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(URGENT) N.K. leader's sister warns of 'new responses' against S. Korea's loudspeaker broadcast, leafleting

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(3rd LD) N. Korea sends more trash-carrying balloons after S. Korea restarts loudspeaker broadcasts

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with N. Korea's balloon launch following loudspeaker broadcasts in paras 2-6)SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea flew more trash-filled balloons toward South Korea on Sunday after the South resumed propaga
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(2nd LD) S. Korean military conducts loudspeaker broadcasts in response to N.K. balloon campaign

(ATTN: ADDS more details about content of the broadcasts in paras 7-11 and 15) By Chae Yun-hwan SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military on Sunday conducted propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts near the border with North Korea in response to
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(LEAD) S. Korean military conducts loudspeaker broadcasts in response to N.K. balloon campaign

(ATTN: CLARIFIES 2nd para; ADDS more details in paras 2-4, byline) By Chae Yun-hwan SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military on Sunday conducted propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts near the border with North Korea in response to the North&#
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S. Korean military conducts loudspeaker broadcasts in response to N.K. balloon campaign

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military on Sunday conducted propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts near the border with North Korea in response to the North's recent launch of balloons carrying trash into the South.The broadcasts took pla
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(URGENT) S. Korean military broadcasts loudspeakers near border in response to N.K. balloons

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(2nd LD) N. Korea launches over 300 trash-carrying balloons toward S. Korea since Saturday

(ATTN: UPDATES with defense minister's meeting, latest details in paras 13-20; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has launched hundreds more balloons carrying trash toward South Korea over the past two days, Seoul's military
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N. Korea sends balloons carrying trash to S. Korea again: JCS

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is once again sending balloons presumed to be carrying trash to South Korea on Saturday, Seoul's military said, after it launched nearly 1,000 similar balloons across the border since last week.The Joint Chie
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(URGENT) N. Korea sends balloons carrying trash to S. Korea again Saturday: JCS

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S. Korea denounces N.K. provocations in ASEAN meetings

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea denounced North Korea's recent provocations, including its trash balloon campaign and GPS jamming attacks, and called for a clear and concerted message by the international community to address such threats,
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Defector group sends more propaganda leaflets to N. Korea, raising concern about Pyongyang's trash balloons

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean defectors' group said Saturday that it has sent additional propaganda leaflets critical of the North Korean regime across the border, heightening concerns that Pyongyang may resume sending ba
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Largest association of doctors may stage walkout on June 20: sources

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Medical doctors and professors may stage a walkout later this month in protest against the government's recent decision to hike medical school admissions, informed sources said Saturday.The Korean Medical Association (KM
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Inspection finds 39 cases of misconduct, legal violations by public officials prior to general elections

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- A government inspection has identified 39 cases of election law violations and various forms of negligence by public officials in the lead-up to the parliamentary elections in April, the interior ministry said Saturday.The g
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SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on June 8.Korean-language dailies-- Ex-Gyeonggi vice governor gets 9 1/2-yr sentence for N.K. remittance (Kookmin Daily)-- Doctors' association to launch bigges
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold 3rd round of defense cost-sharing negotiations in Washington next week

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June, 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will hold their third round of cost sharing negotiations for stationing U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) in Washington next week, the chief U.S. negotiator said Friday.Linda Spe
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(LEAD) N. Korea, China, Russia expanding nuclear arsenals at 'breakneck' pace: White House official

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 5, 13)By Song Sang-ho and Kim Dong-hyunWASHINGTON, June 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea, China and Russia are expanding and diversifying their nuclear weapons stockpiles at a "breakneck" speed, a White House of
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N. Korea, China, Russia expanding nuclear arsenals at 'breakneck' pace: White House official

By Song Sang-ho and Kim Dong-hyunWASHINGTON, June 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea, China and Russia are expanding and diversifying their nuclear weapons stockpiles at a "breakneck" speed, a White House official said Friday, warning that absent
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U.N. Security Council to hold meeting on N.K. human rights next week

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 7 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) will have an official meeting on North Korean human rights issues next week for the first time in less than a year, its work schedule showed Friday, as South Korea as this
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Prosecutors indict 1 suspect behind Pattaya murder

SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Friday indicted one of three suspects behind the murder last month of a South Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand.The suspect in his 20s was apprehended last month in the southern city of Jeongeup, 217 kilomet
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(LEAD) Doctors at SNU hospitals set to stage walkout from June 17

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 5-6)SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) -- Doctors at four major hospitals affiliated with Seoul National University (SNU) are set to stage a walkout from June 17, according to hospital officials on Friday, in a move that