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Chinese gets prison sentence for brokering refugee applications on fake religious grounds

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese national has been sentenced to 1 1/2 years behind bars for brokering applications for refugee status in South Korea based on fake religious grounds, sources said Sunday. The 58-year-old broker has been indicted f
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S. Korea likely to enjoy 5 times more economic profit than N.K. if Kaesong complex resumes: report

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is likely to gain an economic profit of 22 trillion won (US$15.9 billion) should the now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong reopen, according to a recent repor
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit 8-week low for Saturday amid Chuseok

(ATTN: ADDS latest tally in para 8)SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest tally for a Saturday in eight weeks, data showed, due largely to fewer tests carried out over the Chuseok holiday.The country repor
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(LEAD) Yoon visits Seoul military unit on Chuseok to encourage soldiers

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from para 7; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday visited an Army unit in Seoul to encourage soldiers working on the Chuseok holiday, his office said.Yoon met with some 40 enlisted s
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Yoon's approval rating recorded at 30.4 pct ahead of Chuseok: poll

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating was recorded slightly above 30 percent in a national poll conducted just before the Chuseok fall harvest holiday, a poll showed Saturday.In a two-day poll conducted by Korea Re
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Yoon visits Seoul military unit on Chuseok to encourage soldiers

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday visited an Army unit in Seoul to encourage soldiers working on the Chuseok holiday, his office said.Yoon met with some 40 enlisted soldiers and officers of an air defense company of the
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Military reports 492 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 492 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 270,187, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 387 from the Army, 34 from the A
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(LEAD) Highways nationwide clogged both ways on 2nd day of Chuseok holiday

(ATTN: UPDATES para 3 with latest estimate)SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Sections of expressways nationwide remained clogged with traffic Saturday as South Koreans traveled across the country on the second day of the four-day Chuseok holiday, officials
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit 8-week low for Saturday amid Chuseok

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with details throughout; CORRECTS figure in para 2 following KDCA's correction)SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest tally for a Saturday in eight weeks, data sh
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Highways nationwide clogged both ways on 2nd day of Chuseok holiday

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Sections of expressways nationwide remained clogged with traffic Saturday as South Koreans traveled across the country on the second day of the four-day Chuseok holiday, officials said.This year's Chuseok holiday, or t
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S. Korea's COVID-19 cases under 50,000 amid Chuseok holiday

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 50,000 on Saturday, data showed, due largely to fewer tests carried out over the Chuseok holiday.The country reported 42,747 new COVID-19 infections, including 237 case
(URGENT) S. Korea reports 48 COVID-19 deaths, total at 27,429: KDCA

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(URGENT) S. Korea reports 42,747 new COVID-19 cases: KDCA

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Saturday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Sep. 10 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weatherforecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul28/18Sunny20Incheon27/19Sunny20Suwon27/17Sunny20Cheongju27/18Cloudy
N.K. leader takes group photo with officials from anti-pandemic sector

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SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a photo session with officials who contributed to the regime's fight against COVID-19, state media reported Saturday, after announcing its self-proclaimed victory over the pandemic
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Justice Party to push for massive overhaul to win back public support

By Kim Na-youngSEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The minor progressive Justice Party (JP) will adopt a resolution later this month pledging a massive overhaul of itself to win back the minds of the people, officials said Saturday.The resolution will be ado
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N. Korea unresponsive to U.N. query on enforced disappearance cases: report

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea remains unresponsive to requests from a U.N. working group for information on more than 300 enforced disappearance cases involving the reclusive country, a U.N. report showed Saturday.The Working Group on Enfor
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's COVID-19 cases below 70,000 on 1st day of Chuseok holiday

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 6-7, 13-14, 2nd photo) SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's COVID-19 pandemic continued its downward trend Friday, with daily cases falling below 70,000 on the first day of the Chuseok holiday despite no social di
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(3rd LD) N. Korean leader vows to keep nukes; new law authorizes 'automatic nuclear strike'

(ATTN: UPDATES Seoul government's response in paras 15-16)By Yi Wonju and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un publicly expressed his determination not to give up the country's nuclear weapons, accusing the
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(LEAD) S. Korea's COVID-19 cases below 70,000 on 1st day of Chuseok holiday

(ATTN: ADDS quotes by ministry official)SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's COVID-19 pandemic continued its downward trend Friday, with daily cases falling below 70,000 on the first day of the Chuseok holiday despite no social distancing mea