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(LEAD) Yoon to meet with Biden, Kishida on margins of G-7 summit

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of Yoon's visit, other planned summits)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend a Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan, later this week and hold a trilateral meeting with U
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(URGENT) Ruling party, government decide to ask Yoon to veto nursing act

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Yoon to meet with Biden, Kishida on margins of G-7 summit

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend a Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima of Japan later this week and hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on its sidelines,
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(URGENT) Yoon to speak at expanded G-7 session: official

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(URGENT) Yoon to hold trilateral summit with Biden, Kishida on margins of G-7 summit in Japan: official

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Yoon visits children's baseball game in Yongsan park

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol visited a children's baseball game near his office building on Sunday, wearing the national baseball team's jacket and posing as an umpire.Yoon encouraged players and coaches from Seoul's
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(2nd LD) DP lawmaker says he will leave party amid cryptocurrency scandal

(ATTN: UPDATES with ruling party's response)SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Kim Nam-kuk of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Sunday he will leave the party amid snowballing allegations of his involvement in massive cryptocurrency deal
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(LEAD) DP lawmaker says he will leave party amid cryptocurrency scandal

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, scheduled meeting of DP lawmakers)SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Kim Nam-kuk of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Sunday he will leave the party amid snowballing allegations of his involvement in massive cryp
Rewards for quality information suggest rise in defection by elite N. Koreans

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SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A record 64 North Korean defectors received financial rewards last year in exchange for providing valuable information about their former homeland, data from the unification ministry showed Sunday.The figure, the highest sin
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DP lawmaker says he will leave party amid cryptocurrency scandal

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Kim Nam-kuk of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Sunday he will leave the party amid snowballing allegations of his involvement in massive cryptocurrency dealings."Today, I am briefly leaving the Demo
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(URGENT) DP lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk quits party amid cryptocurrency scandal

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3.1 magnitude quake strikes off east coast, no damage reported

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SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coastal city of Donghae on Sunday, but no damage has been reported.The quake occurred in waters about 51 kilometers northeast of Donghae at 8:35 a.m., according to the Korea
PPP, gov't likely to finalize decision to ask Yoon to veto nursing act

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SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the government are expected to finalize a decision Sunday to ask President Yoon Suk Yeol to veto the opposition-led nursing act during this week's Cabinet meeting.PPP leader Kim Gi
Sunday's weather forecast

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SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Sunday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul23/13Cloudy10Incheon20/12Cloudy10Suwon23/11Cloudy10Cheongju26/13Sunny60Daejeon26/11Su
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FM calls for Central, South American countries' support for bid to host 2030 World Expo

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin has called for Central and South American countries to support his country's bid to host the 2030 World Expo in the southeastern city of Busan on the margins of a multinational
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(LEAD) Rival parties bicker over Seoul's plan to send team to assess Fukushima water release plan

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS ruling party's response in paras 5-6) SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Saturday urged the government to withdraw its plan to send an inspection team to Japan to assess Tokyo'
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Main opposition urges gov't to withdraw plan to send team to Japan to assess Fukushima water release plan

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Saturday urged the government to withdraw its plan to send an inspection team to Japan to assess Tokyo's plan to discharge radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclea
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S. Korea, Japan agree on Seoul team's four-day visit to assess nuclear water release plan

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan have agreed that a delegation from Seoul will visit Japan for four days to assess Tokyo's plan to discharge radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Seoul's foreign min
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases stay below 20,000 for 2nd day

SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed below 20,000 for the second consecutive day on Saturday, as the country moved to end almost all COVID-19 restrictions and return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 1
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(URGENT) S. Korea reports 6 COVID-19 deaths, total at 34,597: KDCA

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