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(URGENT) S. Korea suspends stock short selling until July 2024: financial regulator

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(LEAD) N. Korea designates 'missile industry day' for test-launch of ICBM

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with KCNA's English-language dispatch in first 4 paras; CHANGES headline, lead para)SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has designated a "missile industry day" to mark a test-firing of its Hwasong-17 interc
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Actor Lee Sun-kyun said to deny taking drugs on purpose

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- "Parasite" actor Lee Sun-kyun is said to have denied taking drugs on purpose, sources said Sunday, effectively acknowledging the allegations that he used drugs illegally.The 48-year-old actor is said to have test
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N. Korea designates holiday for test-launch of ICBM

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has designated a holiday to mark a test-firing of its Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 2022, the North's state media reported Sunday. North Korea test-fired the ICBM on Nov. 18, 2022, w
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N. Korea steps up criticism against military cooperation among S. Korea. U.S., Japan

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday said military cooperation between South Korea, the United States and Japan has entered a "very dangerous stage" that could drive the Korean Peninsula into the brink of a nuclear war.No one c
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Seoul seeks to tame bedbug infestations

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul metropolitan government said Sunday it has received 17 cases related to bedbugs so far, raising concerns over a rapid spread of the critters in the densely populated capital with 9.4 million people.The city said it
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Unification ministry plans to hold talks with U.N. Command to resume Panmunjom tour

SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry plans to hold talks with the U.N. Command to resume a tour program for the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom, according to a ministry official on Sunday. The tour program for ordi
Sunday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Sunday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul21/15Rain80Incheon21/15Rain80Suwon21/14Rain80Cheongju22/16Rain60Daejeon22/15Rain60Chu
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(Meet the Ambassador) S. Korea, Turkey set for high-level visits early next year to launch 'mega projects': Turkish envoy

By Yi WonjuSEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Turkey will exchange high-level visits early next year to discuss the launch of "mega projects" that will further advance their close bilateral ties, the Turkish ambassador to Seoul sai
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FM makes final pitch for World Expo 2030 in France

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Park Jin made a final pitch in France this week to win support for South Korea's bid to bring the 2030 World Expo to its southeastern city of Busan, his ministry said Saturday.During a visit to Paris on
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(LEAD) S. Korea, Thailand to hold consular talks amid complaints over immigration services for Thai nationals

(ATTN: UPDATES with more information)SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Thailand will soon hold consular talks to discuss recent complaints by Thai nationals of their allegedly unfair treatment by South Korean immigration services, Seoul's
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S. Korea, Thailand to hold consular talks amid complaints over immigration services for Thai nationals

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Thailand will soon hold consular talks to discuss recent complaints by Thai nationals of their allegedly unfair treatment by South Korean immigration services, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.The t
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N. Korea diversifying cybercrimes amid drop in value of cryptocurrency: report

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be diversifying its cybercrimes to offset the declining value of cryptocurrencies it steals to fund its nuclear and missile programs, a report said Saturday.According to the report by Kim Bomi, a resea
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Nov. 4.Korean-language dailies-- 'Party leadership, Yoon's confidants should not seek reelection or run in difficult districts' (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-
Saturday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Nov. 04 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weatherforecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Saturday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul22/14Cloudy30Incheon21/14Sunny20Suwon22/14Cloudy30Cheongju21/17Sunn
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(LEAD) Blinken redoubles calls for humanitarian pause in Israel-Hamas war

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 2 paras)By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an emphatic appeal Friday for "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant grou
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Blinken redoubles calls for humanitarian pause in Israel-Hamas war

By Song Sang-hoWASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an emphatic appeal Friday for "humanitarian pauses" in the fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group in Gaza, saying they would facilitat
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S. Korea thanks countries near Gaza for assisting in evacuation of S. Korean family

By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry expressed gratitude Friday to countries near the besieged Gaza Strip for their efforts in helping a South Korean family evacuate from the war-torn region via a border crossing into Egyp
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(LEAD) 15 S. Koreans return from Israel aboard Japanese plane

(ATTN: UPDATES story as plane landed) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese aircraft carrying a group of South Korean nationals, along with its own people, returned from Israel on Friday, Seoul's foreign ministry said, the second
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Yoon, Irish PM call for greater economic cooperation, discuss Middle East

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar voiced hope for greater economic cooperation between their countries and discussed tensions in the Middle East as they held a summit in Seoul on Fri