued efficiency and productivity over democratic processes.

Media freedoms

The International Federation of Journalists have condemned changes being made in the management of major broadcast media in South Korea which amount to political interference. The Lee government has been accused of trying to manipulate media to suit its political tastes by appointing executives to state-run broadcasting and some key public enterprises who are his supporters.

The Lee government has also been accused of appointing his close associates to presidencies of SKY LIFE satellite broadcasting and 24 hours news channel YTN, both of which supported his presidential campaign. The chief executives of Korea Broadcasting Advertising Corporation and the English broadcasting company, Arirang TV have been replaced by government supporters.

Firing Chung Yeon-ju

There has been controversy over Chung Yeon-ju of Korean Broadcasting System, the country's most powerful television network. The prosecution’s plan to summon Chung was made after the Korea Communications Commission Chairman Choi See-Joong, known to be President Lee Myung-bak’s “mentor,” called for Chung to resign. The summons stirred up controversy over “investigation for political purposes” combined with pressure from all directions by the Board of Audit and Inspection and the NTS.

Shin Jae-min made a controversial statement of mentioning that the President of South Korea has a legal rights to fire Chung Yeon-ju on July 5th, 2008.

2008 Beef protests

The Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation was under court investigation over a program dealing with a beef trade deal with the United States which the IFJ local affiliate, the Journalists' Association of Korea (JAK) says is against press freedom and is in breach of the promise protecting Journalists. The program, known as 'PD Diary', was accused to deliberately distort 19 conspicuous parts of the program, including several deliberate mistranslations, which the Lee administration saw as being at least partially responsible for sparking the U.S. beef protests. The translator, Ji-Min Jung, disclosed that the producers of the program had intentionally distorted the original translation and the prosecutor's investigation result confirmed on July 31 that a false representation was made. The Lee administration claimed that the MBC program, known as 'PD Diary', deliberately distorted some parts of the program.

According to Wikileaks documents, top officials of Lee's administration already agreed with then American ambassador, Alexander Vershbow, on January 17, 2008 to open up Korea's beef market, few months before Lee's trip to the USA on April 2008.

Treatment of journalists

Norma Kang Muico, Amnesty International’s Korea researcher, said (in 2009), “We are extremely concerned that the human rights situation in South Korea has deteriorated since last year.” As an example, she mentioned the prosecution’s indictment of five people who were involved in the production of an MBC program about mad cow disease that aired in 2008. She concluded, “The freedom of the press in Korea is now facing a challenge."

Chojoongdong Connection

The conservative Chojoongdong media had closely affiliated with Lee's influence in politics right before and around the beginning of his presidency as partners. It managed to co-prosper during the halfway of Lee's administration's support and favoritism. For what it matters, Lee's political leadership is business-friendly to the media sector of business as he and the GNP supported Chojoongdong-oriented comprehensive programming plan.

As President Lee's close associate on domestic mass media, Choi See-joong had officially expressed that the government would financially support the Comprehensive Programming.

Manufacturing 'Nice' Internet Comments

South Korean blogger Impeter (아이엠피터) was the first person to comment about a possible background of large number of consistent positive comments in various articles. Impeter later found out that a non-profit organization which was given $49,000 by the government was behind this online activities with the help of internet-savvy youths who need volunteering hours. New Progress Party politician, Cho Seung-su (조승수), mentioned this organization's use of taxpayers' money as a violation the Laws Concerning Non-Profit Organizations (비영리 민간단체지원법), Article #6.

May 2011 Twitter Incident

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) authorities blocked a Twitter account of a South Korean citizen on May 12, 2011 due to a potentially derogatory name that remarks against President Lee, 2MB18nomA. This has contributed a negative image of the KCC as a presidential watchdog. On August 5, 2011, the Seoul Executive Court made a plea to the KCC to unblock the Twitter account based on the ground of freedom of expression.

Religion

Buddhists have expressed concerns about Lee's religious beliefs. When Lee was mayor of Seoul, he declared the city "a holy place governed by God" and the citizens of Seoul "God's people." Lee reportedly received 80% of Korea's Christian votes.

In August 2008, Buddhist monks protested against Lee's pro-Christian politics. Lee Myung-bak and his government have been accused by many Buddhist groups, including the influential Jogye order, of discriminating against Buddhism. The Buddhist community accepted (Sept 9) President Lee's expression of regret over any misunderstanding between the two religions and personal pledge to ensure the governments neutrality. The Buddhist establishment took Lee's talk to be sincere and taking into consideration the increasing social conflict and economic hardship, they decided to take President Lee's remarks positively. The discomfort among the Buddhists has gradually appeased since then.

The government's decision to reduce the fundings for the Temple Stay programs across South Korean Buddhist temples generated mistrust from Buddhist establishments.

2011

Lee and the first lady attended a national-level Christian prayers' gathering in COEX Convention & Exhibition Center on March 3, 2011 and kneeled during prayer time. Both ruling and opposition parties later criticized his actions for undermining the separation of church and state. Kyunghyang Shinmun Political-International section editor, Kim Bong-seon criticized Lee's actions by recommending Lee "to choose only one position between an elder position of a Christian church and a presidential position of South Korea". A Hankook Ilbo news article on the Internet sparked around 1800 replies through Daum and 1000 comments through Nate about this controversy that questions the vast political influence of Christianity in Korea. For administrative purposes, secularism is indeed supported within the South Korean public. This incident had also sparked negative reactions from non-Christian organizations. The Korean Buddhist Youth Association (대한불교청년회) protested against Lee's actions as a president and recommended "to manage his own self-dignity". This further brought more negative image of Lee among Buddhists. Minister In Myeong-jin of the Galili Church in Guro-gu, Seoul criticized certain aggressive Christian groups, and made a note that due to the pro and anti Christian fighting "the next president should never be a Protestant Christian".

Environmental Destruction

Canal

Hong Jong-ho, an economist at Hanyang University, has claimed that the Grand Korean Waterway would create an “environmental disaster” that would worsen flooding and pollute the two rivers that supply drinking water for two-thirds of the country's population. He also said the waterway would be the most expensive construction project in South Korean history, costing as much as $50 billion. Buddhist groups have voiced fears that it would submerge nearby Buddhist relics, which would cause irreparable damage to a significant portion of Korea's cultural legacy.

Gavan McCormack of Australian National University criticized Lee's canal project as a failure in relation to former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's discredited political-economic approach called construction state (土建国家, Doken Kokka).

Jeju-do Military Base

American journalist, Gloria Steinem criticized President Lee for preserving Jeju-do's natural green zones while destroying a portion of it by constructing a naval military base.

Stance on North Korea

A longtime opponent of the Sunshine Policy carried out by his predecessors Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun, Lee shifted towards a more aggressive policy on North Korea, promising to provide massive economic assistance but only after North Korea abandoned its suspected nuclear weapons programs. The ultimate goal of the administration regarding inter-Korean relation is based on the "non-nuclear, openness, 3000" plan that entails reciprocity and mutual benefit between the two Koreas in order to achieve economic advancement and bring about happiness among the people living in the Korean peninsula. The current inter-Korean situation is undergoing a massive transitional period. The administration, however, made it clear that it will pursue a more productive policy that eventually would contribute to the peaceful reunification, but only after North Korea gives up its nuclear ambitions and adopt a more open-minded approach. The North Korean government viewed this as confrontational and responded by calling Lee a “traitor” and an “anti-North confrontation advocator”. The North Korean response included the expulsion of South Korean officials from an inter-Korean industrial complex, the launching of naval missiles into the sea, and the deployment of MiGs and army units provocatively close to the DMZ. Domestically, Lee's critics claim his strategy will only serve to antagonize the Kim Jong-il regime and undermine progress towards friendly North Korea-South Korea relations. He announced that Jusapa university students are behind the anti-governmental protests during a meeting with members of Buddhist organizations on June 2008. The Blue House officials, however, denied the existence of his remarks.

Cheong Seong-chang of the Sejong Institute, a think tank that often advises the government, argues that inter-Korean relations have been rapidly deteriorating, mainly because the Lee Myung-bak government persisted on differentiating its North Korean policies from those of the former Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun governments, ignoring the agreements previously made by the North-South summit and pursued a hardline policy.

However, in an interview with Yahoo!, Lee claims that there are many other inter-Korean agreements as well which have not been honored and that both Koreas should have frank dialogue with each other to break the stalemate. Lee supports the reunification of Korea, although he believes that political differences between the two Koreas create an enormous obstacle to reunification.

On March 26, 2010 an explosion destroyed the South Korean warship Cheonan, killing 46 crewmen. An investigation into the sinking concluded that a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine was responsible for the sinking. Lee took a hard line towards the north after the results of the investigation were announced, immediately freezing all trade between the north and the south and resuming radio broadcasts into North Korea. He also has asked that the United Nations implement sanctions against North Korea.

Lee Myung-bak was criticized for requesting to public relations department of the Ministry of National Defense on December 2010 to make an anti-North Korean video that stars actor, Lee Jun Ki. This video is catered towards Korean school-going adolescents for the new school year.

Dr. Seo Jae-jeong of Johns Hopkins University criticized Lee for being unrealistic in dealing with North Korea due to his Christian religious faith influencing South Korea's attitude towards North Korea.

The government's anti-North Korean attitude later influenced Ministry of National Defense's decision to hire some conservative military instructors who taught political stances unfavorable towards Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun to the army reservists.

The autobiography of the former president's Kim Dae-jung strongly criticizes Lee's policies towards North Korea before his death.

Lee had expressed a strong statement that "nothing would change as long as Kim Jong-il remained in power" in North Korea to Alexander Vershbow in 2006 according to recent Wikileaks leak.

The National Defence Commission officially declared that it "will refuse forever to engage with traitor Lee Myung-Bak and his group" after the Death of Kim Jong-il.

Sending Money to North Korea

Despite Lee Myung-bak's skeptical stance towards North Korea, 765 million dollars was sent to North Korea as of June 2010 under his leadership.

Yongsan Incident

On January 20, 2009, 6 people in were killed in a fire in Yongsan-gu during a demonstration. The families of the civilian victims in this incident later protested against the Police Agency.

Kim Seok-gi (김석기) was the head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency during the incident.

Fraudulent elections

In the 2010 local elections, an anonymous voter claimed he and another person were given election ballots which already had been filled for Oh Se-hoon who is affiliated to the Grand National Party, the ruling party governed by Lee Myung-bak. The anonymous voter raised objections to that situation, but the election officer replied "Just use that ballot and put that ballot in a ballot box".

Counterproductive Human Resource Management

Lee Myung-bak has faced strong criticism over his choice of political appointees – many of whom are wealthy or have very close connection with him. The concern is that Lee’s appointees will favor policies that protect the rich while failing to address the needs of the underprivileged. Another criticism is that these appointees have been mostly chosen from the nation's southeast region (Gyeongsang Province), which is reputably known as a GNP stronghold. Lee has also had to face corruption charges leveled at his administration. Three appointees have already resigned amid suspicions of corruption. And Lee’s top intelligence chief and anticorruption aide face accusations that they received bribes from The Samsung Group. Both Samsung and Lee denied the charges.

Former president, Kim Young-sam thinks Lee has done poorly in terms of appointing officials according to a Wikileaks document.

Certain important political individuals under Lee's administration allegedly obtained housing benefits through sponsored reduced contracts (Korean:다운계약서) by underreporting certain real estate taxes.

Cronyism

• There are approximately 300 people associated with Lee Myung-bak who take positions in governmental agencies and corporations as of February 2011.
• The Democratic Party criticized Lee Myung-bak for appointing Kim Sang-gi (김상기) as the new Chief of Staff member for the Republic of Korea Army on December 2010, a high school junior colleague of him.
• Many of the executives in private and public financial institutions (KB Financial Group, Hana Financial Group, Woori Financial Group, Shinhan Financial Group) have direct connections with Lee Myung-bak. Kim Choongsoo, the governor of Bank of Korea is also alleged to have a connection to Lee.
• Economist expert, Dr. Kim Sang-jo (김상조) of Hansung University, mentioned that Lee Myung-bak's worst decision in the administration is to promote Kim Choongsoo as the governor of Bank of Korea and let him neglect the stabilization of the interest rate of the Korean won.
• Kim Du-woo, a former associate of Lee Myung-bak during the 2007 presidential election, is the former senior secretary of public relations for Lee Myung-bak in 2011. He is a former Gyeongsangdo-born editor of Joongang-Ilbo and a native of Gyeongsang-do - 2 of Lee Myung-bak's personal and political preference. He resigned his top Blue House position on September 2011 after allegations of taking of bribes from a Busan Savings Bank lobbyist. He has since maintainted his innocence.
• Lee nominated Eo Cheong-soo, replacing Kim In-jong, as the chief of the Presidential Security Service on October 27th, 2011 (right after the October 2011 By-election) despite his infamous decision of building a wall with container boxes during the 2008 protest as the then commissioner of National Police Agency.
• Lee Gang-deok (이강덕), the Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, is a close junior friend of President Lee. Lee Gang-deok was criticized for approving the usage of water cannons towards the protesters against the KORUS FTA in Seoul on a hypothermia-inducing cold day.
• President Lee appointed the conservative Joongang Ilbo-affiliated Lee Chul-hee (이철희) as the Presidential Public Affairs Secretary and the former spokesperson for then Mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, Lee Jong-hyun (이종현) as the head of the Blue House Press Center on December 2nd, 2011 - two individuals who are closely involved in controversial decisions made under President Lee's leadership: the Comprehensive Programming and the Seoul Free Lunch Referendum.
• Many of Lee Myung-bak's right-wing conservative associates often work for private television stations that benefited from the Comprehensive Programming.
• The GNP Emergency Response Commission requested an investigation on exchanges of briberies during a previous party meeting after a GNP lawmaker, Koh Seung-duk, exposed the bribery information to the press; as Koh refused to receive money from another pro-Lee Myung-bak lawmaker in the past.

Nepotism

• There has been negative responses in politics that Lee Myung-bak is favoring nepotism for his older brother, Lee Sang-deuk. He was a center of criticism from a bribery incident of his personal aide.
• An older cousin of Lee Myung-bak was under an investigation by the Supreme Prosecutors for extorting fundings for the Four Major Rivers Project.
• A male relative of the First Lady Kim Yoon-ok was involved with a lobbyist affiliated with the Jeil Savings Bank.
• There are allegations that the current residence of President Lee could have been mistakenly registered under an uncertain reason with his in-law with the last name of Hong.
• A female relative of the First Lady Kim Yoon-ok, Kim Ok-hui (김옥희), was involved in extorting money in 2008.

Being Involved in Illegal Business Deals

Dogok-Dong, Seoul Land Issues

Lee and his relatives managed pieces of land in southern Seoul, which was brought up in court in in early 2008.

BBK Incident

Lee Myung Bak was alleged to have been involved in a illegal company named BBK which has brought controversy to South Korea during the election season. BBK co-founder Kim Kyung-joon was investigated for large-scale embezzlement and stock price-fixing schemes. Kim Kyung-joon had initially stated that Lee was not involved with the company, and Lee himself denied being associated with BBK. Kim Kyung-joon and his wife attempted to implicate Lee Myung-Bak in criminal involvement which was not supported by evidence. Eventually, Kim Kyung-joon admitted publicly sole responsibility and making false and misleading statements in an attempt to implicate Lee. Lee was declared innocent of all charges by the Supreme Court of Korea. According to Wikileaks, Yoo Chong-ha (유종하), the former co-chairman of Lee Myung-bak's presidential election campaign, requested to then American ambassador to South Korea, Alexander Vershbow, to delay the extraction of the main individual of the BBK embezzlement scandal, Christopher Kim (Kim Kyung-joon), to Korea on the request to prevent spreading controversies related to Lee Myung-bak's involvement in the BBK embezzlement scandal during the election season.

Naegok-dong Post-Presidency Residence Issues

Lee's acquisition of a house in Seocho-gu's Naegok-dong under his son's name had caused a problem. One of the candidate lands that he sought was a Green Belt area, which could cause any contradiction about his "eco-friendly" governance. This has spurred many controversies. For instance, a female lobbyist-like civilian with the family name of Yoo was involved in this Naegok-dong deal with Lee Myung-bak's family members; now currently moved to the USA to avoid a possible arrest.

Lee has purchased this land under his son's name, which could potentially violate South Korean real estate laws. The Prosecutors have formally proposed to investigate President Lee's son who was also involved in the contract.

Legal professor, Lee Sang-don, voiced his opinion that President Lee's Naegok-dong property crisis could justify his impeachment.

Tax Evasion

The spokesperson of the Democratic Party, Lee Yong-seop (이용섭), said that the presidential family's current residence was evading tax by declaring parts of the buildings as commercial purposes.

Inappropriate Remarks

• On July 12, 2011, Lee's remarks on the Ganghwa Island Shooting spurred an controversy due to his remark interpreted as inculpating against the marine soldiers for failing to adjust to a military lifestyle.

• On September 22, 2011, Lee visited a Korean-American conference in Seattle and said "it is a relief that I was the president of South Korea during two economic crises". This was to express his Mbnomics as a base successful policy and as his position as a Economy President (Korean: 경제대통령). On the other hand, his fellow GNP policitan, Lee Han-gu, expressed concerns about the 36.7% increase of South Korea's public debt (881 trillion won) during the National Assembly-led administrative inspection on September 19.

See also

• Lee Myung-bak government
• Naneun Ggomsuda, a popular South Korean podcast that often lampoons President Lee Myung-bak

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