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(URGENT) Yoon pledges to expand official development aid to Africa to US$10 bln by 2030

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Seoul shares open lower on profit taking, mixed U.S. stock results

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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocked opened weaker Tuesday as investors took profit from strong gains the previous session and on mixed overnight results on Wall Street.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slid 6.06 points, or 0.
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Gov't expected to accept resignations of trainee doctors

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The health ministry is expected to announce a plan Tuesday to accept the resignations of trainee doctors, a source close to the matter said, in a move to help them seek other career paths or return to hospitals. For months,
Tuesday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul29/16Sunny0Incheon26/17Sunny0Suwon28/15Sunny0Cheongju28/16Sunny0Daejeon28/15Sunny0Ch
Dollar opens at 1,371.7 won DN from 1,376.1 won

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Korea-Africa Summit kicks off to boost economic ties

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The inaugural summit between South Korea and African nations kicked off Tuesday to discuss expanding economic ties and cooperation in supply chain and development with the resource-rich countries. The Korea-Af
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S. Korea sets out on UNSC presidency, plans meeting on N.K. human rights

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea officially began its rotating monthlong presidency of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, unveiling a plan to hold an open meeting on North Korea's human rights situation.Seoul'
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on June 4.Korean-language dailies-- Yoon says 14 bln barrels of oil, gas could be buried in East Sea, approves drilling (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- 14 bln barrels of oil
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U.S. watching tensions on Korean Peninsula with 'great concern': White House official

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The United States is watching growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula with "great concern," a White House official said Monday, stressing ongoing efforts to ensure that America is "best
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U.S. State Dept. denounces N. Korea's trash-filled balloons as 'disgusting' tactic

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, June 3 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. State Department spokesperson on Monday condemned North Korea's recent sending of trash-filled balloons across the border into South Korea as a "disgusting" tactic, calling for an e
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Defense minister had over dozen calls with predecessor around retrieval of report into Marine's death

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Shin Won-sik held phone talks with his predecessor, Lee Jong-sup, on multiple occasions around the time of the military's controversial retrieval of a preliminary probe report into a Marine's on-duty
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(2nd LD) Yoon meets 10 African leaders ahead of Korea-Africa Summit

(ATTN: UPDATES with welcome dinner in paras 9-11; ADDS photos)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol held a series of bilateral summit meetings with leaders of 10 African nations Monday to discuss ways to expand cooperation
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(LEAD) Yoon meets 10 African leaders ahead of Korea-Africa Summit

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead, photo; UPDATES throughout)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol held a series of bilateral summit meetings with leaders of 10 African nations Monday to discuss ways to expand cooperation on th
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(News Focus) S. Korea's plan to halt 2018 military pact heralds loudspeaker broadcasting resumption, border training against N.K.

By Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's plan to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in its entirety will pave the way for Seoul to resume loudspeaker broadcasting along the border, a key tool for psychological warfare a
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Korea Glocal Education Fair closes in Yeosu

YEOSU, South Korea, June 3 (Yonhap) -- An international education fair intended to seek and discuss the direction of future education in the era of digital transformation closed in the southwestern city of Yeosu on Sunday after South Korea and 22 oth
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DP proposes special counsel probe into prosecution's alleged manipulation of N. Korea remittance case

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday proposed a bill mandating a special counsel probe into allegations of prosecutorial manipulation in connection with an investigation into a South Korean company's alleg
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Border residents call for halt to sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets to N. Korea

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Residents near the inter-Korean border called on South and North Korea to halt hostile acts against each other Monday as tensions have been running high in the wake of the North's massive sending of trash-carrying balloo
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S. Korea considering raising N. Korea's GPS jamming attacks with U.N. bodies

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering taking up North Korea's repeated jamming of GPS navigation signals with related U.N. bodies and other international organizations to bring its illegality to attention and stop
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(2nd LD) NSC decides to fully suspend 2018 inter-Korean peace pact after N.K. trash balloon campaign

(ATTN: UPDATES with background of loudspeakers in last six paras)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The presidential National Security Council (NSC) decided Monday to fully suspend the 2018 inter-Korean tension reduction pact until mutual trust
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Police consider probe into alleged sharing of illegal videos of men on online women's community

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Police are considering opening an investigation into allegations that personal information and illegal videos of men were shared on an online women's community, the Seoul police chief said Monday.The remark by Seoul Metr