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S. Korea strongly condemns deadly 'terrorist attack' in Iran

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday strongly condemned deadly bomb explosions in the Iranian city of Kerman during a memorial ceremony for a former Iranian general."Our government strongly condemns the bomb
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(LEAD) Court issues arrest warrant for suspect in stabbing attack against opposition leader

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout; ADDS photo)SEOUL/BUSAN, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The suspect in the stabbing attack against opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was formally arrested Thursday on charges of attempted murder.The
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Bereaved family files damages suit over prisoner's death amid mass COVID-19 infections

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The bereaved family of a late prisoner who died of COVID-19 when a mass infection hit a detention center in Seoul has filed a damages suit, accusing the state of failing to protect high-risk inmates like him and neglecting t
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World-famous ice fishing festival to kick off in Hwacheon on Saturday

HWACHEON, South Korea, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- A world-renowned annual ice fishing festival is to kick off in Hwacheon, a remote mountain town in the northeastern province of Gangwon, on Saturday, organizers said.The 2024 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival
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National Assembly sends special investigation bills to presidential office

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly sent two special investigation bills, one of which calls for looking into stock manipulation allegations involving the first lady, to the presidential office Thursday.The office of President Yoon Suk Ye
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New Russian ambassador to S. Korea starts post

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Russian Ambassador to South Korea Georgy Zinoviev arrived in Seoul on Thursday to take up his position as the new top envoy, diplomatic sources said. Zinoviev is replacing his predecessor, Andrey Kulik, who served as the amb
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(LEAD) Unification ministry to dissolve foundation handling affairs of Kaesong complex

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout, photo)SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry said Thursday it has decided to dissolve the foundation in charge of assisting the operation of a now-shuttered joint industrial complex in North Ko
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold 1st Indo-Pacific dialogue meeting this week: official

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's deputy foreign minister is visiting Washington this week to attend the first meeting of the envisioned three-way Indo-Pacific dialogue with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, a ministry official said Thurs
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Unification ministry to dissolve foundation handling affairs of Kaesong complex

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry said Thursday it has decided to dissolve the foundation in charge of assisting the operation of a now-shuttered joint industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong amid frosty inter-
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Presidential office mulls visit with hospitalized opposition leader

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Senior presidential officials are considering visiting opposition leader Lee Jae-myung at the hospital on behalf of President Yoon Suk Yeol as he recovers from a knife attack, a presidential official said Thursday.Lee of the
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Opposition leader in smooth recovery from surgery after stabbing attack

SEOUL/BUSAN, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung is smoothly recovering following surgery to repair a major vein in his neck after he was stabbed in a knife attack earlier this week, a surgeon who operated on the politician said Thursd
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Gov't to complete anti-earthquake reinforcement of major public facilities by 2035

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government will complete anti-earthquake reinforcement of major public facilities by 2035, the interior ministry said Thursday, after a massive quake struck Japan earlier this week and claimed the lives of nearly 100 peo
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan note N.K. arms transfers violate UNSC resolutions

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Senior officials of South Korea, the United States and Japan noted Thursday that any arms transfer by North Korea is a violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, the presidential office said.The iss
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Ex-DP chief Song indicted under detention in cash-for-votes scandal

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors indicted Song Young-gil, a former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), Thursday over a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the party's 2021 leadership election. The indictment by the Seoul Cent
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Unification ministry accuses N. Korea of attempting to divide society ahead of elections

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs on Thursday denounced North Korea for attempting to divide South Korean society with threats and far-fetched criticisms ahead of the general elections in
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Yoon says short selling ban will remain in place until retail investor issues are resolved

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday the ban on stock short selling will remain in place until measures are devised to resolve short selling's harmful effects on retail investors.Yoon made the remark while
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Financial regulator says detects possible naked short selling by foreign banks

SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's financial regulator said Thursday it has detected "circumstances" of naked short selling by foreign investment banks. Lee Bok-hyun, governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS
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PPP leader says he actively supports including Gwangju uprising in Constitution

By Kang Jae-eunSEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The leader of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Thursday he supports including in the Constitution the spirit of the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju as he wooed voters in the
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(LEAD) Supreme Court upholds guilty sentence for operator of website blacklisting child support defaulters

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 2 paras)SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized a guilty sentence for the operator of Bad Fathers, a website publicly blacklisting child support defaulters. The court upheld a lower cour
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(LEAD) Seoul's spy agency sees N.K. leader's daughter Ju-ae as 'most likely successor'

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout)SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- The nominee to be the director of South Korea's spy agency said Thursday he sees North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's daughter, Ju-ae, as his "most likely successor,&qu