Korea is an open society and we will make sure that there is no restriction on foreign investment in Korea.

For us, from Korea's perspective, China is the number one investment destination as well as number one trading partner.

If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility is very slim.

One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family.

Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating.

Including myself, the majority of the Korean people believe in this staunch alliance between Korea and the United States and all of us hope that our traditional alliance will be further strengthened in the future.