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Yoon to meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will meet with U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen on Tuesday, the presidential office said Monday. Yellen is set to arrive in South Korea after attending a meeting of finance chiefs from the Gro
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Parties agree to wrap up talks on parliamentary committee formations

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and main opposition parties agreed Monday to form a special committee on livelihood issues and wrap up ongoing negotiations on committee formations to kick-start the National Assembly that has been idling for mor
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Yoon's disapproval rating over 60 pct again: poll

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol's disapproval rating has again surpassed the 60 percent mark, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 2,519 voters nationwide conducted by Realmeter from Monday to Friday last week, 33.4 percent app
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Samsung Biologics signs 426 bln-won land purchase deal to build 2nd campus

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Biologics Co., the biotech arm of South Korea's Samsung Group, on Monday signed a land purchase contract worth 426 billion won (US$323 million) to build a second campus inside a free economic zone west of Seoul.
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Petition filed against 2019 repatriation of 2 North Korean fishermen

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- A member of the Seoul city council filed a petition Monday asking the state rights watchdog to get to the bottom of the previous administration's 2019 repatriation of two North Korean fishermen against their will. Lee J
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(LEAD) Pro-Yoon ruling party lawmakers clash over hiring

(ATTN: UPDATES with ruling party floor leader's remarks in last two paras)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Two lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), considered closest confidants of President Yoon Suk-yeol, clashed Monday over t
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Indonesia president to visit S. Korea late this month

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo plans to visit South Korea late this month for summit talks with President Yoon Suk-yeol, according to Yoon's office on Monday. South Korea and Indonesia have been in consultations about
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S. Korea's Black Eagles aerobatic team wins top prizes at British air show

By Chae Yun-hwan and Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Air Force's aerobatic flight team received two top awards at the world's largest military air show in Britain over the weekend, the armed service said Monday.The Bla
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Pro-Yoon ruling party lawmakers clash over hire pick

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- Two lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), considered closest confidants of President Yoon Suk-yeol, clashed Monday over the controversial hiring of a presidential office employee, with one of them wa
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(LEAD) New infections more than double in week to nearly 27,000

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 7-13; CHANGES headline; ADDS photos)SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases more than doubled Monday from a week earlier amid a resurgence of infections and the fast spread of a highly c
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S. Korea, U.S. stage combined high-tech training

By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have been conducting combined military drills, involving a high-tech training system, Seoul official said Monday, amid the allies' stepped-up efforts to sharpen deterrenc
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Overseas stock dealings dip in H1 on weak equity markets

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' transactions of foreign stocks fell sharply in the first half of the year from six months earlier on bearish overseas equity markets, with their bond trading edging up, data showed Monday.Local investors&
S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases more than double in week to near 27,000

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SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases more than doubled Monday from a week earlier amid a resurgence of infections and the fast spread of a highly contagious new omicron subvariant.The country reported 26,299 new COVID-19
Yoon says probes on repatriation of N.K. fishermen must be conducted in line with law

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SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that probes into the previous administration's 2019 repatriation of North Korean fishermen must be conducted "in accordance with the Constitution and laws." Yoon made the
(URGENT) S. Korea reports 11 COVID-19 deaths, total at 24,753: KDCA

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(URGENT) S. Korea reports 26,299 new COVID-19 cases: KDCA

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(LEAD) N. Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases fall below 400: state media

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 4th para)By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases dropped below 400, according to its state media Monday.More than 310 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour perio
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University freshman arrested in rape, death of schoolmate

INCHEON, July 18 (Yonhap) -- A freshman at Inha University in Incheon, west of Seoul, has been formally arrested on charges of raping a schoolmate and causing her to fall to her death, officials said Monday.The Incheon District Court issued an arrest
Monday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul31/24Cloudy30Incheon30/24Cloudy20Suwon30/23Rain30Cheongju28/23Rain60Daejeon28/23Rain
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N. Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases fall below 400: state media

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases dropped below 400, according to its state media Monday.More than 310 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official Korean Ce