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(LEAD) IAEA says Japan's Fukushima water discharge plan meets international safety standards

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, comments from fourth para; ADDS photo)GENEVA, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water stored at the Fukushima nuclear power
IAEA says Japan's Fukushima water discharge plan meets international safety standards

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GENEVA, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Tuesday Japan's plans to release treated radioactive water stored at the Fukushima nuclear power station into the sea are consistent with its safety standards.The nucle
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(URGENT) IAEA says plan to discharge Fukushima water meets international safety standards

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Foreign ministry calls on S. Korean tourists in France to ensure safety amid violent protests

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry asked South Korean tourists in France on Tuesday to take extra care to ensure their safety amid growing concerns over violent protests across the European country.The protests erupted after a teenager of
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(LEAD) Police investigating 193 unregistered baby cases; 12 confirmed dead

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout)SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The National Police Agency is investigating 193 cases of babies not registered at birth, officials said Tuesday, amid a string of child abuse cases involving such undocumented babies,
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(LEAD) Seoul shares end lower on profit-taking

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom, photo)SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Tuesday as investors sought to cash in recent gains. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.After choppy trading, the benchmark Korea Composi
Seoul shares end lower on profit-taking

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SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Tuesday as investors sought to cash in recent gains. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar.After choppy trading, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) sank 9.16 po
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Alternatives for Fukushima wastewater disposal needed if concerns remain: Nat'l Assembly speaker

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The international community should take its time and consider alternatives to dumping the Fukushima wastewater into the ocean, if a safety review from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) doesn't alleviate peopl
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Court rejects gov't bid to deposit compensation for forced labor victim

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean court has decided not to accept a government request to deposit compensation for a victim of Japan's wartime forced labor who rejected the government's third-party reimbursement plan that excludes Japa
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Woman admits to burying undocumented baby's body on hill in Busan

BUSAN, July 4 (Yonhap) -- An additional unregistered baby is believed to have been secretly buried on a hill in the southeastern city of Busan, police said Tuesday, the latest in a string of undocumented "ghost baby" abuse cases.The baby&
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Major S. Korean crypto exchanges to operate system alerting users of abnormal trading

By Kim Na-youngSEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- An alert system that notifies users of abnormalities in cryptocurrency trading was launched in South Korea, an alliance of local crypto exchanges said Tuesday.The system sends out messages when there is a sudd
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Ex-DP lawmaker indicted on sexual harassment charges

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Park Wan-joo, an independent lawmaker expelled from the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), was indicted without detention on Tuesday on sexual harassment and other charges, prosecutors said.The Seoul Southern Distri
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PM calls for support for Busan's World Expo bid at Caribbean summit

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has attended an annual summit of Caribbean countries in Trinidad and Tobago and asked for their support for South Korea's bid to bring the 2030 World Expo to the city of Busan, h
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(2nd LD) IAEA chief to visit S. Korea this week to discuss agency report on Fukushima water discharge

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS photo; UPDATES with more info in para 2)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit South Korea later this week to explain the analysis of the U.N. watchd
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(LEAD) N. Korea has apparently lifted mask mandate

(ATTN: ADDS ministry official's remarks in paras 6-8, byline)By Lee MinjiSEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea, which had maintained its rigid COVID-19 restrictions long after most countries eased pandemic measures, appears to have lifted its mas
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(LEAD) IAEA chief to visit S. Korea this week to discuss agency report on Fukushima water discharge

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit South Korea later this week to discuss the U.N. watchdog's safety review of Japan's planned
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N. Korea says it has achieved economic goals for H1 in key sectors

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea claimed Tuesday it has exceeded its goals across key economic sectors during the first half of the year, backed by efforts to accomplish its 12 major economic priorities for this year.In an apparent bid to boost
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Police investigating 193 unregistered baby cases; 11 confirmed dead

SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The National Police Agency is investigating 193 cases of babies not registered at birth, officials said Tuesday, amid a string of child abuse cases involving such undocumented babies, including the shocking discovery of two
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IAEA chief to visit S. Korea this week to discuss agency report on Fukushima water discharge

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit South Korea later this week to discuss the watchdog's safety review of Japan's planned release of water from its crippled Fukushima
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(URGENT) IAEA chief to visit S. Korea on July 7-9 to discuss agency report on Fukushima water discharge

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