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Court hearing held on arrest warrant sought for ex-aide to former DP leader Song

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court held a hearing Monday to decide whether to issue a warrant to arrest a former aide to Song Young-gil, a former leader of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), in connection with a cash-for-vote scandal inv
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Moon apparently refutes Yoon's use of expression 'anti-state forces'

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- Former President Moon Jae-in said Monday there are still many people who have not escaped from the Cold War mentality, in an apparent rebuttal against President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent denunciation of "anti-state fo
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(2nd LD) Additional 582.4 bln won in gov't funds illegally used for renewable energy under Moon gov't

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with more info in para 13)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- Government funds amounting to 582.4 billion won (US$442.2 million) were additionally found to have been illegally or wrongfully used in renewable energ
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Hyundai Group chief withdraws application to visit Mt. Kumgang after N. Korea's refusal

By Lee Minji SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's Hyundai Group has withdrawn an application to visit North Korea's Mount Kumgang, after the North said it has "no intention to examine" the application, an official
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Yoon's approval rating up for 3 straight weeks to 42 percent

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The approval rating of President Yoon Suk Yeol rose for three consecutive weeks to 42 percent, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 2,505 eligible voters conducted by Realmeter from Monday to Friday last week, positive asses
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(LEAD) Probe finds additional 582.4 bln won illegally used for renewable energy under Moon gov't

(ATTN: CHANGES photo; UPDATES with more info throughout)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- Government funds amounting to 582.4 billion won (US$442.2 million) were additionally found to have been illegally or wrongfully used in renewable energy p
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(LEAD) Biggest umbrella labor group goes on 2-week general strike

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES throughout; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), South Korea's largest umbrella labor group, launched a two-week general strike Monday to protest the Yoon Suk Ye
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Top court rules colonel punishable for slapping solider on U.S. military base

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court has struck down a lower court's dismissal of charges brought against a former Army colonel for slapping a rank-and-file soldier in the face for not giving him a salute on a U.S. military base in 2018.Th
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S. Korean firefighting team arrives in Ottawa to help Canada battle wildfires

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean emergency firefighting team dispatched to Canada to help the North American nation deal with raging wildfires has arrived in Ottawa, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.The Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDR
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Biggest umbrella labor group to go on 2-week general strike

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), South Korea's largest umbrella labor group, was set to go on a two-week general strike Monday to protest the Yoon Suk Yeol government's labor policies.Yang Kyung-soo,
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Probe finds additional 582.4 bln won illegally used for renewable energy under Moon gov't

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- Government funds amounting to 582.4 billion won (US$442.2 million) were additionally found to have been illegally or wrongfully used in renewable energy projects, including the installation of solar panels, dur
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SEOUL, Jul. 03 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Monday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul35/24Sunny0Incheon33/23Sunny0Suwon34/23Sunny0Cheongju34/25Sunny10Daejeon34/23Cloudy2
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Yonhap publishes English almanac summarizing key 2022 events in S. Korea

SEOUL, July 3 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's primary wire service, published an English-language almanac Monday, summarizing the main events and issues of 2022."Korea Annual 2023," the only English-language yearbook pub
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Take precautionsChina's revised anti-spying law takes effect; Arbitrary judgment likely due to vague clausesChina's revised anti-espionage law came into effect on Saturday.Its scope of espionage activities was broadened. Beijing became more p
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(4th LD) Couple confesses to strangling newborn to death in Geoje, police say

(ATTN: UPDATES with arrest warrant being issued in Suwon case)SUWON/GEOJE, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A couple was arrested Sunday on charges of strangling their newborn baby to death and abandoning his body in the southern city of Geoje, police
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(3rd LD) Couple confesses to strangling newborn to death in Geoje, police say

(ATTN: UPDATES with details)SUWON/GEOJE, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A couple was arrested Sunday on charges of strangling their newborn baby to death and abandoning his body in the southern city of Geoje, police said, the latest in a series of c
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(2nd LD) Couple confesses to strangling newborn to death in Geoje, police say

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with updates of additional case)SUWON/GEOJE, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A couple was arrested Sunday on charges of strangling their newborn baby to death and abandoning his body in the southern city of Geoje, police sai
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(LEAD) Court to decide on arrest warrant for young mother in starving death of infant

(ATTN: ADDS info of another case in the last 3 paras)SUWON/GEOJE, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A mother accused of starving her infant to death in 2019 did not attend a court hearing on an arrest warrant Sunday, after she admitted to all charges a
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Court to decide on arrest warrant for young mother in starving death of infant

SUWON, South Korea, July 2 (Yonhap) -- A mother accused of starving her infant to death in 2019 did not attend a court hearing on an arrest warrant Sunday, after she admitted to all charges against her, police said.The woman, in her 20s, was put unde
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Yoon says unification ministry should no longer act like N.K. support agency

SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday the unification ministry should no longer act like a support agency for North Korea, days after he nominated a conservative scholar to head the ministry."So far, the unification mini