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(LEAD) Five more members leave DP to join new party ahead of general elections

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS Lee Nak-yon's remarks in last 3 paras)SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A group of former lawmakers and mayors quit the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday, saying they would join a new party that former DP lead
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(4th LD) N. Korean FM arrives in Russia amid deepening military ties

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES with Kremlin's announcement, details in paras 2, 4-6)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui arrived in Russia on Monday for an official visit, state media repor
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(URGENT) Kremlin says it aims to develop ties with N. Korea in all areas

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(3rd LD) N.K. foreign minister arrives in Russia amid deepening military cooperation

(ATTN: UPDATES with meeting schedule in para 4)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui arrived in Russia on Monday for an official visit, state media reported, amid deepening military cooperation between t
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Five more people leave DP to join new party ahead of general elections

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A group of former lawmakers and mayors quit the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday, saying they would join a new party that former DP leader Lee Nak-yon is trying to launch, amid attention over how deep the DP&
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(2nd LD) N.K. foreign minister arrives in Russia amid deepening military cooperation

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with N.K. foreign minister's arrival in Russia)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui arrived in Russia on Monday for an official visit, state media reported, amid deepening
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Disciplinary action sought against opposition leader Lee as lawyer

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors have requested the national bar association consider disciplinary action against opposition leader Lee Jae-myung as a lawyer, citing multiple criminal charges he is standing trial on, sources said Monday.The Seo
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Banks' rates for fresh loans fall in December

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The average lending rate of major banks in South Korea for mortgage loans fell from a month earlier in December, data showed Monday.COFIX, or the Cost of Funds Index, a benchmark lending rate for mortgage loans, came to 3.8
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(4th LD) N. Korea claims to have successfully launched solid-fuel hypersonic IRBM

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout)By Kim Soo-yeon and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday it successfully test-fired a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) carrying a hypersonic warhead the prev
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(LEAD) Yoon says 'semiconductor mega cluster' outside Seoul will create 3 mln jobs

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's remarks on Samsung founder)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that a semiconductor industry cluster being built outside Seoul is expected to create at least 3 million jobs over
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Footballer additionally booked on charges of secondary harm to sex video victim

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Football player Hwang Ui-jo, now undergoing a police probe for the alleged illegal filming of a sexual encounter with a woman without her consent, has been additionally booked on charges of inflicting secondary harm to the
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N. Korea to convene key parliamentary meeting amid animosity toward S. Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is scheduled to convene a key parliamentary meeting Monday amid key attention over whether its rubber-stamp parliament will approve a constitutional revision on inter-Korean unification.The meeting comes as Nort
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Yoon says 'semiconductor mega cluster' outside Seoul will create 3 mln jobs

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that a semiconductor industry cluster being built outside Seoul is expected to create at least 3 million jobs over the next 20 years.Yoon made the remark during a policy deb
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(3rd LD) N. Korea claims to have successfully launched solid-fuel hypersonic IRBM

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 13-17; ADDS photo)By Kim Soo-yeon and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday it successfully test-fired a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) carrying a hypersonic
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S. Korea considering support measures for safe passage in Red Sea

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering various measures to secure safe passage for cargo ships in the Red Sea amid rising tensions on the major shipping route, the defense ministry said Monday.Tensions in the Red Sea have escalated as
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(LEAD) N.K. foreign minister leaves for Russia amid deepening military cooperation

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 2 paras) By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has left for Russia for an official visit at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, state media
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Online class-only school to open in Seoul to help supplement high school credit system

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul education office said Monday it will open an online class-only school next year to provide high school students with courses unavailable at their own schools, as the country is set to introduce a high school credi
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Police search state media regulation agency over information leakage allegations

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Seoul police raided the state media regulation agency on Monday over allegations that an employee has leaked personal information of a petitioner to news outlets, officials said.The raid came after the Korea Communications
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U.S. calls deepening N.K.-Russia cooperation trend of 'great concern'

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Deepening cooperation between North Korea and Russia is a trend of "great concern," a State Department spokesperson said Sunday, as North Korea's top diplomat is set to visit Russia this
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Investment funds grow over 68 tln won in 2023

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The value of investment funds in South Korea grew from a year earlier in 2023, data showed Monday. The net asset value of South Korean investment funds came to 971.4 trillion won (US$737.6 billion) as of the end of last yea