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PPP chief meets with Ukrainian parliamentary delegation

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Ruling People Power Party (PPP) Chairman Lee Jun-seok on Tuesday met with a Ukrainian parliamentary delegation visiting Seoul and discussed support measures for the country at war with Russia, officials said. The meeting too
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Northwestern Seoul attacked by swarms of 'lovebugs'

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Parts of the Seoul metropolitan area have recently come under attack by swarms of a previously unheard-of insect, named lovebug, with residents suffering inconvenience as the bugs get into their homes.Swarms of lovebugs, kno
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Yoon promises support for women entrepreneurs

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol promised Tuesday to support the growth of women entrepreneurs, saying their success is directly linked to the country's future.Yoon made the remarks at the opening of the inaugural "women en
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CJ aims for 500 bln won in sales in Europe by 2027

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean food maker CJ CheilJedang Corp. said Tuesday it will expand into the European market with a sales target of 500 billion won ($US384 million) by 2027.The announcement came two months after the South Korean food m
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6 U.S. F-35A fighters land in S. Korea to join combined drills

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Six U.S. F-35A radar-evading fighters arrived in South Korea on Tuesday to conduct allied drills, the two countries' militaries said, in the first public deployment of America's stealth warplanes here since late 2017
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Umbrella union files appeal against 'too low' minimum wage for next year

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), a major umbrella labor group, filed an appeal Tuesday against next year's minimum hourly wage, protesting the 5 percent increase agreed for 2023 as "too low."T
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(LEAD) Child porn website operator gets 2-yr prison term for concealing criminal proceeds

(ATTN; UPDATES with ruling in 8th para)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- A 26-year-old man responsible for once running one of the world's largest child sexual abuse websites was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for concealing crimi
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N. Korea may not conduct nuke test 'right away' due to rainy season: outgoing JCS chief

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) --The outgoing top South Korean military officer on Tuesday said North Korea may not find it easy to press ahead with a nuclear test "right away" due to the rainy season, though it has made preparations for it.Gen.
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Child porn website operator gets 2-yr prison term for concealing criminal proceeds

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- A 26-year-old man responsible for once running one of the world's largest child sexual abuse websites was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for concealing criminal proceeds.The Seoul Central District
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Industrywide probe into banks under way over suspicions of abnormal overseas money transfers

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- An industrywide inspection into banks in South Korea is currently under way after abnormal foreign currency transactions have been found at major lenders, a top financial regulator said Tuesday. "A probe into all banks
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Single father gets 5-yr imprisonment for choking intellectually disabled son to death

INCHEON, July 5 (Yonhap) -- A district court sentenced a single father to five years behind bars Tuesday for choking his intellectually disabled five-year-old son to death in March after losing his temper over his son's whining. The 34-year-old a
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Military reports 555 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 555 additional COVID-19 cases Tuesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 178,861, the defense ministry said.The new cases included 382 from the Army, 86 from the Air
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Top S. Korean, Ukrainian minister discuss post-war recovery issue

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice foreign minister had discussions with a senior Ukrainian official on ways to cooperate for the future reconstruction of the war-battered nation on the sidelines of an international meeti
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PPP urges top officials appointed by Moon gov't to resign

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) continued to ramp up pressure on high-level officials appointed by the previous Moon Jae-in administration, urging them to give up their positions for the incumbent government's stable
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases spike amid resurgence woes

(ATTN: ADDS details at bottom, photos)SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases sharply increased Tuesday amid concerns about the virus' resurgence following eased social distancing restrictions.The country added 18,147 ne
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(LEAD) Yoon challenges reporters to compare his personnel picks with previous administration's

(ATTN: ADDS main opposition party's response in last 2 paras)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol challenged reporters Tuesday to compare his personnel choices with those of the previous administration, suggesting he wa
Forum opens in Busan on S. Korea's partnerships with Latin American, Caribbean nations

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SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- A forum on efforts to strengthen South Korea's cooperation with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) kicked off Tuesday for a two-day run in the southern port city of Busan.The 2022 Korea-LAC Future Coopera
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S. Korea's new JCS chief to take office without parliamentary hearing

SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- Army Gen. Kim Seung-kyum was set to take office as the new head of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Tuesday as Seoul seeks to cement its alliance with Washington and beef up defense to counter North Korea'
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Yoon challenges reporters to compare his personnel picks with previous administration's

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol challenged reporters Tuesday to compare his personnel choices with those of the previous administration, suggesting he was doing no worse a job than his predecessor.Yoon put up the defen
S. Korea, Malaysia hold virtual cybersecurity session of ASEAN-related defense forum

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SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Malaysia jointly held a virtual subpanel session of a regional defense forum involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday to discuss cybersecurity cooperation, Seoul's defense m