Some even believe that he would not able to serve the full six-year term

"Whatever changes may take place, no matter how long it will take, and whatever difficulties we may face, China will stay firmly committed to denuclearizing the peninsula and moving toward talks," he said

I was one of the torchbearers for the Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Hefei in 2008

I became the first South Korean person to receive the Chinese Central Government's Friendship Award in 2002 and the first from my country to get permanent residency in China in 2006

DPRK conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date on Sept 3