[%%IMAGE1%%] Domestically, President Lee Myung-bak does all the hitting, and does it quite well.Internationally, however, it’s he who takes a beating. U.S. President George W. Bush has dissed him and now Japan is going to promote the teaching of Dokdo to be Japanese territory in its middle school textbooks.The Mad Cow, who has served as the president’s sidekick for the past couple of months, looks on forlornly on from beyond the gate after having been given a back seat to the action. News about Dokdo and other events has overtaken news about protests against U.S. beef.(Hankyoreh Geurimpan, 15 July 2008)

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전체

윤 대통령, 성찰 없었다…민심은 틀렸다는데 “국정 옳았다”

윤 대통령 ‘일방통행 발언’…국힘서도 “국민 그렇게 대하면 안 돼”

폭행당한 건국대 거위 ‘피눈물’…사람 좋아 다가왔을 텐데

윤 대통령 “의료 개혁” 되풀이…어떻게 한다는 거죠?

삼성전자, 미국서 보조금 9조 땄지만…현지 반도체 승기 잡아야

‘출산 페널티’ 이렇게 크다…“경력단절 확률 14%p 차이”

다시 찾은 그 바다…“엄마 아빠는 세월호에서 나오지 못하고 있어”

윤 대통령 “국정 방향 옳아”…총선 참패에도 ‘마이 웨이’

민심 경청하겠다던 윤 대통령, 또 국무회의서 자기 할 말만 했다

이준석 “윤 대통령, 재정난에도 공약 남발…선거 개입 아닌가 울분”

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