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Former South Korean comfort women, who were forced to serve for the Japanese Army as a sexual slave during World War II, shout slogans during a rally demanding full compensation and apology from Japanese government in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada plans to visit Seoul on Wednesday.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, right, shakes hands with B. Lynn Pascoe, a special envoy for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Pascoe arrived Saturday in Seoul and said he had an "excellent discussion" with South Korean officials ahead of a visit to North Korea.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, right, talks with B. Lynn Pascoe, a special envoy for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Pascoe arrived Saturday in Seoul and said he had an "excellent discussion" with South Korean officials ahead of a visit to North Korea.

A South Korean Jo Sung-rae of the Seoul-based group Pax Korean, who is involved in American missionary Robert Park's case, speaks during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. North Korea announced Friday that it will free Park detained on Christmas Day after illegally crossing the border from China.

A South Korean bank clerk counts U.S. bank notes at the head office of Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. South Korea's foreign currency reserves swelled to a new record high in January, adding to the country's buffer against economic and financial turmoil.

A South Korean bank clerk works next to bundles of U.S. dollars at the head office of Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. South Korea's foreign currency reserves swelled to a new record high in January, adding to the country's buffer against economic and financial turmoil. strength after the country suffered financial instability during the global meltdown.

South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek answers a reporter's question during a foreign reporters press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday ruled out any reward to North Korea in return for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, just days after the South's leader raised the possibility of a summit this year.

South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek answers reporter's question during foreign reporters press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday ruled out any reward to North Korea in return for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, just days after the South's leader raised the possibility of a summit this year.

South Korea President Lee Myung-bak, left, bangs the gavel to preside over a cabinet meeting at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Lee on Tuesday ruled out giving North Korean leader Kim Jong Il a reward for staging any future summit with Seoul.

A supporter of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi participates in a rally demanding the release of Suu Kyi near the Myanmar embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

A supporter of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi sets up a poster demanding the release of Suu Kyi near the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

A woman walks past sale sings at a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. South Korea's exports surged in January, posting their biggest gain in more two than decades as shipments of auto parts, semiconductors and consumer electronics rose amid the global economic recovery.

A vendor bargains with a customer over the price of shoes at a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. South Korea's exports surged in January, posting their biggest gain in more two than decades as shipments of auto parts, semiconductors and consumer electronics rose amid the global economic recovery.

Workers are seen at a construction site in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. South Korea's exports surged in January, posting their biggest gain in more two than decades as shipments of auto parts, semiconductors and consumer electronics rose amid the global economic recovery.

Seoul Semiconductor's 100 lm/W AC LED light source.

Kim Young-tak, head of a South Korean delegation, center, answers reporters' questions before leaving for North Korea's border city of Kaesong at the customs, immigration and quarantine, or CIQ office, near the border village of Panmunjom, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A group of South Korean officials traveled Monday into North Korea for talks on a joint industrial complex despite renewed tension following the North's artillery firing toward their disputed sea border.

A human rights activists enacts a North Korean asylum-seeker tied up with ropes during a rally denouncing alleged famine and human rights violations against North Koreans, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Thousands of North Koreans have fled their communist homeland to escape hunger and harsh political oppression in recent years, with many taking a long journey through the lands of China to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries on their way to seek asylum with a great risk of getting repatriated if they were ever caught by Chinese authorities.

Children look at a human rights activists Olivier Courapied of France, wearing North Korean soldier's uniform, aims a mock North Korean asylum-seeker tied up with ropes during a rally denouncing alleged famine and human rights violations against North Koreans, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Thousands of North Koreans have fled their communist homeland to escape hunger and harsh political oppression in recent years, with many taking a long journey through the lands of China to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries on their way to seek asylum with a great risk of getting repatriated if they were ever caught by Chinese authorities.

A human rights activist Olivier Courapied of France, wearing North Korean soldier's uniform, aims a mock North Korean asylum-seeker tied up with ropes during a rally denouncing alleged famine and human rights violations against North Koreans, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Thousands of North Koreans have fled their communist homeland to escape hunger and harsh political oppression in recent years, with many taking a long journey through the lands of China to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries on their way to seek asylum with a great risk of getting repatriated if they were ever caught by Chinese authorities.

South Koreans try out Samsung products at the Samsung Electronics Co. showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Samsung Electronics Co. returned to profit in the fourth-quarter on strong sales of flat screen televisions and mobile phones as well as higher prices for computer memory chips following a rare loss the year before.