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  New home permits soar 24.4 pct in Jan.-Oct.

  SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- New home permits in South Korea surged more than 24 percent in the first 10 months of the year amid high housing prices, government data showed Friday.Construction permits issued for new homes came to 405,704 units in the Ja
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  National Assembly ratifies RCEP trade pact

  SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliament on Thursday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a regional free trade agreement that encompasses about one-third of the world's gross domestic product.The ratific
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  (2nd LD) S. Korea's Q3 economic growth unchanged at 0.3 pct: BOK

  (ATTN: ADDS GNI figures in last 3 paras)By Koh Byung-joonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy grew at the same pace as earlier forecast in the third quarter of the year despite better-than-expected private consumption and robust export
• Hyundai Motor to supply 2,300 vehicles for disabled Libyans

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  SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's biggest carmaker, said Thursday it will deliver 2,300 vehicles for disabled victims in Libya by 2022.Hyundai signed a contract with the General authority for social solidarity Fund to sup
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  More listed units of biz groups adopt e-voting for small shareholders

  SEJONG, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- More listed units of South Korea's major business groups have adopted electronic voting and other types of voting this year than a year earlier in a bid to promote small shareholders' rights, the country's antit
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  (3rd LD) Inflation growth hits 10-year high in Nov. amid rising oil prices

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 21-24; REWRITES lead)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly 10 years in November due to surging energy costs and high prices of farm products, da
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  Doosan Robotics launches unmanned modular robot cafe

  By Nam Kwang-sikSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Robotics Co. said Thursday it has produced an unmanned modular robot cafe in cooperation with Folletto Robotics, a local unmanned beverage manufacturing system maker.Doosan Robotics is a subsidiary who
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  (LEAD) S. Korea's Q3 economic growth unchanged at 0.3 pct: BOK

  (ATTN: UPDATES with BOK official's briefing in last 8 paras; ADDS photos)By Koh Byung-joonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy grew at the same pace as earlier forecast in the third quarter of the year despite better-than-expected
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  Hyundai Rotem wins 219 bln won tram cars order in Canada

  SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean railway system and plant equipment maker, said Thursday it has received a 219 billion won (US$186 million) order to supply tram cars to Canada. Under the deal, Hyundai Rotem will supply tram
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  (2nd LD) Inflation growth hits 10-year high in Nov. amid rising oil prices

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 14-19, 24)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly 10 years in November due to surging energy costs and high prices of farm products, data
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  (LEAD) Inflation growth hits 10-year high in Nov. amid rising oil prices

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 3,7-20; REWRITES lead; ADDS photo)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly 10 years in November due to surging energy costs and high prices
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  Hyundai, Kia's U.S. sales fall 13 pct on chip shortage

  By Choi Kyong-aeSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Thursday their combined sales in the United States fell 13 percent last month from a year earlier amid the global chip shortage. Hyundai and Kia sold a total
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  POSCO Chemical, GM agree to form cathode joint venture

  SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chemical maker POSCO Chemical Co. said Thursday it has agreed with U.S. auto giant General Motors Co. to set up a joint venture for a key component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and build a plant in North
• S. Korea's Q3 economic growth unchanged at 0.3 pct: BOK

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  By Koh Byung-joonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy grew at the same pace as earlier forecast in the third quarter of the year despite better-than-expected private consumption and robust exports, central bank data showed Thursday.The
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  Inflation growth hits 10-year high in Nov. amid rising oil prices

  By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in nearly 10 years in November due to surging energy costs and high prices of farm products, data showed Thursday.The consumer prices increased 3.7 pe
• (URGENT) Consumer prices rise 3.7 pct on-year in Nov., fastest gain in 10 years

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• (URGENT) S. Korea's Q3 GDP growth unchanged at 0.3 pct: BOK

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• 5 companies to recall over 57,000 vehicles over faulty parts

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  SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and three other companies will voluntarily recall more than 57,000 vehicles to fix faulty components, the transport ministry said Thursday. This is the latest in a series of recalls by car
• (URGENT) All int'l arrivals required to undergo 10-day quarantine for next 2 weeks: gov't

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• (URGENT) S. Korea to test all COVID-19-infected foreign arrivals for omicron variant

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