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N. Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases fall below 300: state media

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases dropped below 300, according to its state media Tuesday.More than 250 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official Korean C
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(2nd LD) S. Korea reports sharp increase in new coronavirus cases

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS details in paras 1-3)SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases nearly tripled Monday from the previous day to about 70,500 amid a resurgence of infections and the fast spread of a highly co
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(2nd LD) S. Korea, Japan FMs agree on need for early resolution of forced labor issue

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with latest details on meeting; CHANGES headline, lead, dateline; ADDS photos)SEOUL/TOKYO, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan agreed Monday on the need for an early resolution of the long-running
(URGENT) S. Korea, Japan FMs agree to promptly resolve forced labor issue

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(LEAD) S. Korea, Japan hold foreign ministerial talks on warming bilateral ties

(ATTN: UPDATES with talks; CHANGES headline, dateline, photo caption)TOKYO, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan held talks here Monday to discuss pending bilateral issues, including drawn-out disputes over compensating Kore
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(LEAD) S. Korean gov't releases footage of two N.K. fishermen being repatriated in 2019

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 4-5; ADDS comments from ministry official in last 5 paras)By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry released footage Monday showing two North Korean fishermen repatriated acros
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Yoon asks land minister to prioritize housing stability

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol asked the land minister Monday to make housing stability and housing welfare his top priority tasks, his spokesperson said.Land Minister Won Hee-ryong gave a policy briefing to Yoon as part of the fi
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(2nd LD) Yoon calls for ending illegal actions at industrial sites

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 3 paras)SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol called Monday for ending illegal actions at industrial sites after being briefed on a strike by subcontract workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine En
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Seoul's top diplomat leaves for Tokyo for talks on warming bilateral ties

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin headed Monday to Japan for his first official visit there since taking office in May, a move reflecting the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's efforts to resolve pending
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S. Korean gov't releases footage of two N.K. fishermen being repatriated in 2019

By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry released footage Monday showing two North Korean fishermen repatriated across the inter-Korean border in 2019.The highly unusual move came amid a heated political controvers
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Complaint filed against Moon on attempted murder charges over N.K. fishermen's repatriation

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- A group of lawyers on Monday filed a complaint asking the prosecution to investigate former President Moon Jae-in on attempted murder charges in connection with the deportation of North Korean defectors in 201
(URGENT) S. Korean gov't releases footage of two N. Korean fishermen being repatriated in 2019 amid brewing political controversy

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Military reports 671 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 671 additional COVID-19 cases Monday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 189,129, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 442 from the Army, 122 from the Air
S. Korea extends travel ban on Ukraine, six other countries

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SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has decided to extend a travel ban on Ukraine and six other conflict-ridden countries, as well as some parts of Russia, Belarus and the Philippines, through the end of January next year for persistent security r
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(LEAD) Yoon calls for ending illegal actions at industrial sites

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's instructions in paras 1-4; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol called Monday for ending illegal actions at industrial sites after being briefed on a strike by subcontract workers at Daew
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Drug offenders in teens to 30s grow sharply to represent 58.9 pct of all drug criminals

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Drug offenders in their teens to 30s grew sharply in the past three years to represent 58.9 percent of those convicted of drug crimes last year, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday. The number of y
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PM convenes meeting on strike by subcontract workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday convened an emergency meeting with relevant ministers to discuss measures to cope with a strike by subcontract workers at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME). DSME has b
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DP denies ex-interim leader Park's candidacy registration for chairmanship election

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday rejected former interim leader Park Ji-hyun's application to run for the party's chairmanship, citing her lack of qualification. Park tried to register her candida
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Presidential secretaries join gov't vaccination campaign

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- More than a dozen presidential secretaries received their fourth vaccine shots against COVID-19 on Monday, the presidential office said, taking part in the government's vaccination campaign amid a recent resurgence of i
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(News Focus) Former, current governments clash head-on over repatriation of N.K. fishermen

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The government of President Yoon Suk-yeol is clashing head-on with the previous administration of President Moon Jae-in over the 2019 repatriation of two North Korean fishermen against their will, indicating w