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Some 13,000 financial workers hold rally in central Seoul amid 1-day general strike

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Some 13,000 unionized financial workers held a large-scale rally in central Seoul on Friday, calling for a wage hike and a 4.5-day workweek as the nationwide financial industry union went on a one-day general strike.The Ko
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Yoon appoints new prosecutor general, chief antitrust regulator

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday appointed the new prosecutor general and chief antitrust regulator.The appointments of Lee One-seok as prosecutor general and Han Ki-jeong as chief of the Fair Trade Commission came after
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Prosecutors raid 20 entities over opposition leader's third-party bribery allegations

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. and 20 other institutions Friday in connection with allegations of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's third-party bribery surrounding a corporate donation to a fo
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N. Korea accuses Japan of 'nullifying' 2002 joint declaration

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea argued formally Friday that Japan should be held accountable for "nullifying" a joint declaration issued two decades earlier in a bid to improve bilateral ties, according to Pyongyang's state me
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S. Korea's vice foreign minister asks U.S. to address ' discriminatory' part in new law on inflation

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- A senior South Korean diplomat had meetings with U.S. government and congressional officials in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, during which he delivered Seoul's concerns about the impact from the Inflation R
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S. Korea's vice defense minister briefed on key U.S. strategic assets during visit to local base

By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul has received a briefing on key U.S. nuclear assets, including a strategic bomber and "low-yield" weapons mountable on it, during a visit to
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Yoon orders improvement to anti-stalking law after subway station murder

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol said Friday he instructed the justice ministry to come up with improvements to the anti-stalking law following the shocking murder of a subway worker by a colleague inside a subway station restroom.
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N. Korea holds 1st national meeting of judicial officials since 2017

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea convened a national conference of judicial officials earlier this week for the first time in five years to discuss ways to uphold the country's socialist laws, state media reported Friday.The two-day Sevent
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S. Korea issues nat'l flu advisory for 1st time since 2019

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Health authorities on Friday issued an advisory over a possible seasonal influenza outbreak across the country, the first of its kind since 2019, amid growing concerns of a possible "twindemic" -- a simultaneou
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SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Friday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul29/22Rain60Incheon28/22Rain60Suwon30/21Rain60Cheongju31/22Sunny60Daejeon31/21Rain60
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(LEAD) China's top legislator visits South Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with his arrival; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- China's top legislator, Li Zhanshu, arrived in South Korea on Thursday for meetings with President Yoon Suk-yeol and National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo amid
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(3rd LD) Subway worker arrested for killing female colleague at Sindang Station restroom

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 6-10) SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Police have arrested a 31-year-old subway station worker for killing a female colleague in the public restroom of a subway station in Seoul, one day before a court was set to sen
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Vice FM to visit U.S. to help address concerns over Inflation Reduction Act

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- A senior South Korean diplomat will visit the United States next week, the foreign ministry said Thursday, in a diplomatic effort to address concerns over a new U.S. law excluding electric vehicles made outside of North Am
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Prosecutors request passport invalidation for Terraform founder Do Kwon, 4 others

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors asked the foreign ministry Thursday to invalidate the passports of Do Kwon, the CEO of Terraform Labs, and four others as part of a probe into the massive collapse of the firm's cryptocurrencies in May, sou
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Justice Party tables bill aimed at protecting labor unions against damage suits

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The minor progressive Justice Party (JP) proposed a bill Thursday that would limit companies from filing compensation suits against labor unions for losses incurred during strikes.Under what is dubbed the &quo
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(LEAD) Yoon to hold first summit with Japan's Kishida next week

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details of Yoon's trip; RECASTS lead; ADDS photo)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold his first-ever summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York next week on
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Participants in Jeju forum urge global cooperation in tackling pending challenges

By Yi WonjuJEJU, South Korea, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Government officials, former U.N. chief and other world leaders joining an annual forum here Thursday called for the strengthening of multilateral cooperation in tackling geopolitical instability and
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(2nd LD) Subway worker arrested for killing female colleague at Sindang Station restroom

(ATTN: ADDS prime minister's instruction in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Police have arrested a 31-year-old subway station worker for killing a female colleague in the public restroom of a subway station in Seoul, one day before a co
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Main opposition chairman Lee's son questioned over gambling, sex purchase allegations

SUWON, South Korea, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Police have questioned the elder son of Lee Jae-myung, the chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), over suspicions raised during the presidential election that he illegally gambled and bought se
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Typhoon Nanmadol predicted to affect Jeju, south coast from Sunday

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Typhoon Nanmadol, currently moving north from waters off Japan's Okinawa, is expected to affect South Korea's southern island of Jeju and part of the country's south coast beginning this weekend, the weather ag