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Monday, March 31, 2008 03:58:11 AM

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The South Korean President Will Give His Salary Away

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Lee Myung-Bak is going to donate all the money he earns as president of South Korea to charity.

Lee said that he wants to help the underprivileged.

He became a wealthy man in a previous job as the CEO of an engineering and construction company.

When Lee was the mayor of Seoul from 2002 to 2004, he gave his salary to the children of street cleaners and firefighters.

Words

to donate: to give money to a fund or cause.

underprivileged: disadvantaged, poor.

CEO: chief executive officer, the head of a company.


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