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Yoon to hold summit with Indonesian president Thursday

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a summit with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Seoul this week and discuss cooperation in defense, infrastructure and other areas, the national security adviser said Monday.Widodo will a
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Traffic accident deaths drop to record low in 1st half of year

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The number of traffic deaths in South Korea dropped to a record low in the first half of the year, data showed Monday. The National Police Agency said the number of people killed in road accidents from January to June was e
S. Korea pushes to restore defense policy dialogue with Japan

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SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to restore a bilateral working-level defense policy dialogue with Japan that has been stalled since 2018 amid stand-offs between the two countries, an informed source said Monday.The move comes as the
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Yoon to go on summer vacation next week

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will go on summer vacation next week to a location yet to be determined, a presidential official said Monday.Yoon confirmed his vacation plans during a weekly meeting with his senior secretaries earl
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(2nd LD) Interior minister likens collective police protest to military coup

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout; ADDS photo)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Interior Minister Lee Sang-min on Monday slammed police officers taking collective action against the envisioned establishment of a
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N. Korea in festive mood ahead of 'Victory Day'; all eyes on Kim Jong-un's likely message

By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has been dialing up the celebratory mood ahead of an anniversary on the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Monday amid its strenuous efforts to promote interna
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Yoon to meet with new parliamentary leaders next month

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol plans to meet with the new leaders of the National Assembly next month, a presidential official said Monday.The meeting was proposed during a weekly meeting between the president and his senior secre
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Defense minister commends high jumper Woo for grabbing silver at world championships

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup met with high jumper Sgt. Woo Sang-hyeok on Monday to commend him for winning the silver medal at the world championships last week, Lee's ministry said.Woo, who is serving his mandatory mi
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Military reports 996 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 996 additional COVID-19 cases Monday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 199,615, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 728 from the Army, 131 from the Air
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(LEAD) S. Korean, U.S. defense chiefs to hold talks this week on alliance, N. Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 6-11; RECASTS last para)By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States will hold talks in Washington D.C. this week to discuss security on the Korean Peninsula a
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(LEAD) Yoon says he expects 'necessary steps' against police protest

(ATTN: UPDATES with interior minister's remarks in last 2 paras)SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday he expects the interior ministry and the National Police Agency (NPA) to take "necessary steps" to deal wit
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Yoon's approval rating slightly falls to 33.3 pct: Realmeter

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The slide in President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating has slowed, a survey showed Monday, with 33.3 percent of people giving a positive assessment of his performance, only 0.1 percentage point down from a week earlier.
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Expanded version of 'Dictionary of Korean Archaeology-Bronze Age' published

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) --The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage announced on Monday that it has published the revised and expanded version of the "Dictionary of Korean Archaeology
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DP lawmaker says repatriated N.K. fishermen were not headed to S. Korea

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- A lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) claimed Monday the two North Korean fishermen who were repatriated in 2019 appeared to have attempted to sneak themselves somewhere else rather than defect to South Ko
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Rainy season giving way to heat wave nationwide

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- With the end of the rainy season approaching, the state weather agency on Monday issued a heat wave advisory for Seoul and almost all parts of the country, excluding Jeju Island and inland mountain areas.The Korea Meteorolo
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Yoon says he expects 'necessary steps' against police protest

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday he expects the interior ministry and the National Police Agency to take "necessary steps" to deal with police officers taking collective action to protest the planned establis
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Seoul mulls adding another military attache to Poland for arms industry cooperation

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering sending to Poland another military attache in charge of arms industry cooperation, an informed source said Monday, following a media report about Warsaw's push to purchase Korean-made weapons.
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 40,000

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell sharply to below 40,000 on Monday, apparently due to fewer tests, as the country battles a new virus wave triggered by the fast spread of an omicron subvariant.The country report
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S. Korean, U.S. defense chiefs to hold talks this week on alliance, N. Korea

By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States will hold talks in Washington D.C. this week to discuss security on the Korean Peninsula and deterrence against evolving North Korean threats, the defen
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(LEAD) N. Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases fall below 100: state media

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 3rd para)By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases dropped below 100, according to its state media Monday.More than 50 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour period