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(2nd LD) S. Korea discussed as potential Quad working group partner: U.S. official

(ATTN: ADDS photo, more remarks in paras 12-17)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has been discussed as a potential future partner for cooperation with issue-specific working groups of the Quad forum, a U.S. official said Tues
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Consumer sentiment hits over 1-year high in July amid robust exports, rate cut hopes

SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer sentiment improved to the highest in more than a year in July amid an extended recovery in exports and hopes for monetary easing, a central bank poll showed Wednesday.The composite consumer sentim
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(LEAD) S. Korea discussed as potential Quad working group partner: U.S. official

(ATTN: RECASTS paras 2, 4)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has been discussed as a potential future partner for cooperation with issue-specific working groups of the Quad forum, a U.S. official said Tuesday, noting such disc
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S. Korea discussed as potential Quad working group partner: U.S. official

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has been discussed as a potential future partner for cooperation with issue-specific working groups of the Quad forum, a U.S. official said Tuesday, noting such discussions still "conti
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Trump aides stress importance of S. Korea-U.S. alliance: Seoul envoy

By Song Sang-ho and Cho Joon-hyungWASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- People close to former President Donald Trump have underscored the importance of the South Korea-U.S. alliance, Seoul's top envoy to the United States said Tuesday, as he touched o
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S. Korean cultural influence is causing 'cracks' in rigid N.K. society: unification minister

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Tuesday underscored the importance of "cultural" approaches to fostering internal change in North Korea, saying the inflow of South Korean pop culture is c
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N. Korean defectors to S. Korea reach 105 in H1: official

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The number of North Korean defectors arriving in South Korea reached 105 in the first half of the year, slightly up from a year earlier, a unification ministry official said Tuesday.A total of 43 North Koreans entered the S
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(LEAD) (Yonhap Interview) Scores of N. Koreans staying overseas make attempt to defect: ex-N. Korean diplomat

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, quotes throughout)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Scores of North Koreans staying abroad, such as diplomats and overseas workers, have attempted to defect to South Korea since North Korea began undoing its
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(LEAD) Yoon to visit Czech Republic in September to discuss nuclear power project

(ATTN: RECASTS lead, headline; UPDATES with more info in paras 1-5; ADDS photo)SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke by phone with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Tuesday to discuss bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy and ot
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(Olympics) N. Korea to have 16 athletes in 7 sports in Paris

PARIS, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Making its first Summer Olympics appearance in eight years, North Korea will have 16 athletes competing in seven sports in Paris, data showed Tuesday.According to the organizing committee for Paris 2024, North Korea will ha
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(3rd LD) Han Dong-hoon elected new leader of ruling People Power Party

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 3-4, 6; ADDS photo) By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Han Dong-hoon, a former interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), was elected as new head of the embattled party without a runoff Tuesday as
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(Yonhap Interview) Scores of N. Koreans staying overseas make attempt to defect: ex-N. Korean diplomat

By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Scores of North Koreans staying abroad, such as diplomats and overseas workers, have attempted to defect to South Korea since North Korea began undoing its COVID-19 border closure last year, a former North Ko
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(Olympics) S. Korea to operate temporary consular office in Paris during Olympics period

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will operate a temporary consular office in Paris to assist its nationals during the Olympics period, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.The office, to be set up at the South Korean Embassy in Franc
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(2nd LD) Han Dong-hoon elected new leader of ruling People Power Party

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS more info, photo with Han's victory in paras 1-6) By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Han Dong-hoon, a former interim leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP), was elected as new head of the embattled pa
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(URGENT) Han Dong-hoon elected leader of ruling People Power Party

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S. Korea questions N. Korea's 'modernized' plants outside of Pyongyang in long-term

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry on Tuesday questioned the feasibility of North Korea's project to build factories in a move to develop backward provinces.North Korea kicked off a project earlier thi
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(LEAD) Ruling party holds national convention to pick new leader

(ATTN: CHANGES photos; ADDS president's comment in paras 9-11) By Yi WonjuSEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) held a national convention Tuesday to elect a new party leader to head the embattled party following the part
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Chief prosecutor refuses to attend parliamentary hearing on Yoon's impeachment petition

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutor General Lee One-seok has notified the National Assembly of his intention not to comply with a parliamentary request for his attendance in this week's hearing on a petition calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol&
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Seoul mayor to travel to France, China to discuss climate change and economic exchanges

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon will visit Paris this week to discuss joint responses to climate change with fellow mayors before traveling to China to discuss ways to revitalize economic and cultural exchanges between the two count
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(LEAD) N. Korea says it does not care about Trump's boasting of friendship with Kim

(ATTN: UPDATES with response from South Korea's unification ministry in last 2 paras)SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday that it does not care about former President Donald Trump's remarks about getting along with the regime,