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Secret's out: Philippine president dating Korean

In this Sept. 2007 photo, TV show personality Grace Lee poses during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines' bachelor President Benigno Aquino III told reporters Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012 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. (AP Photo/Newsis, Kim Jong-hyun) KOREA OUT

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2011 file photo, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III gestures as he answers questions during a forum with Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines. Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines' bachelor president, Benigno Aquino III, told reporters Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012, 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. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

In this Sept. 2007 photo, TV show personality Grace Lee poses during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer. The Philippines' bachelor President Benigno Aquino III told reporters Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 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. (AP Photo/Newsis, Kim Jong-hyun) KOREA OUT

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The Associated Press Updated 8:01 AM Wednesday, February 1, 2012

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine-Korean relations have suddenly gotten warmer.

The Philippines' president, Benigno Aquino III, told reporters Wednesday 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 turns 52 next week, 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.

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February 01, 2012 12:56 PM EST

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