Lee Myung-bak criticise North Korea South korean president elect Lee Myung-bak man of myth 21.12.2007 06:26:54 President-elect of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak said he would not shy away from criticising North Korea's authoritarian regime. (live-PR.com) - Lee just after days of his landslide victory has ended a decade of liberal rule,said "I think unconditionally avoiding criticism of North Korea would not be appropriate," Lee told a news conference. "If we try to point out North Korea's shortcomings, with affection, I think that would go a long way toward improving North Korean society."Lee has said he will take a more critical view of Seoul's aid to its communist neighbour. Lee laid stressed the North must give up its nuclear weapons programme to develop its stagnant economy. "The most important thing is for North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons," he said, calling for co-operation with other countries at international arms talks."The road toward peace through co-existence is the road to guarantee a peaceful reunification," he said. "Full-fledged economic exchanges can start after North Korea dismantles its nuclear weapons." Lee's days as a student activist made it difficult for Lee to get a job according to his memoir.He wrote a letter to then-President Park Chung-hee, saying: “If a country prevents a young man from ‘standing on his own two feet,’ the country will owe him forever.” Lee finally got a job at Hyundai Engineering,in the year 1965, whether as a result of the letter or on his own initiative. Within twelve years of his stint at work at Hyundai Engineering, Lee became its CEO at the age of 35 and its chairman at 46. He served as the chief executive of 10 Hyundai affiliates before resigning to enter politics in 1992. At Hyundai, Lee became known for keeping company coffers from angry workers at a Thai construction site, and taught himself to operate a bulldozer by dismantling and assembling it. It was during this time that he also dared to confront the military government of Chun Doo-hwan in order to keep Hyundai Motor out of the hands of the dictatorship. As a top executive at Hyundai, Lee also built relationships with foreign leaders, including former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kwan Yew, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamed, former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Lee Myung-bak, who grew up in Pohang, is known as a “man of myth” due to his rise from poverty to become the top executive of Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., the company which was at center of South Korea’s economic transformation. Press Information: Enkaysagar Holdings Pvt Ltd India Contact Person: Nksagar Chairman Phone: 9810974027 eMail: eMail Web: http://www.Nksagar.com