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Russia likely offering N. Korea technology aid to expand threats to U.S., others: Pentagon official

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Russia has likely given technology assistance to North Korea and Iran in return for their arms transfers to Moscow, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday, casting it as an apparent move to expand securi
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SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on May 22.Korean-language dailies-- Veto power 'by the president, for the president' (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- Yoon's 10th veto sends political situation i
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Producer prices up for 5th month in April on high prices of services, industrial goods

SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's producer prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in April, driven in part by the soaring prices of services and industrial goods, central bank data showed Wednesday.The producer price index, a major bar
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Biz outlook improves for 3rd month in June amid steady recovery in exports

SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's business sentiment improved for a third consecutive month in June amid a steady recovery in exports, which offsets a slowdown in private spending, a central bank poll showed Wednesday.Local companies' b
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Unlike N. Korea and Iran, China is not sending arms to Russia: Blinken

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States has not seen China sending actual weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine though North Korea and Iran have engaged in arms transactions with Moscow, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said d
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(LEAD) AI Seoul Summit adopts declaration on safe, innovative, inclusive AI

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES throughout with summit's declaration)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- A global summit hosted by South Korea and Britain adopted a declaration Tuesday on promoting safe, innovative and inclusive artificial
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S. Korea reports first African swine fever case in around 9 months

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday reported its first African swine fever (ASF) case in around nine months.The latest ASF case was found at a farm located in the inter-Korean border county of Cheorwon in Gangwon Province, which raised s
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(2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. hold 2nd round of talks on defense cost sharing

(ATTN: UPDATES story as Tuesday's talks ended; CHANGES photos)By Kim Seung-yeonSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States held a new round of negotiations Tuesday on sharing the costs for stationing American troops here.The three
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(LEAD) Only 5 pct of trainee doctors return to hospitals amid protracted walkout

(ATTN: ADDS doctors' stance in paras 2, 9-14, additional photo)SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Only 5 percent of the trainee doctors who have left their worksites for three months have returned to hospitals, a senior official said Tuesday, though the g
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S. Korea's top military officer inspects military readiness at front-line unit

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer visited a unit near the border with North Korea on Tuesday, and called for heightened monitoring and analysis of North Korean border activity, his office said.Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS
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Opposition leader slams Yoon for vetoing special counsel bill

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung slammed President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday for vetoing a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into the military's response to a Marine's death last year.Yoon exercised his
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China condemns S. Korean lawmaker's attendance at Taiwan president inauguration

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- China's embassy in South Korea on Tuesday strongly condemned a South Korean lawmaker for attending the inauguration ceremony of Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te earlier this week.The inauguration ceremony o
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(LEAD) OECD members give 'overall positive review' of S. Korea's ODA efforts

(ATTN: CHANGES photo; ADDS more info)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The latest peer review by member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has given an overall positive assessment of South Korea's off
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Yoon receives credentials of 15 new foreign envoys

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday received the diplomatic credentials of 15 newly appointed ambassadors from abroad. They include two ambassadors from Thailand and Japan, as well as 13 nonresident ambassadors from the Democ
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(2nd LD) Grenade explosion kills recruit, wounds officer during training at Army division in Sejong

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more info in paras 4-7; REPLACES photo)SEJONG, May 21 (Yonhap) -- One recruit was killed and another noncommissioned officer was wounded Tuesday after a grenade accidentally exploded during a training session at the Arm
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20-yr prison term sought for knife-wielding assailant of opposition leader Lee

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors sought a 20-year prison sentence Tuesday for the man who stabbed opposition leader Lee Jae-myung during his political appearance in the southeastern port city of Busan in January. Posing as a supporter, the 67-ye
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(3rd LD) Yoon vetoes bill on special counsel probe into Marine's death

(ATTN: UPDATES with chief of staff's remarks, details in paras 4-7)By Lee Haye-ah and Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the military's respons
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(2nd LD) Yoon vetoes bill on special counsel probe into Marine's death

(ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline; UPDATES with latest details, background in paras 1-3,8 )By Lee Haye-ah and Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday vetoed a bill mandating a special counsel investigation into the milita
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(URGENT) Yoon vetoes bill on special counsel probe over Marine's death

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(URGENT) Yoon vetoes bill on special counsel probe over Marine's death

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