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PM reported to police for jaywalking

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reported to police for jaywalking during a visit to a memorial altar for victims of the Itaewon crowd crush earlier this week, police said Wednesday.The report was filed on the online pe
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(LEAD) Parliamentary committee conducts on-site probe into Itaewon tragedy

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with details, photos)SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Members of the special parliamentary committee investigating the Itaewon crowd crush visited the accident site and the Itaewon Police Station on Wednesd
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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. to develop 'realistic' training scenarios on N.K. nuke, missile threats

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 6-9; RECASTS 4th para)SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States plan to craft "realistic" training scenarios to handle advancing North Korean nuclear and missile threats while e
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(LEAD) Police again seek arrest warrant for ex-Yongsan police chief

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 3, 9)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Police have again sought a warrant to arrest a former chief of the Yongsan Police Station as part of their investigation into the bungled response to the deadly crow
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Yoon's approval rating rises to 44.5 pct: poll

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- The approval rating of President Yoon Suk-yeol has risen to 44.5 percent, a poll showed Wednesday.The positive assessment of Yoon's performance climbed 5 percentage points from two weeks earlier, according to Kookmin Re
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S. Korea, U.S. to develop 'realistic' training scenarios on N.K. nuke, missile threats

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States plan to craft "realistic" training scenarios to handle advancing North Korean nuclear and missile threats while expanding the scale of their field drills next year, the defense
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Police again seek arrest warrant for ex-Yongsan police chief

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Police have again sought a warrant to arrest a former chief of the Yongsan Police Station as part of their investigation into the bungled response to the deadly crowd crush in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood.
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(LEAD) S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases over 88,000 amid winter surge

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4-5; CHANGES lead)SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 88,000 on Wednesday, continuing the upward trend amid fears over a further spike in winter with one in every six people now h
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Parliamentary committee to conduct on-site probe into Itaewon tragedy

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Members of the special parliamentary committee investigating the Itaewon crowd crush were set to visit the accident site, the Itaewon Police Station and other locations Wednesday as they kicked off on-site probes into the t
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Genesis electrified G80 earns top IIHS safety rating

Electrified G80-IIHS rating Genesis electrified G80 earns top IIHS safety ratingSEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Genesis electrified G80 earned the highest crash safety rating from the Insurance Institu
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases over 88,000 amid winter surge

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 88,000 on Wednesday, continuing the upward trend amid fears over a spike in winter. The country reported 88,172 new COVID-19 infections, including 69 from overseas, bringing the
(URGENT) S. Korea adds 59 COVID-19 deaths, total at 31,549: KDCA

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(URGENT) S. Korea reports 88,172 new COVID-19 cases: KDCA

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N. Korea to hold children's union congress for first time in five years

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will convene a congress of a major youth group in Pyongyang for the first time in five years, according to its state media Wednesday.Members of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) across the country arrived in
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SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:01 a.m. Wednesday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul04/-1Sleet60Incheon04/00Sleet30Suwon05/-2Sleet60Cheongju04/-1Sleet70Daejeon05/-1S
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Snow to continue into afternoon

By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Snow will continue in the wider Seoul area and central inland regions into Wednesday afternoon, the state weather agency said, forecasting up to 15 centimeters in some areas.Snow began falling earlier in the d
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(2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. stage combined air drills involving America's B-52H bombers, F-22 fighters

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; CHANGES photo)By Song Sang-hoSEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States conducted combined air drills, involving U.S. B-52 strategic bombers and F-22 stealth fighters, on Tuesday, in an effort to stren
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Top S. Korean, Hungarian diplomats discuss expanding economic cooperation

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Hungary discussed ways to broaden bilateral economic cooperation during their talks in Seoul on Tuesday, Seoul's foreign ministry said.During the meeting with his Hungarian counterpa
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Number of English-language kindergartens in Seoul rises to 311

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Seoul has more than 310 English-language kindergartens known for their high cost, about twice as much as annual college tuition, a civic group said Tuesday.The number of English-language kindergartens in the capital totaled
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Shinhan Financial taps new CEO of banking unit

SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean banking conglomerate Shinhan Financial Group Co. on Tuesday named the new CEO of its flagship banking unit.Han Yong-gu, deputy president in charge of sales management at Shinhan Bank, will replace outgoing CEO