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(URGENT) Yoon blames his own shortcoming for failure to host World Expo

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(URGENT) Yoon addresses nation on failed World Expo bid

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Overseas card spending up in Q3 on increased travel, direct purchases

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans' overseas card spending increased 3.1 percent in the third quarter of the year on the back of increased overseas travel and increased direct purchases, central bank data showed Wednesday.The amount of mone
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S. Korea's trade terms improve for 5th month in October

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's terms of trade rose for the fifth month in a row in October as import costs fell at a faster pace than export prices, central bank data showed Wednesday.The country's net terms-of-trade index for goods
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Childbirths in S. Korea fall by most in 3 years in Sept.

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The number of babies born in South Korea fell by the most in about three years in September, data showed Wednesday. A total of 18,707 babies were born in September, down 14.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the da
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Population mobility rises by most in 5 years in Oct.

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Koreans who moved to different residences in the country rose by the most in five years in October, data showed Wednesday.Around 507,000 people changed their residences last month, up 11 percent from a y
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Seoul to introduce 'English tutor robots' for young students

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- "English tutor robots" will be introduced to elementary and middle schools in Seoul next year to assist in students' one-on-one English conversations, the municipal education office said Wednesday.The use of
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Unification minister says inflow of outside information important for N.K. residents

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on North Korea stressed Wednesday the importance of providing outside information to North Korean people as a means to improve dire human rights conditions in the North.Unification Minister Kim Y
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Chief of hotel adjoining Itaewon tragedy site fined for illegal extension

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The chief of a hotel adjoining the site of last year's deadly crowd crush in Seoul was sentenced to a fine Wednesday for an illegal extension that made the narrow accident alley even narrower.A total of 159 people were
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S. Korea, EU discuss N.K. spy satellite, space security

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union (EU) have denounced North Korea's recent launch of a military spy satellite as a serious threat to peace and agreed to make efforts for a united international response to the provocati
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Cargo ship submerged off S. Korea's southwestern coast; no crewmen found

MOKPO, South Korea, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- A cargo ship believed to be Chinese submerged in waters off South Korea's southwestern coast Wednesday, the Coast Guard said.The Mokpo Coast Guard said it received a report at around 7:28 a.m. that the 200-
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N. Korea closes diplomatic missions in Bangladesh, DR Congo: reports

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- In yet another closure of diplomatic missions, North Korea has been shutting down its embassies in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo, foreign news reports showed Wednesday.They are the latest in the list of ov
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S. Korea mulling restoring disarmed guard post on eastern front: sources

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military is considering restoring a disarmed guard post on the eastern front in a tit-for-tat response to North Korea's latest move to rebuild its own and redeploy weapons in the Demilita
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S. Korea deploys upgraded satellite communication system in Army units

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has deployed an upgraded satellite communication system to Army troops in rear areas to improve their operational capability, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday.The Defense Acquisition Program Admi
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Exports of dried laver, cooked rice hit record high this year: data

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports of dried laver, or "gim" in Korean, and cooked rice reached an all-time high during the first 10 months of this year on their brisk overseas demand along with the popularity of Korean c
Wednesday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Wednesday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul03/-3Cloudy30Incheon02/-3Snow40Suwon04/-3Cloudy40Cheongju06/-2Sunny60Daejeon06/-2
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's Busan comes up short in World Expo bid; Saudi's Riyadh wins

(ATTN: UPDATES with presidential office's response)By Kim Han-jooPARIS/SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Busan came up short in its bid to host the 2030 World Expo on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia's Riyadh won a resounding victory over B
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Nov. 29.Korean-language dailies-- N. Korea rearms Joint Security Area after guard posts (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- There was no miracle: Busan's dream broken by
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S. Korea, Chile to hold talks to upgrade bilateral FTA

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Chile will launch another round of talks on upgrading their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in response to changing global trade circumstances, Seoul's industry ministry said Wednesday.The eighth ro
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U.S. says 'plenty' of White House, Pentagon images available online after N.K. claim on satellite imagery

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday that there are "plenty" of images of the White House and the Pentagon already available online, after North Korea claimed its military spy satellit