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Assistant State Sec. Kritenbrink to visit Seoul next week

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By Byun Duk-kunWASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will visit South Korea next week for talks on various issues including North Korea's evolving threats, the state dep
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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. voice regret over N. Korea in high-level phone talks

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional information, minor edits in paras 4-8; CHANGES dateline)SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Friday and expressed regret over North
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 140,000; death toll hits 3-month high

(ATTN: ADDS latest infection tally in 8th para)SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 140,000 on Friday, but daily deaths reached more than a three-month high amid the continued virus wave driven by a highly contag
Jeju pushing to adopt e-travel authorization system next month for foreigners from visa-free countries

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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Jeju, South Korea's southernmost island, is pushing to adopt an e-travel authorization system for foreigners from visa-free nations starting next month, officials said Friday. The plan to introduce the Korea Electronic
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Yoon calls for suprapartisan consensus on pension reform

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed officials Friday to try to reach suprapartisan consensus on the pension reform drive so as to benefit vulnerable groups and improve the financial soundness of the national pension system.
Seoul diplomat holds phone talks with U.S., EU negotiators of Iran nuclear deal

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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice foreign minister held back-to-back phone talks Friday with the top negotiators of the United States and the European Union involved in discussions aimed at restoring a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, his offi
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(LEAD) Supreme Court gives no decision on whether to finalize liquidation order against Mitsubishi

(ATTM: UPDATES with time element in lead, 4th para)By Park BoramSEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court did not deliver an anticipated ruling Friday on an appeal that Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries filed against a lower court's or
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(LEAD) Presidential Archives raided twice in one day by prosecutors probing Moon gov't suspicions

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 1-3, 18; COMBINES parts of article on nuclear reactor closure probe in paras 11-14; CHANGES headline)SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Presidential Archives was raided twice on Friday by prosecutors investigatin
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Assembly speaker meets with U.S. ambassador

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo met with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg on Friday and discussed relations between the two countries."I believe the ambassador will play a big role in improving the
Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.------------Presidential office expresses regret over N. Korea's 'rude' remarks on YoonSEOUL -- The presidential office expressed regret Friday over the
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.------------(3rd LD) N. Korea rejects S. Korea's 'audacious initiative' in statement by leader's sisterSEOUL -- The sister of North Korean
Key developments on North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this week.------Aug. 15 -- Yoon pledges to improve ties with Japan, offers economic aid in exchange for N.K. denuclearizationU.S. supports S. Korean initiative to eng
Summary of external news of North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.------------S. Korea, U.S. voice regret over N. Korea in high-level phone talksSEOUL -- The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held phone
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Presidential Archives raided again by prosecutors probing 2019 repatriation of 2 N.K. fishermen

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors investigating the controversial repatriation of two North Korean fishermen during the preceding Moon Jae-in government raided the Presidential Archives on Friday to search for documents related to the case.The S
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Rights watchdog opposed to loosening 52-hour workweek

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The National Human Rights Commission has voiced objections to the government's push to loosen the 52-hour limit on weekly work hours, a report showed Friday. The Yoon Suk-yeol government is seeking to introduce flexibil
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Top court strikes down guilty verdict for ex-presidential chief of staff over Sewol sinking

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a guilty verdict for a former presidential chief of staff charged with lying in a document submitted to the National Assembly in connection with the 2014 sinking of the
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 140,000; death toll hits 3-month high

(ATTN: ADDS more data, gov't responses, comments in paras 4-6, 11-15, additional photo)SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 140,000 on Friday, but daily deaths reached more than a three-month high amid the co
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Celltrion receives approval to sell anticancer biosimilar Vegzelma in Europe

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Friday it has received an approval to sell its anticancer biosimilar Vegzelma in Europe.According to the company, the European Commission recently approved the sale of
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Assembly to conduct annual parliamentary audit in Oct.

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and main opposition parties agreed Friday to conduct this year's parliamentary audit of the government and state agencies in October as they penciled in a detailed schedule for an upcoming regular session.Und
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Yoon vows to enhance treatment of police, guarantee police neutrality

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol vowed Friday to improve working conditions for the police and guarantee their neutrality as he attended the graduation ceremony of a new batch of police officers.Yoon traveled to Chungju, 105 kilomet