Korea Pledges to Spend Billions in Return for Iraqi Oil Fields

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South Korea has pledged to spend $3.55 billion building infrastructure in Iraq in return for the right to develop oil fields around the southern city of Basrah - home to some of the country's biggest oil fields. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed Tuesday by Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his Iraqi counterpart, Jalal Talabani, who was visiting Seoul (IOD Feb.5,p2).