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(LEAD) Mobile national ID card app out of service, disrupting card issuance

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details; CHANGES headline, photo, time of malfunction)SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The government's website and application used to show mobile identification cards went down Friday, after a major system failure caused nati
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(LEAD) Opposition leader slams N. Korea for scrapping military deal, urges gov't to make policy changes

(ATTN: ADDS statement from the ruling People Power Party in the last 2 paras)SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Friday denounced North Korea's scrapping of a military tension reduction agreement with South Korea, expres
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(LEAD) PUAC-Yonhap forum opens amid security challenges following N.K. satellite launch

(ATTN: ADDS remarks in paras 13-19, photo)SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (PUAC) and Yonhap News Agency held a forum Friday to assess the environment for unification and discuss North Korea's evolving threats
Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.------------(3rd LD) N. Korea vows to restore all military measures halted under inter-Korean military accordSEOUL -- North Korea said Thursday it will immediately r
Summary of external news of North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.------------S. Korea, Britain issue joint advisory on N.K. hacking attemptsSEOUL -- Spy agencies of South Korea and Britain on Thursday issued a joint war
Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.------------(2nd LD) N. Korean leader lauds military spy satellite as 'space guard'SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lauded the country
Key developments on North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this week.------------Nov. 19 -- N. Korea may launch spy satellite 'within a week or so': defense minister 20 -- S. Korea warns N. Korea to 'immediately s
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Mobile national ID card website, application under disruption

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The government's website and application used to show mobile identification cards went down Friday, after a major system failure caused nationwide disruptions in public access to state-approved papers last week. The mob
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(LEAD) Navy chiefs of S. Korea, U.S. discuss boosting cooperation after N.K. satellite launch

(ATTN: ADDS photo, more details in paras 5-7) SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The chiefs of the South Korean and U.S. navies met aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier Friday to discuss enhancing military cooperation, officials said, amid heightened tensions over
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Man gets life imprisonment for murdering, burning neighbor's body over water leakage dispute

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced a man to life in prison for murdering a neighbor living downstairs, then setting her body and apartment on fire over a water leakage dispute. The 40-year-old man, only identified by his sur
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Foreign ministry says it respects '2015 comfort women deal' following high court ruling

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday it respects a 2015 agreement with Japan to settle the issue of wartime sex slaves, a day after a Seoul high court ordered Japan to compensate the victims.A foreign ministry off
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Leader of disability rights group detained during subway protest

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The leader of a disability rights advocacy group was taken into custody during a rush-hour subway protest Friday, a day after Seoul Metro announced measures to ban all demonstrations led by the group.The police detained Par
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(News Focus) S. Korea aims to make deeper foray into global defense market

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to expand its foothold in the global arms market following a significant leap last year, capitalizing on increased demand for weapons driven by geopolitical conflicts in Europe and the
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Navy chiefs of S. Korea, U.S. discuss boosting cooperation after N.K. satellite launch

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The chiefs of the South Korean and U.S. navies met aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier Friday to discuss enhancing military cooperation, officials said, amid heightened tensions over North Korea's spy satellite launch this w
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S. Korea adds 379,000 jobs for wage earners in Q2; youth hiring falls

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea added 379,000 jobs for wage earners in the second quarter, but new positions for young people had logged an on-year decline, data showed Friday.The number of paid employee jobs came to 20.58 million in the April
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PUAC-Yonhap forum opens amid security challenges following N.K. satellite launch

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The Peaceful Unification Advisory Council (PUAC) and Yonhap News Agency held a forum Friday to assess the environment for unification and discuss North Korea's evolving threats following its launch of a spy satellite ea
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(2nd LD) N. Korean leader lauds military spy satellite as 'space guard'

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 5, 10-15; ADDS photo)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lauded the country's successful launch of a military spy satellite as an eye-opening event of deploying a
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Opposition leader slams N. Korea for scrapping military deal, urges gov't to make policy changes

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Friday denounced North Korea's scrapping of a military tension reduction agreement with South Korea, expressing concern that tit-for-tat actions of both sides could lead to tensions ge
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(LEAD) Busan's 'curiosity' killer gets life sentence

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 3-5)BUSAN, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Jung Yoo-jung, a psychopathic murder suspect who stunned the nation in May for killing a stranger just out of curiosity about murder, was sentenced to life in prison by a distri
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(LEAD) Top diplomats of S. Korea, China, Japan to hold talks in Busan this weekend

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; ADDS details in last 2 paras; RESTRUCTURES) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan will hold trilateral talks in the southeastern port city of Busan this weekend, Seoul'