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Disability rights group lodges complaint with rights watchdog over leader's arrest

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- A disability rights advocacy group said Tuesday it will file a complaint with the state human rights watchdog against police for arresting the group's leader without informing him of his Miranda rights.The Solidarity Ag
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S. Korea pushes for using commercial satellites in military communication

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will push for using commercial satellites in low Earth orbit in a military communication system to efficiently enhance combat capability of the armed forces, the state arms procurement agency said
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(LEAD) S. Korea's Busan making last-ditch efforts to bring World Expo on voting day

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout; CHANGES photos)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL/PARIS, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The vote for the host city of the 2030 World Expo is set to take place in Paris on Tuesday, with South Korea's southeastern city of Busan maki
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S. Korea's Busan making last-ditch efforts to bring World Expo on voting day

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL/PARIS, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The vote for the host city of the 2030 World Expo is set to take place in Paris on Tuesday, with South Korea's southeastern city of Busan making last-ditch efforts to pull off an upset in the competi
Tuesday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul03/-2Cloudy30Incheon03/-1Cloudy30Suwon04/-2Cloudy30Cheongju05/01Cloudy30Daejeon06/0
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Airline operating guideline to include mandatory passenger warning against opening plane door

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- Airline operators in South Korea will be required to warn passengers against indiscriminately opening aircraft emergency exits, the government said Tuesday, following a recent mid-air plane door opening incident.The transpo
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N. Korea reports opposing votes in elections for 1st time

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday there were votes against candidates for deputies to local assemblies in the latest local elections, marking the first time that the repressive regime has reported opposing votes in its elections.A t
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U.S. says N. Korean actions along DMZ increasing risk of military tensions, miscalculations

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's actions taking place along the inter-Korean border are raising the risk of military tensions and miscalculations, a State Department spokesperson said Monday, as the recalcitrant regime
(LEAD) N. Korea says spy satellite took photos of White House, Pentagon, key U.S. naval base

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(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday the country's military spy satellite has taken photos of the White House, the Pentagon and nuclear aircraft carriers docked at a U.S. n
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Nov. 28.Korean-language dailies-- You can make personal chatbot without knowledge of coding (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- Core of internal strife at NIS related to pos
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N. Korea says spy satellite took photos of White House, Pentagon, key U.S. naval base

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Tuesday the country's military spy satellite has taken photos of the White House, the Pentagon and nuclear aircraft carriers docked at a U.S. naval base.Leader Kim Jong-un viewed the photos on Monday an
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(URGENT) N. Korea says its military spy satellite took photos of White House, Pentagon

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(LEAD) U.N. official criticizes N. Korea's rocket launch as 'serious' risk to civil aviation, maritime traffic

(ATTN: ADDS U.S., Chinese officials' remarks in last 4 paras)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's rocket launch poses a "serious' risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic, a senior U
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U.N. official criticizes N. Korea's rocket launch as 'serious' risk to civil aviation, maritime traffic

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's rocket launch poses a "serious' risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic, a senior U.N. official said Monday during a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) se
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(2nd LD) N. Korea restoring guard posts, bringing heavy firearms along inter-Korean border

(ATTN: UPDATES with defense chief's visit to Camp Humphreys in last 2 paras; ADDS photo)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has begun rebuilding guard posts and bringing heavy firearms along the border with South Korea after eff
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(LEAD) S. Korea, AIIB discuss stronger partnership, new investment chances

(ATTN: CHANGES photo)SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) discussed ways Monday to boost bilateral cooperation on the financial sector and conduct various joint infrastructure projects,
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Seoul fire department's mobilization service briefly goes down due to network error

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- The mobile data terminal (MDT) service used by fire engines to respond to disasters went down for 90 minutes Monday morning due to a communication network error, officials said.The Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headqua
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S. Korea, AIIB discuss stronger partnership, new investment chances

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) discussed ways Monday to boost bilateral cooperation on the financial sector and conduct various joint infrastructure projects, the finance ministry
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Record 165,000 migrant workers to enter S. Korea next year

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will bring in an all-time high of 165,000 non-professional migrant workers next year under the Employment Permit System to cope with growing labor shortages hitting many industries, the Ministry of Employment an
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FM Park holds talks with Central African Republic counterpart

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Park Jin held talks with his counterpart from the Central African Republic on Monday and discussed bilateral relations and cooperation, including South Korea's envisioned summit involving African nation