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Yoon to meet with U.S., Japanese leaders at U.N.

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold one-on-one summits with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, his office said Thursday
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S. Korea still waiting for N. Korea to accept offer of talks on separated families: official

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will continue to wait for a response from North Korea to its recent proposal to hold talks on the issue of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, an official at Seoul's unification ministry said Thur
(URGENT) Yoon to hold one-on-one summits with Biden, Kishida next week

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(LEAD) Subway worker arrested for killing female colleague at Sindang Station restroom

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES throughout with more details)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
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Military reports 1,020 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,020 additional COVID-19 cases Thursday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 273,368, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 762 from the Army, 111 from th
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(LEAD) Mother of two children found dead in New Zealand nabbed in South Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES with suspect's denial of crimes in last 3 paras; CHANGES 6th para and photo)SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- A woman believed to be the mother of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month was apprehende
Prosecutors raid Shin Poong Pharm. over slush fund allegations

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SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Thursday raided Shin Poong Pharm. Co. on allegations that the pharmaceutical company has created a huge amount of slush funds by manipulating its transaction records.The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Of
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S. Korean, U.S. officials discuss missile defense capabilities against N. Korea

WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign and defense vice ministers visited the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Virginia on Wednesday (local time) and had discussions on the allies' deterrence strategy against North K
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Man arrested for killing female subway attendant at Sindang Station toilet

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Police have arrested a man in his 30s for killing a 20-something female subway attendant at the public toilet of a subway station in central Seoul, officials said Thursday. Police apprehended the man at the ladies' toi
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Mother of two children found dead in New Zealand nabbed in South Korea

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- A woman believed to be the mother of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month was apprehended in South Korea on Thursday, police said.The woman, known as a South Korean-born New Zealand c
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Yoon condemns alleged corruption in previous government's power project

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday condemned recent findings that 261.6 billion won (US$187.5 million) of government money was misappropriated under a power project pursued under the previous Moon Jae-in administration.Sp
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(Yonhap Interview) N. Korea has no other option than denuclearization talks: envoy

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top envoy in the United States stressed the need for North Korea to return to denuclearization talks, saying it has no other option when it comes to dialogue."Now, North Korea has one thing to
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PM to head for Japan to attend Abe's state funeral

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will visit Japan later this month to attend a state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday.Han and Chung Jin-suk, interim leader of t
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Constitutional Court begins deliberations on Cold War-era National Security Act

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court was to hold an open hearing Thursday on whether the National Security Act is constitutional, the first public hearing on the law enacted during the Cold War in response to threats from communist No
(URGENT) S. Korea reports 72 COVID-19 deaths, total at 27,665: KDCA

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(URGENT) S. Korea reports 71,471 new COVID-19 cases: KDCA

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China's top legislator due in South Korea

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- China's top legislator, Li Zhanshu, was set to arrive in Seoul on Thursday for meetings with President Yoon Suk-yeol and National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo amid speculation he could discuss the possibility of Presid
Thursday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Sep. 15 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Thursday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul30/21Cloudy10Incheon29/21Cloudy20Suwon31/20Sunny10Cheongju31/21Sunny20Daejeon30/21
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(Yonhap Interview) S. Korea, U.S. to craft 'tailored' responses to potential nuclear crises: defense chief

By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will formulate concrete contingency plans for various nuclear crisis scenarios in their joint deterrence strategy to be revised in order to counter North Korea's evolvin
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's COVID-19 cases jump to over 90,000 after holiday

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest figures in 6th para)SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases jumped to over 90,000 on Wednesday after the Chuseok fall harvest holiday that ended early this week amid worries over a spike in the viru