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The Blue House

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“Mr. Kim [Dae Jung] left the Blue House, the palatial center of presidential power, as he entered it five years ago, venerated by his adherents and abhorred by the critics who revile him as they did through his long years as a political dissident before his election in his fourth attempt in December 1997.”

“Faced with the military might of the world's only superpower, North Korea appears to believe it can at least gain an advantage in cyberspace. It is thought to have been responsible for high-profile cyber attacks in July that caused web outages at the White House and its South Korean equivalent, the Blue House. Reports in South Korea said investigators had traced the Chinese IP address used in those attacks to North Korea's post and telecommunications ministry.”

“A South Korean naval ship was sinking on Friday after possibly being hit by a North Korean torpedo and several sailors were killed, South Korean media reported. A South Korean warship later fired at an unidentified vessel towards the north, indicating a possible attack, and the South's presidential Blue House was holding an emergency security meeting, the Yonhap news agency said.”

"Chinese leaders were pressed hard on the issue during talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other officials in Beijing earlier this week, and Seoul has already expressed its displeasure over Beijing's hosting the North's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il on a visit just weeks after the sinking.

"Wen [Jiabao]'s pledge as reported by South Korea not to defend the perpetrators may also be a sign that Beijing won't exercise its veto at the Security Council. That would likely be conditional on any measures taken against the North being symbolic and unlikely to further destabilize the regime. Wen and Lee [Myunk-bak] met at the Blue House a day before a three-way summit that will also include Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama."

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