January 16, 2012

What Korea Can Learn from Taiwan

Korea Times, Korea Times

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As with most elections, security and the economy decided the outcome of Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary polls over the weekend. What also helped Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s reelection by a comfortable margin was his ``clean” image.

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