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Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.------------N. Korea criticizes U.S. weapons package for Taiwan SEOUL -- North Korea warned Friday that Washington's plan to provide weapons to Taiwan
Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.------------Yoon gov't will 'never' pursue end-of-war declaration: unification ministerSEOUL -- South Korea's new unification minister said Thursday t
Summary of external news of North Korea this week

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SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news of North Korea this week.------------N. Korea considering providing military support to Russia: NSCWASHINGTON -- North Korea is considering providing additional military support to
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Military to deploy anti-drone system on trial basis next year: DAPA

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military will deploy an anti-drone response system on a trial basis in the first half of next year under a program to swiftly introduce advanced technologies, the state arms procurement agency said Friday.T
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Panel reverses Moon gov't decision to dismantle or open river weirs

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- A presidential panel on Friday scrapped the preceding government's decision to dismantle or open two river weirs.The Presidential Water Commission (PWC) said it has decided to reverse its decision, reached during the Moo
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2nd son of Sewol ferry operator's late owner extradited from U.S.

INCHEON, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The second son of Yoo Byung-eun, the late chairman of Semo Group, linked to the deadly Sewol ferry sinking in 2014, was extradited to South Korea from the United States on Friday, sources said. An escort team from the Inch
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(2nd LD) Man nabbed for stabbing teacher at high school in Daejeon

(ATTN: CHANGES photo; UPDATES info throughout) DAEJEON, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- An unidentified man was arrested after stabbing a teacher at a high school in the central city of Daejeon on Friday, police said.The suspect, believed to be in his late 20s, s
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18 fatalities from heat-related illnesses since late May: disease agency

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Eighteen people have died of apparent heat-related illnesses in South Korea since late May, the disease control agency said Friday, as the sweltering heat continues to engulf the country.The number of people hospitalized for
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(3rd LD) Yoon orders providing unlimited air-conditioned buses, freezer trucks for jamboree event

(ATTN: UPDATES with info on reserve government funds in paras 4-5)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Friday to provide unlimited air-conditioned buses and refrigerator trucks to protect young par
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(LEAD) Man nabbed for stabbing teacher at high school in Daejeon

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout)DAEJEON, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- An unidentified man was arrested after stabbing a teacher at a high school in the central city of Daejeon on Friday, police said.The suspect, believed to be
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Man apprehended with knife at bus terminal in southern Seoul

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Police apprehended a man in his 20s on Friday who was roaming around an express bus terminal in southern Seoul holding a knife.The man, whose identity was withheld, was taken into police custody at 10:45 a.m. on the first fl
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(News Focus) World Scout Jamboree marred by heat wave, lack of preparation

BUAN, South Korea, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean organizers of the 25th World Scout Jamboree have touted the quadrennial global event as a cultural Olympics for youth expected to provide opportunities for young Scouts to learn about different cultu
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Teacher stabbed at high school in Daejeon

DAEJEON, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- An unidentified man stabbed a teacher at a high school in the central city of Daejeon and ran away, police said Friday.The suspect, believed to be in his 20s or 30s, stabbed the teacher at a high school in the Daedeok dist
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(2nd LD) Yoon orders providing unlimited air-conditioned buses, freezer trucks for jamboree event

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Friday to provide unlimited air-conditioned buses and refrigerator trucks to protect young participants of the World Sc
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S. Korea, Japan to hold additional talks over Fukushima plan Monday

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan will hold another director-general-level meeting through video conference next week to discuss Seoul's requests regarding Tokyo's plan to discharge contaminated water from the crip
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2 DP lawmakers attend court hearings on arrest warrants over cash-for-votes scandal

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Two lawmakers previously of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) attended court hearings Friday to determine whether to issue arrest warrants for them in connection with a cash-for-votes scandal surrounding the party
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(LEAD) 2 stabbing rampage victims at risk of brain death: authorities

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of victims)SEONGNAM, South Korea, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- Two of the 14 victims wounded in the stabbing rampage at a department store in Bundang, south of Seoul, are in critical condition and could become brain dead, rescue aut
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PPP, gov't to push for creation of life imprisonment without parole amid series of stabbing rampages

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) decided Friday to push for the creation of a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, a day after a stabbing rampage left 14 people wounded. Rep. Park Dae-chul, the
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S. Korea, U.S. seek detailed cooperation projects on advanced technologies

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will hold a meeting to discuss detailed strategies to enhance bilateral technology cooperation on semiconductors, batteries, future vehicles and other advanced industries, Seoul's indust
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Stabbing rampage suspect suffers from mental illness, delusions: police

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- The suspect in Thursday's stabbing rampage in Bundang, south of Seoul, had dropped out of high school due to social phobia and was later diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder, investigators said Friday.The 22-year