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(2nd LD) Special counsel bill over Marine's death scrapped in revote; PPP launches filibuster over broadcasting bills

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout)SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military's response to a Marine's death, while th
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S. Korean parliament adopts resolution urging UNESCO bid withdrawal for Japan's Sado mine

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday urging the withdrawal of Japan's bid to register a former gold mine linked to wartime forced labor as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.The resolution regardi
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China says to appoint 'appropriate' person as its next ambassador to S. Korea: Seoul official

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- China has said it will appoint an "appropriate" and "excellent" person as the next top envoy to Seoul, as South Korea is an important country for Beijing, an official at the foreign min
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Woori Financial's Q2 net jumps on noninterest income

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Woori Financial Group Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter net profit jumped, thanks to a sharp increase in noninterest income.The financial holding firm's net profit came to 931.4 billion won (US$672.3 million) in the
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(LEAD) Special counsel probe bill over Marine's death scrapped in revote

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info in paras 1-3; ADDS photo)SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Thursday rejected a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military's response to a Marine's d
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PM attends state funeral of No. 1 Vietnamese official

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attended the state funeral of Vietnam's highest-ranking official, Nguyen Phu Trong, in Hanoi on Thursday, his office said.Han left for Vietnam the previous day to attend the funeral of the ge
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(URGENT) Special probe bill over Marine's death scrapped in revote

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Top diplomats of S. Korea, Australia to hold talks next week

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul will hold talks with his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, in Seoul next week to discuss ways to bolster cooperation in defense and other sectors, Seoul's foreign ministry sa
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SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The following are the key features of the tax code revisions unveiled by the finance ministry Thursday that aim to help spur economic growth and support the livelihoods of the people.To underpin economic dynamism - promotin
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Gov't to lower inheritance tax, provide tax incentives for corporate investment, marriage

By Oh Seok-minSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The government will push to reduce inheritance tax to reflect decades of changes in asset values and inflation, and to provide a tax credit for marriage and childbirth in an effort to boost the ultra-low birth
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(LEAD) AliExpress fined 1.9 bln won for leaking Korean customer info to 180,000 entities

(LEAD) ADDS AliExpress' response)SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The personal information watchdog fined AliExpress, a Chinese e-commerce retail platform, 1.9 billion won (US$1.37 million) on Thursday for leaking the personal information of South Kore
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(LEAD) Yoon names Hanyang Univ. professor as senior secretary for low birth rate issues

(ATTN: UPDATES with announcement of appointment; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday named an economics professor at Hanyang University as the inaugural senior presidential secretary for low birth rate issues.
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Gov't weighs legal measure as some med professors move to boycott training of junior doctors

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The health ministry said Thursday that it has been considering taking legal action against some medical professors who threaten to boycott training programs for junior doctors. Some medical professors have vowed to boycott
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AliExpress fined 1.9 bln won for leaking Korean customer info to 180,000 entities

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The personal information watchdog fined AliExpress, a Chinese e-commerce retail platform, 1.9 billion won (US$1.37 million) on Thursday for leaking the personal information of South Korean customers to about 180,000 oversea
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(LEAD) N. Korea sends some 500 trash balloons into S. Korea earlier this week

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4, 5, 12-15, photo, byline)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's latest round of its balloon campaign involved around 500 balloons carrying scrap paper and plastic sheets, including those t
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Yoon additionally designates 11 special disaster zones over rain damage

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday designated an additional 11 areas in the central and southern regions as special disaster zones to help them cope with damage from recent downpours, his office said.The 11 -- including Ok
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3.2 tln won worth of pandemic handouts wrongly administered: BAI

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Around 3.2 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) worth of COVID-19 pandemic handouts were wrongly administered to microbusiness owners whose sales were not hurt by the pandemic or who exaggerated their losses, the state audit agenc
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(LEAD) Capitol Hill event honors Korean War veterans ahead of armistice anniv.

(ATTN: ADDS more details in 13th para)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, July 24 (Yonhap) -- U.S. lawmakers, Korean Americans and others gathered in Washington on Wednesday to honor Korean War veterans and hope for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, as t
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Police seek arrest warrant for driver behind deadly car crash in downtown Seoul

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Police sought an arrest warrant for the driver of a car that barreled into pedestrians and killed nine in central Seoul earlier this month, officials said Thursday.On July 1, the Hyundai Genesis sedan darted in the wrong di
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Senior foreign ministry official attends G20 meeting on development issues

SEOUL, July 25 (Yonhap) -- Kweon Ki-hwan, South Korea's deputy foreign minister for global and multilateral affairs, has attended a ministerial session of the Group of 20 meeting in Brazil to discuss major development issues, the foreign ministry