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N. Korea fires unspecified ballistic missile toward East Sea: S. Korean military

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, the South Korean military said.The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced the launch. It did not provide other details immediately.The launch came
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BOK sells net US$17.54 billion in market-smoothing operations in Q3

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Friday it sold a net US$17.54 billion in the third quarter to help ease the decline of the local currency against the U.S. dollar.The third-quarter dollar selling is the largest since the third
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(2nd LD) S. Korea successfully conducts test flight of solid-fuel space vehicle: defense ministry

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle on Friday, the defense ministry said, nine months after its first test of the homegrow
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(LEAD) S. Korea successfully conducts test flight of solid-fuel space vehicle: defense ministry

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle on Friday, the defense ministry said, nine months after its first test of the homegrow
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SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea successfully conducted a test flight of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle on Friday, the defense ministry said.The test came after North Korea claimed earlier this month to have staged a test of a "high-th
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(2nd LD) S. Korea to require negative COVID-19 test for travelers from China: PM

(ATTN: ADDS measures on cold medicines at pharmacies in last 3 paras) By Kim Deok-hyunSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will require travelers coming from China to show negative COVID-19 tests, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday, joining ot
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63 pct of S. Korean diplomatic staff in China infected with COVID-19 in past 2 weeks: lawmaker

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- About 240 South Koreans workers at diplomatic and consular offices across China were infected with COVID-19 in the past two weeks amid a surge in new infections in the country, according to an opposition lawmaker Friday.Rep
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(LEAD) Ex-President Lee says sorry for causing concern to people upon return home following pardon

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, photo)SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Former President Lee Myung-bak said Friday he is sorry for causing concern to people as he returned home after a special presidential pardon canceled his remaining prison term for corrupti
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(LEAD) Last month's KF-16C crash attributable to maintenance error: Air Force

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 4-5)SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Air Force on Friday attributed last month's crash of a KF-16C fighter jet to a maintenance error that led to the abrasion of a fuel pump part and an engine stopp
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Mastermind behind 'Discovery fund' fiasco acquitted

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday acquitted the chief of a local asset management firm indicted on charges of selling fraudulent funds worth 134.8 billion won (US$107.1 million) and causing huge losses to customers.The
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S. Korean foreign minister, Japanese party chief discuss bilateral relations

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday met with the head of Japan's Komeito Party, the junior party in Tokyo's ruling coalition, in Seoul to exchange views on the neighboring countries' bilateral ties,
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PM calls for supplementary measures on tax code revision

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Friday instructed the finance ministry to come up with supplementary measures on a tax code revision, as the revised tax code fell short of the government's initial plan. "It is very
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(LEAD) S. Korea decommissions 8 warships after decades of naval service

(ATTN: CHANGES photo)SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Navy decommissioned eight warships Friday after more than three decades of service for maritime defense, its officials said, highlighting a plan to replace them with more advanced vesse
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Executive at Bithumb-affiliated firm found dead while under prosecution probe

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- An executive at a company closely connected with the crypto exchange Bithumb was found dead at his home Friday while under a prosecution probe on embezzlement and stock market manipulation suspicions involving the chief of
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Ex-President Lee says sorry for causing concern to people upon return home following pardon

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Former President Lee Myung-bak said Friday he is sorry for causing concern to people as he returned home after a special presidential pardon canceled his remaining prison term for corruption.Lee was put into detention in Ma
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Last month's KF-16C crash attributable to maintenance error: Air Force

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Air Force on Friday attributed last month's crash of a KF-16C fighter jet to a maintenance error that led to the abrasion of a fuel pump part and an engine stoppage.Wrapping up a monthlong investigation
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S. Korea's nuclear envoy discusses N.K. issue with U.S., Chinese counterparts

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy on Friday held back-to-back phone consultations with his United States and Chinese counterparts to discuss ways to prevent North Korea from engaging in further provocations and make it re
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Ruling party chief departs for Lula's inauguration as presidential envoy

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Ruling People Power Party (PPP) leader Chung Jin-suk left for Brazil on Friday to attend the inauguration of incoming Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a special presidential envoy.The delegation led by Chung