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(LEAD) Special counsel detains drone command chief in martial law probe

(ATTN: ADDS details on hearing schedule in 5th para)SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team said Sunday it has detained the head of the Drone Operations Command and sought a warrant to formally arrest him over charges relate
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Service outages reported as heavy rains affect cell towers

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Service outages were reported over the weekend as heavy rains prompted blackouts at cell stations across the country, but most damage had been recovered as of Sunday evening, the science ministry said.Network disruptions we
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Special counsel detains drone command chief in martial law probe

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team said Sunday it has detained the head of the Drone Operations Command and sought a warrant to formally arrest him over charges related to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial la
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Lee appoints special envoys to Canada, Malaysia

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday appointed special envoys to Canada and Malaysia, his spokesperson said.The delegation to Canada will be headed by ruling Democratic Party (DP) Rep. Kim Byung-joo and include Reps. Maeng Sun
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(LEAD) Lee orders swift declaration of special disaster zones over rain damage

(ATTN: UPDATES with President Lee's instructions; CHANGES headline)SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung instructed the government Sunday to find ways to swiftly designate areas hit hard by recent heavy rains as special disaster zone
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Lee appoints 4 vice ministerial officials

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday appointed four vice ministerial officials, including the chief of the Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency, his spokesperson said.Lee named former Rep. Kim Eui-kum as head of the Sa
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(URGENT) Lee orders swift declaration of special disaster zones over rain damage

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Ex-labor minister declares bid for main opposition leader

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Former Labor Minister Kim Moon-soo on Sunday announced his bid to become leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP).Kim made the announcement in a press conference at the party headquarters, weeks after he was d
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(LEAD) World Baseball Softball Confederation president visits N. Korea: KCNA

(ATTN: UPDATES with N. Korea's membership application)SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation is visiting North Korea, the country's state media said Sunday, without providing details.A WBSC deleg
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N. Korea boasts of rich wheat harvest despite int'l concerns about food shortage

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Sunday it expects this year's wheat harvest to be more than triple that of 2021.In a front-page story, the Rodong Sinmun, the North's main newspaper, wrote that harvests of wheat and barley exceeded
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World Baseball Softball Confederation president visits N. Korea: KCNA

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation is visiting North Korea, the country's state media said Sunday, without providing details.A WBSC delegation headed by Riccardo Fraccari arrived in Pyongyang on
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Foreign ownership of Samsung Electronics tops 50 pct again

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Foreign ownership of Samsung Electronics Co. has climbed back above 50 percent in the South Korean stock market, while retail investors favored SK hynix Co. this month, the main bourse said Sunday.In the first three weeks o
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Special counsel questions unification minister in martial law probe

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team was questioning Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho on Sunday as part of its investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed attempt to impose martial law.Kim was summoned
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Gov't launches recovery support team following heavy rains

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The government on Sunday launched an interagency recovery support team following days of heavy rains and landslides that killed at least 10 people across the nation.Interior Minister Yun Ho-jung announced the measure while
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10 killed, 9 missing in heavy rains, landslides

SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- Ten people have been killed and nine have gone missing in the heavy rains and landslides that began across South Korea four days ago, the government said Sunday.The data from the interior ministry and the National Fire Agen
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SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Sunday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul32/24Rain30Incheon30/25Rain20Suwon32/24Rain60Cheongju34/25Sunny60Daejeon34/24Sunny60
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(3rd LD) Death toll rises sharply as heavy rains trigger deadly landslides in Sancheong

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; ADDS photo)SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Torrential rains that slammed South Korea for four days have left at least nine people dead and several others missing, after a downpour triggered deadly landsli
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(URGENT) Heavy rain leaves 3 dead, 2 in cardiac arrest, 3 missing in South Gyeongsang Province

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Russian airline begins ticket sales for new Pyongyang-Moscow air route: report

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Russian airline Nordwind has begun selling tickets for flights on the newly authorized direct route between the capitals of North Korea and Russia, a Russian news report has said.The Russian budget carrier is scheduled to o
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(2nd LD) Death toll rises as heavy rains cause landslide; nat'l firefighting mobilization order issued

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout; ADDS photo)SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- Torrential rains that slammed South Korea for four days have left at least five people dead, four missing and more than 7,000 people evacuated, officials said Sa