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(LEAD) Jobs in manufacturing sector, for youths decline in 2023 despite overall gains

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead to add new info; ADDS more details throughout)By Oh Seok-min SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's on-year employment grew at a slower pace in 2023 as the number of newly employed fell in the manufacturing sector
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Outgoing FM says Yoon's diplomatic initiative to come 'full swing' this year

SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- Outgoing Foreign Minister Park Jin on Wednesday said South Korea's diplomatic initiative will kick into full swing this year as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council."I believe that South Korea's
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SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Wednesday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul05/-3Sunny0Incheon03/-3Sunny0Suwon05/-5Sunny0Cheongju04/-2Cloudy0Daejeon05/-3Sunn
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S. Korea's employment rate hits all-time high in 2023

By Oh Seok-min SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's on-year employment grew at a slower pace in 2023, but the employment rate reached a record high, data showed Wednesday.The number of employed people rose 327,000 in 2023 from a year earlier,
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(URGENT) 327,000 jobs added in 2023; employment rate hits record high: data

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(LEAD) N.K. leader says he has 'no intention of avoiding war' with S. Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, photos)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called South Korea the country's "principal enemy" and said he has "no intention of avoiding war," state media said
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(3rd LD) Russia fired more N. Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine: White House

(ATTN: RECASTS 2nd para; ADDS more details in paras 5, 11-12)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia recently fired additional North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine following earlier such launches, a White House official said Tues
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SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Jan. 10.Korean-language dailies-- 'Special law' on Itaewon tragedy passed as 1st step toward truth (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- Itaewon tragedy law unilateral
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N.K. leader says he has 'no intention of avoiding war' with S. Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called South Korea the country's "principal enemy" and said he has "no intention of avoiding war," state media said Wednesday.Kim also threatened to annihilate the
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(2nd LD) Russia fired more N. Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine: White House

(ATTN: ADDS foreign ministers' joint statement in paras 9-11)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia recently fired additional North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine following earlier such launches, a White House official said
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(URGENT) N.K. leader calls S. Korea 'principal enemy', says he has 'no intention of avoiding war'

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(LEAD) Russia fired more N. Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine: White House

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia recently fired additional North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine following earlier such launches, a White House official said Tuesday, reiterating the arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongy
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Russia fired more N. Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine following earlier launches: White House

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Russia recently fired additional North Korean ballistic missiles into Ukraine following earlier launches, a White House official said Tuesday, reiterating the arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang v
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Senior Chinese official warns red line on Taiwan must not be crossed

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- A senior Chinese Communist Party official warned Tuesday that a "red line" on Beijing's "core interest" of Taiwan must not be crossed, as the self-governing island democracy is
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New Jersey Senate passes resolution designating Lunar New Year

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. state of New Jersey's Senate has passed a resolution designating Lunar New Year to commemorate it, a Korean American assemblywoman said on Tuesday, as various Asian countries celebrate the beginnin
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(LEAD) Nat'l Assembly passes bill on panel to probe Itaewon crowd crush

(ATTN: ADDS reaction from presidential office in paras 6-8)SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The opposition-led National Assembly on Tuesday passed a special bill on the launch of a committee to reopen an investigation into a deadly 2022 crowd crush in Seoul
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Top S. Korean, NATO military officials hold phone talks ahead of major NATO gathering

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The top military officials of South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held phone talks Tuesday ahead of a major NATO meeting next week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, amid joint efforts to deepen
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Nat'l Assembly passes bill on panel to probe Itaewon crowd crush

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- The opposition-led National Assembly on Tuesday passed a special bill on the launch of a committee to reopen an investigation into a deadly 2022 crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon district. The bill, approved at a plenary me
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Military set to resume drills halted under 2018 inter-Korean accord buffer zones

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military is expected to resume exercises in buffer zones set under a 2018 inter-Korean military accord as they have become effectively invalid after North Korea's recent artillery firing, officials said
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Seoul in talks with Beijing on remark opposing S. Korea-U.S.-Japan joint statement: official

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reaffirmed its position to China via diplomatic channels after Beijing reacted against a joint statement by South Korea, the United States and Japan on the South China Sea, a foreign ministry official said Tuesda