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Controversy escalates over Gwangju's plan to build park in honor of communist composer

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- A controversial plan by the southwestern city of Gwangju to build a park in commemoration of Korean-born Chinese composer Jeong Yul-seong has met with fierce opposition from the conservative central government and veterans
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(LEAD) S. Korean FM seeks support for World Expo bid in Europe

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 7,10-11; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Park Jin has held a flurry of discussions with leaders of European nations to seek support for South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, h
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Yoon says gov't to provide less-lethal handguns to police next year

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday the government will provide less-lethal handguns to all police personnel working in the field in the wake of a series of stabbing rampages and violent crimes.Providing less-lethal handgu
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Unification ministry seeks 28 pct cut in 2024 budget for inter-Korean cooperation fund

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry said Tuesday it requested a 27.9 percent decrease in its budget for cooperative projects with North Korea next year amid frosty inter-Korean relations and the government's belt-tig
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S. Korea seeks 4.5 pct rise in defense budget for 2024

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry on Tuesday requested a 4.5 percent on-year increase in its budget for next year, with a focus on reinforcing capabilities to counter North Korea's nuclear and missile threats.The defen
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Father arrested for killing teenage children in Gimhae

GIMHAE, South Korea, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- A father has been arrested on charges of killing his two teenage children and attempting to take his own life in the southeastern city of Gimhae, police said Tuesday.The man in his 50s allegedly killed his dau
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(URGENT) Yoon says gov't to provide less-lethal handguns to all police personnel on the ground

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(LEAD) S. Korea to export premium 'hanwoo' beef to Cambodia for 1st time

(ATTN: ADDS agriculture minister's meeting with Cambodian PM in last 3 paras, photo)SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will export "hanwoo," or premium Korean beef, to Cambodia for the first time, the agriculture ministry said Tue
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S. Korea, U.S., Japan hold missile defense drills after N. Korea's botched rocket launch

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan staged a trilateral missile defense exercise in the international waters south of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday in response to North Korea's purported space rocket launch last
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S. Korean FM seeks support for World Expo bid in Europe

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Park Jin has held a flurry of discussions with leaders of European nations to seek support for South Korea's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, his office said Tuesday.On the sidelines of the 2023 Bled St
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S. Korea to export premium 'hanwoo' beef to Cambodia for 1st time

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will export "hanwoo," or premium Korean beef, to Cambodia for the first time, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.The two nations signed the first contract for South Korean beef to be exported to t
Tuesday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul26/24Rain90Incheon25/24Rain90Suwon27/24Rain80Cheongju30/25Rain70Daejeon29/24Rain60C
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(LEAD) N. Korea's Kim visits navy command, calls for bolstering naval forces

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details, photos; ADDS byline)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for bolstering naval forces as he visited the country's navy command, while denouncing South Korea, the Unit
Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 29.Korean-language dailies-- Yoon says people 'should not be buried under sham ideology' (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- National debts from COVID-19 pandem
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N. Korea's Kim visits Navy Command, calls for bolstering naval forces

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the country's navy command and called for bolstering naval forces, the North's state media reported Tuesday, as South Korea and the United States conduct major joint milit
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(URGENT) N. Korea's Kim visits navy command amid S. Korea-U.S. joint drills: KCNA

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Another victim dies in vehicle ramming, stabbing incident: police

SEONGNAM, South Korea, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- A woman declared brain-dead after being hit by a car of the suspect of a stabbing rampage just south of Seoul earlier this month died Monday, police said. The woman in her 20s was pronounced dead at a hospit
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(LEAD) N. Korean workers return home from China by road for 1st time since pandemic

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout)SHENYANG, China, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- More than 300 North Koreans returned home Monday from a Chinese border city, multiple sources said, following Pyongyang's announcement to reopen its borders for its
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N. Korean workers return home from China by road for 1st time since pandemic

SHENYANG, China, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- More than 300 North Korean workers returned home Monday from a Chinese border city, multiple sources said, following Pyongyang's announcement to reopen its borders for its citizens abroad for the first time si
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Yoon slams preceding gov't during ruling party workshop

SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol lambasted the previous Moon Jae-in government Monday, comparing it to a business cooking books on the verge of insolvency. Yoon made the remarks during a dinner at a workshop for ruling People Power