MANILA, Philippines
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— Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippine president Benigno Aquino III, told reporters that yes, he is dating again.
This time it’s a South Korean woman who grew up in Manila and works there as a TV show host and radio disc jockey.
Twenty-nine-year-old Grace Lee said on her TV program that “what the president said is true.” Aquino has just turned 52 and his love life has amused the nation. Since becoming president in 2010, he has split up with a town councilor and then dated two other women. Last year, he lamented that his love life was like Coke — going from regular to zero.
President Aquino first met Grace Lee at the inauguration of a power plant in Cebu last year. Lee was a co-host of the event. He did not provide further details, citing his constitutional right to privacy