I plan to eliminate regulations that hinder domestic companies, particularly large conglomerates from investing in other companies.

One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family.

Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.

What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has gone down considerably.

The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula.

My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.

From the Chinese perspective, Korea ranks about third or fourth in terms of trading volume and about third in terms of investment.