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Yoon, Biden announce S. Korea to host 3rd Summit for Democracy

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that South Korea will host a third Summit for Democracy in the future.The two leaders announced the decision in a joint statement relea
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Nat'l security adviser resigns amid reported trouble planning U.S. state visit

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han said Wednesday he is resigning amid reports of an issue with planning President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the United States next month.In a notice to the press, Kim said his
(URGENT) National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han resigns

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(LEAD) PM asks Yoon to veto grain bill

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with additional info; AMENDS headline)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday he made a suggestion to President Yoon Suk Yeol on vetoing a contentious bill requiring government purchase of surp
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(2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. stage 'decisive action' phase of major amphibious landing exercise

(ATTN: UPDATES with JCS chief's remarks in paras 4-5; ADDS photo)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States conducted major amphibious assault drills mobilizing their high-spirited forces, landing ships, stealth fighters and ch
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Yoon named honorary president of Korea Scout Association

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol was named honorary president of the Korea Scout Association on Wednesday, his office said.Yoon is the first South Korean president to have been a former scout and the sixth incumbent president to be
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PM says to ask Yoon to veto grain bill

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Wednesday that he will make a suggestion to President Yoon Suk Yeol on vetoing a contentious bill requiring government purchase of surplus rice.Han made the remarks after a policy consultat
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(LEAD) Opposition leader strongly condemns Japan over textbook row

(ATTN: UPDATES with submission of request to open parliamentary investigation)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday strongly condemned Japan's approval of controversial school history textbooks, saying that Sout
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(LEAD) Broadcasting watchdog chief attends court hearing on arrest warrant

(ATTN: UPDATES with court appearance in headline, paras 1-2, 8-9; CHANGES photo)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- A court held an arrest warrant hearing Wednesday for the chief of the state broadcasting regulator over suspected score manipulation during th
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Seoul city uses AI technology to monitor digital sex crimes around clock

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government has tapped into artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automatically detect and monitor digital sex crimes around the clock, officials said Wednesday. The city's center for fighting digita
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Opposition lawmaker indicted over alleged graft

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Four-term opposition lawmaker Noh Woong-rae was indicted Wednesday on charges of receiving 60 million won (US$46,000) in bribes from a businessman, according to prosecutors.Noh of the main opposition Democrat
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(2nd LD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases at around 13,000; gov't eyes shorter isolation period

(ATTN: ADDS more details on gov't endemic road map in paras 9-10, photo)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 13,000 range Wednesday, a similar level from a week ago, as the government unveiled plans to sh
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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. stage 'decisive action' phase of major amphibious landing exercise

(ATTN: UPDATES with U.S. official's remarks in paras 6-7)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States conducted major amphibious assault drills mobilizing their high-spirited forces, landing ships, stealth fighters and choppers u
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Opposition leader strongly condemns Japan over textbook row

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday strongly condemned Japan's approval of controversial school history textbooks, saying that South Korea was betrayed by Tokyo because the approval came after Seoul's effo
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases at around 13,000; gov't eyes shorter isolation period

(ATTN: ADDS more details on gov't road map; CLARIFIES paras 6-7)SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 13,000 range Wednesday, a similar level from a week ago, as the government unveiled plans to shorten th
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Broadcasting watchdog chief to attend court hearing on arrest warrant

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- A court was set to hold an arrest warrant hearing Wednesday for the chief of the state broadcasting regulator over suspected score manipulation during the renewal of a broadcasting license for a cable TV channel in 2020.Ko
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S. Korea, U.S. stage 'decisive action' phase of major amphibious landing exercise

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States conducted major amphibious assault drills mobilizing their high-spirited forces, landing ships, stealth fighters and choppers under the rallying cry of "decisive action' in a sou
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases at around 13,000; gov't eyes shorter isolation period

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 13,000 range Wednesday, a similar level from a week ago, as the government unveiled plans to shorten the mandatory COVID-19 isolation period in efforts to restore pre-pand
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Main opposition submits bill aimed at restricting president's right to appoint Supreme Court chief justice

SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) proposed a bill calling for the establishment of a committee recommending candidates for Supreme Court chief justice in a move seen as aimed at restricting the president's righ
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Crypto fugitive Kwon in good health in Montenegro: S. Korean officials

SPUZ, Montenegro, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, the company behind a cryptocurrency that suffered a multibillion-dollar crash last year, is in good health while being held in Montenegro, according to South Korean off