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Yoon, German chancellor agree to quickly establish military secret protection deal

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Sunday to quickly establish a military secret protection agreement to help strengthen supply chains in the defense industry.Yoon announced the ag
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(News Focus) At G-7 summit, Yoon focuses on Japan, global community, Ukraine

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol wrapped up a three-day visit to Hiroshima on Sunday after taking new steps to improve relations with Japan, pledging to do more for the global community and holdi
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(2nd LD) Yoon promises Zelenskyy additional aid, including demining equipment

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of meeting)By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol promised additional non-lethal aid to Ukraine in his first-ever meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sun
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(URGENT) Yoon promises Zelenskyy additional non-lethal aid, including mine-removing equipment

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(LEAD) Yoon, Biden, Kishida agree to upgrade trilateral cooperation to new level

(ATTN: UPDATES with results of meeting; CHANGES photo)By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Sunday to upgrade trilateral coop
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S. Korean anti-piracy unit takes part in multinational operation

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's anti-piracy Cheonghae unit participated in a counter-piracy operation with armed forces from 13 other countries earlier this month, the military said Sunday.The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said the Cheongha
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(LEAD) Yoon, Ukraine president meet for first time in Hiroshima

(ATTN: UPDATES with meeting taking place; ADDS photo)By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met for the first time in Hiroshima on Sunday, Yoon's office
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Yoon, Indonesian president discuss economic cooperation

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Indonesian President Joko Widodo held a summit Sunday and discussed ways to deepen economic cooperation, Yoon's office said.The two leaders met on the sid
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(LEAD) Yoon voices support for African Union's inclusion in G-20

(ATTN: CORRECTS number of African countries to 54 per presidential office's correction; ADDS photo)By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol voiced support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU)
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(2nd LD) Yoon, Japan PM pay joint tribute to Korean atomic bomb victims

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details of summit; ADDS photo)By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid tribute to Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombi
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(LEAD) S. Korean inspection team arrives in Japan for Fukushima inspection

(ATTN: UPDATES with team's arrival in Japan; ADDS comments in last 3 paras; CHANGES headline)INCHEON, May 21 (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean experts arrived in Japan on Sunday for an on-site inspection ahead of the planned release of radioacti
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Yoon, Biden, Kishida hold summit in Hiroshima

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held a trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday.The three leaders met on the sidelines of the Group of
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Yoon voices support for African Union's inclusion in G-20

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol voiced support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the Group of 20 (G-20) on Sunday, his office said.Yoon expressed the support during a meeting with C
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S. Korean support 'crucial' to Sri Lanka's recovery from food crisis: WFP official

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- With Sri Lanka mired in a severe food crisis, support from South Korea is "crucial," the South Asian country's representative for the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) has said.In an interview at WFP's Seoul
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S. Korean inspection team heads to Japan for Fukushima inspection

INCHEON, May 21 (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean experts left for Japan on Sunday for an on-site inspection ahead of the planned release of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.The inspection -- the first
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(LEAD) Yoon, Japan PM pay joint tribute to Korean atomic bomb victims

(ATTN: COMBINES story slugged Yoon-Japan PM; UPDATES with quotes during summit)By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid tribute to Korean victims of the 194
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SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Sunday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul23/15Sunny20Incheon20/14Sunny20Suwon23/15Sunny20Cheongju27/16Cloudy10Daejeon26/15Clou
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Yoon, Ukraine president to meet for first time in Hiroshima

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet for the first time in Hiroshima on Sunday, Yoon's office said.The meeting will take place on the sidelin
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Yoon, Japan PM hold summit in Hiroshima

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a summit in Hiroshima on Sunday, their third meeting in two months as bilateral relations thaw.The latest meeting c
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Yoon, Japan PM pay joint tribute to Korean atomic bomb victims

By Lee Haye-ahHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid tribute to Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing on Sunday in a symbolic move demonstrating their com