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(LEAD) Yoon meets with Ukraine's first lady Zelenska

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon, Zelenska's remarks)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska at the presidential office Tuesday, saying South Korea will provide active assistance to
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Top election watchdog official denies hiring favors for child

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A top official of the National Election Commission (NEC) on Tuesday rejected allegations that his daughter was hired by the election watchdog thanks to his influence, saying he would resign if the allegations prove to be tru
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Seoul providing consular support to detained S. Korean football player in China: ministry

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is providing all necessary consular assistance to Son Jun-ho, a South Korean midfielder based in China who is being detained by public security authorities reportedly for a bribery case, Seoul's foreign minis
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Unionized construction workers to hold 2-day street rally in central Seoul

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Tens of thousands of unionized construction workers were to stage a two-day street rally in central Seoul on Tuesday in protest of what they called the Yoon Suk Yeol government's oppression of labor unions.About 30,000 m
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Yoon meets with Ukraine's first lady Zelenska

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska at the presidential office Tuesday, his office said.Zelenska is in Seoul as a special envoy of her husband, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.(END
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(URGENT) Yoon meets with Ukraine's first lady Zelenska at presidential office

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S. Korea stages drills on peacetime, wartime troop transport

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military, police and other agencies conducted drills Tuesday to hone their skills to safely transport reservist troops during both peacetime and wartime, as part of contingency preparations, the military re
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S. Korea, Japan to hold additional working-level talks on Seoul's Fukushima inspection this week

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan plan to hold additional working-level consultations this week to discuss details of Seoul's inspection of Tokyo's plan to discharge contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power p
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(LEAD) S. Korea's KF-21 fighter gets 'provisional' combat suitability evaluation

(ATTN: UPDATES with first flight of 5th KF-21 prototype in paras 6-9)SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's homegrown KF-21 fighter jet passed a provisional combat suitability evaluation earlier this week, the state arms procurement agency said
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Court rejects appeal by self-proclaimed socialist seeking alternative military service

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by a self-proclaimed socialist to reverse the conscription agency's refusal to allow him alternative military service.Since late 2020, the South Korea has operated
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Prosecution pushes for retrials for 100 fishermen imprisoned upon return from captivity in North

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The prosecution will pursue retrials for 100 fishermen who were wrongfully imprisoned after their release from captivity in North Korea five decades ago, officials said Tuesday. The Supreme Prosecutors Office has instructed
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S. Korea, Canada hold inaugural high-level talks on security, economy

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Canada held an inaugural high-level economic security dialogue Tuesday, with the two nations expected to discuss ways to strengthen their partnership in key minerals and other areas, Seoul's foreign minis
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Ruling party calls for ex-opposition lawmaker's permanent exit from politics

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Tuesday urged former opposition lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk to permanently exit politics over his dubious cryptocurrency dealings, accusing him of evading responsibility by leavi
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Amnesty Int'l categorizes S. Korea as death penalty 'abolitionist in practice'

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization focused on human rights, categorized South Korea as a death penalty abolitionist in practice in its annual report released Tuesday and urged the country to completely do
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DP slams Yoon's veto of nursing act, calling it act of 'arrogance'

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Tuesday criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol's veto of the controversial nursing act, labeling it as an act of "arrogance" that disregards the legislat
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S. Korea kicks off radiation tests on N. Korean defectors this week

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea kicked off radiation exposure tests this week on North Korean defectors who hailed from areas near the North's Punggye-ri nuclear testing site, an official at Seoul's unification ministry said Tuesday.The
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(2nd LD) Yoon rejects nursing act in his second veto

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks by Yoon)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol rejected the opposition-led nursing act Tuesday amid strong protests from doctors and nursing assistants against it, exercising his veto power fo
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S. Korea's KF-21 fighter gets 'provisional' combat suitability evaluation

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's homegrown KF-21 fighter jet passed a provisional combat suitability evaluation earlier this week, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday, in a key milestone ahead of its initial production phase set
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(LEAD) Yoon rejects nursing act in his second veto

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's veto; CHANGES headline, photo)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol vetoed the opposition-led nursing act Tuesday amid strong protests from doctors and nursing assistants against it, in his sec
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(URGENT) Yoon vetoes nursing act

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