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(3rd LD) Ruling party to form new emergency leadership committee after interim leader's duty suspension

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead with latest info; ADDS details in paras 2-4)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Members of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) decided Saturday to form a new emergency leadership committee following a court ruling that suspended
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases drop below 100,000

(ATTN: ADDS latest tally in paras 6-7)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases dropped below 100,000 on Saturday, while the number of critically ill patients reached the highest level since late April.The country added 95,604 n
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(LEAD) Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins Seoul, Gyeonggi Province in DP leadership race

(ATTN: ADDS more details, comments in paras 2, 5-6)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), won Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province in the latest rounds of voti
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Ex-presidential candidate Lee wins Seoul, Gyeonggi Province in DP leadership race

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Lee Jae-myung, former presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), won Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province in the latest rounds of voting for the new party leadership Saturday.Whether he
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Suspects in fatal bank robbery arrested after 21 years

DAEJEON, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Police have apprehended two men suspected of shooting a bank employee to death and stealing 300 million won (US$223,000) more than two decades ago, officials said Saturday.Police in Daejeon, about 150 kilometers south of
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(2nd LD) Ruling party holds crisis meeting after court suspends interim leader

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead as meeting begins; ADDS latest info, comments in paras 3, 10-11)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) held a meeting Saturday to cope with the aftermath of the previous day's cou
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(LEAD) S. Korean firms ink follow-up contracts with Poland to export K2 tanks, K9 howitzers

(ATTN: REWRITES 3rd para with Polish ministry's tweet; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean defense firms have signed contracts -- worth US$5.76 billion in total -- with Poland to implement last month's deals to export K2 ba
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Military reports 1,144 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,144 additional COVID-19 cases Saturday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 259,545, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 803 from the Army, 142 from the
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(LEAD) Ruling party to hold crisis meeting after court suspends interim leader

(ATTN: ADDS remarks by aide to former leader Lee in last 3 paras, photos)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) are set to hold a meeting Saturday to cope with the aftermath of the previous day's court ruling
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Senior S. Korean, U.S. diplomats discuss N. Korea, reaffirm commitment to denuclearization

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia policy met in Seoul with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Saturday for discussions on a range of pending issues, including North Korea, the foreign ministry said.Daniel Kritenbrink,
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Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik to become S. Korea's fourth cardinal

VATICAN, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik is set to become the fourth South Korean cardinal in an appointment ceremony at the Vatican on Saturday.You, 70, will be sworn in at St. Peter's Basilica at 4 p.m. as one of 20 new car
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Ruling party to hold crisis meeting after court suspends interim leader

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) are set to hold a meeting Saturday to cope with the aftermath of the previous day's court ruling that suspended interim leader Joo Ho-young from duty.The Seoul Southern D
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases drop below 100,000

(ATTN: ADDS more info from 6th para; CHANGES figure in 3rd para with KDCA's revised tally)SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases dropped below 100,000 on Saturday, while the number of critically ill patients reached the h
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Fields Medal winner Huh to give speech at SNU commencement ceremony

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- June Huh, the Korean American mathematician who won this year's prestigious Fields Medal, will deliver a commencement speech at his alma mater, Seoul National University (SNU), next week, the university said Saturday.Th
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases drop below 100,000

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases dropped below 100,000 on Saturday, while the number of critically ill patients reached the highest level since late April.The country added 95,604 new COVID-19 infections, including 398
(URGENT) S. Korea reports 86 COVID-19 deaths, total at 26,499: KDCA

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(URGENT) S. Korea reports 95,604 new COVID-19 cases: KDCA

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Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 27.Korean-language dailies-- Court suspension of PPP's emergency committee chairman brings confusion (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- Brakes on PPP's emergen
Saturday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weatherforecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul25/18Sunny0Incheon24/18Sunny0Suwon26/18Sunny0Cheongju25/20Sunny0Dae
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S. Korean firms ink follow-up contracts with Poland to export K2 tanks, K9 howitzers

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean defense firms have signed contracts -- worth US$5.76 billion in total -- with Poland to implement last month's deals to export K2 battle tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers, Seoul's arms procureme