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Hong Konger sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison for beating airport workers

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- A Hong Kong man was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison Friday for beating two airport workers in a dispute over the handling of his luggage in March, judicial officials said Friday. The 33-year-old was arrested on charges o
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(LEAD) Over 80 people injured in 7-vehicle pileup, including 3 school-trip buses

(ATTN: UPDATES with revised figures in lead, 3-4 paras; CHANGES headline)SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- Over 80 people were injured in a seven-vehicle pileup, including three buses carrying middle school students on a field trip, on a local road in the n
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30 people injured in 8-vehicle pileup, including 4 school-trip buses

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- About 30 people were lightly injured in an eight-vehicle pileup, including four buses carrying middle school students on a field trip, on a local road in the northeastern province of Gangwon on Friday, police said.The chain
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S. Korea to provide US$70 mln for global anti-COVID-19 fight

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to donate US$70 million this year to an international health organization designed to facilitate the development and distribution of vaccines, the foreign ministry said Friday.Park Sang-hoon, South Korean
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S. Korea to cremate body of presumed N. Korean man as Pyongyang remains unresponsive

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry said Friday it will cremate the body of a presumed North Korean man found near a western island last month, as Pyongyang has not responded to its offer for a return.Last week, the Mini
(LEAD) Education ministry replaces director in charge of CSAT after Yoon points out problems

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(ATTN: UPDATES with presidential office's response in last 2 paras)SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- A high-ranking education ministry official in charge of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was replaced Friday, one day after President Yoon Suk
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(2nd LD) S. Korean military salvages sunken N. Korean space rocket wreckage

(ATTN: UPDATES with more explanation from military throughout)By Song Sang-ho and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military has retrieved a sunken part of an ill-fated North Korean space rocket from the Yellow Sea, officials s
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(LEAD) U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrives in S. Korea after N. Korea launch

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; RECASTS lead; CHANGES photo)By Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN) arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in six years, Seoul's d
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Unification minister confident of winning damages suit against N. Korea

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification minister voiced confidence Friday in winning a damages suit the government has filed against Pyongyang over its 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea's border cit
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Education ministry replaces director in charge of CSAT after Yoon points out problems

SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- A high-ranking education ministry official in charge of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was replaced Friday, one day after President Yoon Suk Yeol pointed out problems in the state-administered college entrance e
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Yoon did not mean making college entrance exam easier: presidential office

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol did not mean making the annual college entrance exam easier when he said the test should exclude what is not taught at schools, his office said Friday, after the remark sparked confusio
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U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrives in S. Korea after N. Korea launch

By Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN) arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in six years, Seoul's defense ministry said, a day after North Korea's launch of two ballist
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(LEAD) S. Korean military salvages sunken N. Korean space rocket wreckage

(ATTN: UPDATES with new photos; ADDS more details in paras 2, 18)By Song Sang-ho and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military has retrieved a sunken part of an ill-fated North Korean space rocket from the Yellow Sea, official
Friday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, Jun. 16 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Friday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul29/19Sunny0Incheon25/19Sunny0Suwon28/17Sunny0Cheongju31/19Sunny0Daejeon32/18Sunny0Ch
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S. Korean military salvages sunken N. Korean space rocket wreckage

By Song Sang-ho and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military has retrieved a sunken part of an ill-fated North Korean space rocket from the Yellow Sea, officials said Friday, capping a weekslong salvage operation hamstrung by
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(URGENT) S. Korea's military salvages sunken N. Korean space rocket wreckage from Yellow Sea: official

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U.S., S. Korea and Japan condemn N. Korea's latest missile provocation

By Byun Duk-kunWASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The top national security advisers of South Korea, Japan and the United States condemned North Korea's missile launches Thursday, calling them "clear violations" of multiple United Nation
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U.S. imposes sanctions on two N. Korean nationals for assisting illegal weapons program

By Byun Duk-kunWASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The United States imposed sanctions on two North Korean nationals based in China on Thursday for assisting North Korea's illegal weapons development programs, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.T
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(LEAD) U.S. keeps S. Korea on Tier 2 in human trafficking report, citing insufficient efforts

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks from State Secretary Blinken in paras 7-9; ADDS photo)By Byun Duk-kunWASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The United States has placed South Korea on Tier 2 in its annual trafficking in persons report, the report showed Thursda
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U.S. keeps S. Korea on Tier 2 in human trafficking report, citing insufficient efforts

By Byun Duk-kunWASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The United States has placed South Korea on Tier 2 in its annual trafficking in persons report, the report showed Thursday, citing what it called "inadequate" efforts to prevent related crime