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(LEAD) Yoon says forced labor decision aimed at moving toward future-oriented relationship with Japan

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(ATTN: UPDATES with details; ADDS photos)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that South Korea's decision to compensate wartime forced labor victims without Japanese firms' involvement was a determinati
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(3rd LD) S. Korea announces donation-based compensation for Japan's forced labor, sparks victims' protests

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details)By Chang Dong-wooSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government formally proposed Monday compensating more than a dozen victims of Japan's wartime forced labor through a Seoul-backed public foundatio
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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. hold joint air drills involving U.S. B-52H bomber

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more details from Seoul's defense ministry)SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States staged combined air drills Monday, involving at least one U.S. nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber, Seoul
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(LEAD) Civic groups condemn S. Korea's proposal to end forced labor dispute with Japan

(ATTN: UPDATES with forced labor victim's remarks in last 4 paras; ADDS photo)SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean civic groups supporting the victims of Japan's wartime forced labor condemned the Seoul government's plan Monday to comp
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Yoon says forced labor decision aimed at moving toward future-oriented relationship with Japan

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that South Korea's decision to compensate wartime forced labor victims without Japanese firms' involvement was a determination aimed at moving toward a future-oriented relationshi
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Victims of Japan's wartime forced labor protests gov't compensation plan

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor and their families on Monday condemned the government's plan to compensate plaintiffs through a domestic foundation without contributions from the accused Japanes
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Civic groups condemn S. Korea's proposal to end forced labor dispute with Japan

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean civic groups supporting the victims of Japan's wartime forced labor condemned the Seoul government's plan Monday to compensate them through a public foundation, saying they cannot accept a third-party c
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Voter turnout for PPP leadership race hits 50 pct

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Turnout in the ruing People Power Party's ongoing vote to elect a new leader has exceeded 50 percent Monday, officials said. Some 50.5 percent of 837,237 paying party members have cast their ballots for four final candi
(URGENT) Yoon says solution to forced labor issue is decision to move toward future-oriented relationship with Japan

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(LEAD) (News Focus) Solution to forced labor issue shows Yoon's commitment to improving ties with Japan

(ATTN: UPDATES with Japan's response, other details)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's decision to compensate wartime forced labor victims without the involvement of Japanese firms is regarded as a demonstration of Preside
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2 senior judges nominated for new justices of constitutional court

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Two senior judges have been nominated for new justices of the Constitutional Court, officials said Monday. Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su nominated Kim Hyung-du and Jeong Jeong-mi, both high court judges, to beco
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S. Korea, U.S. hold joint air drills involving U.S. B-52H bomber

SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States staged combined air drills, involving at least one U.S. nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber, sources said Monday, in the latest show of America's military might against North Korea&#
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(News Focus) Seoul's controversial plan for forced labor compensation reflects urgency of security partnership with Tokyo: experts

By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea seems to have opted for a workable solution to the longstanding row with Japan over how to compensate victims of wartime forced labor as part of efforts to normalize bilateral economic cooperation
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(LEAD) Opposition leader denounces gov't compensation plan for forced labor victims

(ATTN: ADDS ruling party's response)By Kim Na-youngSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung lambasted the government's decision to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor without the involvement of Japanese fi
(LEAD) Japan welcomes S. Korea's compensation offer to resolve row over wartime forced labor reparations

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(ATTN: ADDS Biden's statement in paras 3-5)TOKYO, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Japan's top diplomat on Monday welcomed South Korea's plan to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor through a Seoul-backed public foundation, describin
Japan welcomes S. Korea's compensation offer to resolve row over wartime forced labor reparations

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TOKYO, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Japan's top diplomat on Monday welcomed South Korea's plan to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor through a Seoul-backed public foundation, describing it as a move to return the Seoul-Tokyo relati
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(News Focus) Solution to forced labor issue shows Yoon's commitment to improving ties with Japan

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's decision to compensate Korean forced labor victims without the involvement of Japanese firms is widely regarded as a demonstration of President Yoon Suk Yeol's commitment to move bilatera
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(2nd LD) S. Korea offers compensation for forced labor victims via Seoul-based public foundation

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in 3rd para; ADDS remarks by S. Korea's foreign minister, Japan's leader in last paras; ADDS photo)SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government formally proposed Monday compensating more than a dozen vict
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Opposition leader denounces gov't compensation plan for forced labor victims

By Kim Na-youngSEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung lambasted the government's decision to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor without the involvement of Japanese firms as the country's worst-ever humi
(LEAD) S. Korea offers compensation for forced labor victims via Seoul-based public foundation

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(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES in paras 2-6)SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government formally proposed Monday compensating more than a dozen victims of Japan's wartime forced labor through a Seoul-backed public foundation, i