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Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, U.S., Japan to meet in Indonesia next week

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet in Indonesia next week to discuss the North Korea issue, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.Kim Gunn, special representative for Korean P
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(4th LD) Gov't orders striking truckers in fuel, steel sectors to return to work

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 2 paras)SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Thursday that the government issued an order for striking truckers serving the petrochemical and steel industries to return to work, as their strike entere
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(LEAD) Army retires scout dog Dalgwan famed for finding missing girl in 2019

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with ceremony; CHANGES, ADDS photos)SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Army retired a scout dog, famed for his role in locating a missing teenager in 2019, from surveillance duty due to old age on Thursday, officials said, conclu
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(2nd LD) DP accepts gov't, ruling party plan on extending freight rate system for truckers

(ATTN: UPDATES with presidential office's response)SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Thursday it will accept the government's proposal to extend a freight rate system guaranteeing minimum wages for truck
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Revised law bans stalking convicts, porn distributors from gov't jobs

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Thursday passed a revised law banning people convicted of stalking or spreading pornography from government jobs, interior ministry officials said. The revised Local Public Officials Act aims to come
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Yoon to preside over meeting on key policy tasks

By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will preside over a meeting next week to check progress on his administration's key policy tasks and communicate with the public on their implementation, his office said Thursday.The
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National Assembly passes bills on scrapping 'Korean age'

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Thursday passed a set of bills requiring the use of international age counting system in all judicial and administrative areas, rather than the unique "Korean age" counting system.Under t
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(LEAD) DP accepts gov't, ruling party plan on extending freight rate system for truckers

(ATTN: UPDATES with ruling party's response)SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Thursday it will accept the government's proposal to extend a freight rate system guaranteeing minimum wages for truckers ami
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DP reports dismissal motion for interior minister over Itaewon tragedy

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- An opposition-led motion calling for the dismissal of Interior Minister Lee Sang-min over the bungled government response to the Itaewon crowd crush was reported to the National Assembly on Thursday, paving the way for its p
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Court upholds ruling in favor of revoking operation permit for N.K. defector group

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court on Thursday ruled in favor of the unification ministry's 2020 decision to revoke the operation permit of a North Korean defector group accused of spreading propaganda leaflets to the North.In July 2020
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State panel begins probe into alleged rights violations of overseas Korean adoptees

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Over 30 cases of alleged human rights violations suffered by South Korean adoptees sent abroad decades ago have come under an investigation, a state truth panel said Thursday.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission said it d
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DP accepts gov't, ruling party plan on extending freight rate system for truckers

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) said Thursday it will accept the government's proposal to extend a freight rate system guaranteeing minimum wages for truckers amid growing concerns over a nationwide strike that
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Ulsan education chief dies of apparent heart attack during lunch meeting

ULSAN, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- No Ok-hee, superintendent of the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education, suffered an apparent heart attack during a lunch meeting in the city on Thursday and subsequently died. She was 64.No was having a meeting at a restaur
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S. Korea's top diplomat meets U.S. think tank officials, discusses N. Korea, alliance issues

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met Thursday with a delegation from a U.S. think tank to discuss such issues as North Korea and the Seoul-Washington alliance, his office said. The delegation from the National Committe
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Kim Jong-un reshuffles top officials more often to secure loyalty, tighten power grip: ministry

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has carried out reshuffles of senior party and military officials more frequently this year in an apparent bid to elicit their loyalty and tighten his grip on power, according to Seoul's u
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Yoon's approval rating rises to 41.5 pct: poll

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating climbed to 41.5 percent, a poll showed Thursday, breaking through the 40 percent threshold for the first time in five months.Positive assessment of Yoon's performance jumped
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(3rd LD) Gov't orders striking truckers in fuel, steel sectors to return to work

(ATTN: UPDATES with President Yoon's approval)SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Thursday that the government issued an order for striking truckers serving the petrochemical and steel industries to return to work, as their
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DP warns it could submit independent budget plan amid parliamentary deadlock

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) called on the ruling People Power Party (PPP) Thursday to scale back the government's budget proposal for next year, warning that it could submit an independent budget plan other
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Army to retire scout dog Dalgwan famed for finding missing girl in 2019

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Army will retire a scout dog, famed for his role in locating a missing teenager in 2019, from surveillance duty due to old age on Thursday, officials said, concluding his storied decadelong career.The armed service is se
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(LEAD) S. Korea issues advisory against hiring N.K. IT workers with disguised nationalities

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in last paras; ADDS photo, byline)By Chang Dong-wooSEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday issued an interagency advisory against the hiring of North Korean information technology (IT) workers with disguised nati