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Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.------------Unification ministry to seek security, economic incentives for N. Korea in denuclearization bidSEOUL -- The unification ministry said Friday it will focu
Summary of external news of North Korea this week

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SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.------------(3rd LD) Ministry seeks early counter-rocket system rollout with plan to resume major allied field trainingSEOUL -- South Korea's defense
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Yoon calls for details of 'audacious plan' for N. Korea

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed the unification ministry Friday to prepare the details of his "audacious plan" to revive North Korea's economy in the event it accepts denuclearization, a spokesperson said
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(3rd LD) Ministry seeks early counter-rocket system rollout with plan to resume major allied field training

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 11, 17, 19)By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry vowed Friday to push for an early deployment of a counter-rocket system to fend off threats from a possible North Korean
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Nurse gets 6-yr prison term for dropping newborn, resulting in brain damage

BUSAN, July 22 (Yonhap) -- A nurse was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday for dropping a newborn at a hospital in 2019, which resulted in permanent brain damage.The Busan District Court found the nurse, whose identity has been withheld, guilt
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Unification ministry to seek security, economic incentives for N. Korea in denuclearization bid

By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry said Friday it will focus efforts on dissuading North Korea from sticking to its nuclear program by creating conditions for the Kim Jong-un regime to "feel no need" for it.In
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(2nd LD) Ministry seeks early counter-rocket system rollout with plan to resume major allied field training

(ATTN: UPDATES with President Yoon's instructions in paras 18-19, 24-25)By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry vowed Friday to push for an early deployment of a counter-rocket system to fend off threats from
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(2nd LD) S. Korea protests against Japan's claims to Dokdo in defense white paper

(ATTN: UPDATES with defense ministry's summoning of Japanese defense attache in 6th para)SEOUL/TOKYO, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government strongly condemned Japan on Friday for laying repeated claim to the easternmost islets of Dokdo
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Rights watchdog says boarding school's limit on going outside during weekends violates basic rights

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Limiting boarding school students from going outside of campus even during weekends infringes upon their rights to freedom of movement, the state rights watchdog said Friday. A high school student, whose name
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(LEAD) Ministry seeks early counter-rocket system rollout with plan to resume major allied field training

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last para; CHANGES word in 16th para)By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry vowed Friday to push for an early deployment of a counter-rocket system to fend off threats from a poss
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(LEAD) Rival parties reach agreement on parliamentary committee formation

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 4-5, 8-13; CHANGES photo)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and main opposition parties reached agreement Friday on how to share parliamentary committee chairmanships, paving the way for the National Assemb
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Ministry seeks early counter-rocket system rollout with plan to resume major allied field training

By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry vowed Friday to push for an early deployment of a counter-rocket system to fend off threats from a possible North Korean salvo mixing missiles and long-range artillery that
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Talks to end 51-day shipyard strike enter crucial phase

GEOJE, South Korea, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The 51-day sit-in protest by subcontract workers at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) shipyard on the southeastern coast entered a crucial phase Friday, as labor and management were strugg
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(LEAD) S. Korea protests against Japan's claims to Dokdo in defense white paper

(ATTN: UPDATES with S. Korea's response; CHANGES headline, slug)SEOUL/TOKYO, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government strongly condemned Japan on Friday for laying repeated claim to the easternmost islets of Dokdo in its annual defense whi
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Gov't to create new military unit against chemical, nuclear incidents

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The office of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday the government approved a plan for the creation of a new military unit to bolster its defenses against chemical, nuclear and biological incidents. The approval was made
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Rival parties reach agreement on parliamentary committee formation

SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and main opposition parties reached agreement Friday on how to share parliamentary committee chairmanships, paving the way for the National Assembly to go into operation after 53 days of idling.Under the agreemen
(URGENT) Rival parties reach final agreement on parliamentary committee formation

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Japan repeats claims to Dokdo in annual defense white paper

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TOKYO, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Japan repeated its sovereignty claims to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo in an annual defense paper Friday, just a few days after Seoul's top diplomat made a trip there aimed at mending bilateral ties.Japa
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new infections fall below 70,000, remain high on subvariant

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 8-13; CHANGES headline; ADDS 2nd photo)SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 70,000 Friday but are nearly 10 times higher than a month ago amid the spread of a highly contag
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(LEAD) Campus rape suspect referred to prosecutors with added charge of filming rape scene

(ATTN: UPDATES with suspect's comment in 2nd para and latest photos)INCHEON, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Police referred a university freshman accused of raping a schoolmate and causing her to fall to her death to the prosecution Friday for potential ind