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(URGENT) Putin to hold talks with N. Korean FM on Tuesday: sources

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Military chief makes final security check for Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer on Tuesday made final security inspections for the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics to ensure the event takes place safely over the next few weeks.The games will kick off Friday in the ea
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Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold talks this week

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold talks in Seoul this week on North Korea's latest military provocations amid its growing ties with Russia, the foreign mini
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Stabbed opposition leader Lee to return to work Wednesday

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung will return to work Wednesday, 15 days after he was stabbed in the neck and underwent surgery, his party said. Lee will restart his official duties as the chairman of the Democratic Party (DP
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(4th LD) N.K. leader calls for defining S. Korea as 'invariable principal enemy' in constitution

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, background throughout)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for revising the country's constitution to define South Korea as its "invariable principal enemy&q
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(LEAD) Anti-corruption agency to investigate any possible favor involved in airlifting of Lee Jae-myung

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in 5-6 paras)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- The state anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that it has initiated an investigation to determine whether there was any favor involved in the helicopter transport of
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Unification ministry slams N.K. leader's hostile rhetoric toward S. Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs on Tuesday lambasted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's hostile rhetoric toward Seoul and vowed to respond sternly.The ministry's criticism cam
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(4th LD) Yoon vows multiple-times stronger punishment in event of N.K. provocation

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's message to Marine Corps in last 3 paras)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to punish North Korea multiple times as hard in the event it carries out a provocation against South
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S. Korea, U.S. agree on early launch of negotiations for defense cost sharing: sources

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have agreed to begin talks on their next deal on defense cost sharing earlier than planned, sources said Tuesday, a move that appears to consider the possible reelection o
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S. Korea to provide additional US$8 mln worth of humanitarian aid to civilians in Israel-Hamas war

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will provide an additional US$8 million worth of humanitarian aid to help civilian victims in the war between Israel and the Hamas militant group, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The provision follows the $2
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Anti-corruption agency to investigate any possible favor involved in airlifting of Lee Jae-myung

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- The state anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that it has initiated an investigation to determine whether there was any favor involved in the helicopter transport of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung for treatme
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'Mug shot disclosure bill' to go into effect next week

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- Law enforcement agencies will be able to take mug shots of suspects involved in grave crimes without their consent under a new law set to go into effect next week, the justice ministry said Tuesday.The so-called mug shot di
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Defense chief vows to turn Marine Corps into air-ground combined armed forces

SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense chief said Tuesday the military will develop the Marine Corps into an armed forces that can carry out joint operations with amphibious and air assets to better deter North Korea's threats.Durin
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(News Focus) N.K. leader's hostile remarks against Seoul message for U.S., regime unity: analysts

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's barrage of bitter remarks against South Korea is an apparent sign of his pressing need to directly engage with the United States on Korean Peninsula issues and better mainta
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Ex-land minister grilled by prosecutors over alleged data manipulation

DAEJEON, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- Kim Hyun-mi, who served as the minister of land, infrastructure and transport during the previous Moon Jae-in government, was grilled by prosecutors Tuesday over allegations of economic data manipulation, prosecution offi
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(3rd LD) Yoon vows multiple-times stronger punishment in event of N.K. provocation

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks by Yoon)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to punish North Korea multiple times as hard in the event it carries out a provocation against South Korea, after North Korean lea
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U.S. voices disappointment over N. Korea's hostile rhetoric toward S. Korea

By Song Sang-ho and Kim Kyung-heeWASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The United States expressed disappointment over the escalation of North Korea's rhetoric against South Korea on Monday, stressing inter-Korean cooperation is vital to fostering last
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(2nd LD) Trump wins first Republican nomination contest in Iowa

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with caucus results; CHANGES headline, lead, photo)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. President Donald Trump scored a resounding victory in the first Republican presidential nomination contest in Iowa
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(2nd LD) Yoon vows multiple-times stronger punishment in event of N.K. provocation

(ATTN: UPDATES with defense ministry's remarks in paras 7-8)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Tuesday to punish North Korea multiple times as hard in the event it carries out a provocation against South Korea,
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(3rd LD) N.K. leader calls for defining S. Korea as 'invariable principal enemy' in constitution

(ATTN: UPDATES with KCNA's English-language dispatch throughout)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for revising the country's constitution to define South Korea as its "invariable princi