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(LEAD) Yoon, Kishida to hold phone talks following N. Korean missile launch

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in 4th para) SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plan to hold phone talks this week, Yoon's office said Wednesday amid tensions caused by North Korea's r
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Top diplomats of S. Korea, El Salvador hold talks over bilateral cooperation

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and El Salvador held talks in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation, the foreign ministry said.The meeting between Foreign Minister Park Jin and his El Salvadoran
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Yoon, Kishida to hold phone talks following N. Korean missile launch

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plan to hold phone talks this week, Yoon's office said Wednesday amid tensions caused by North Korea's recent intermediate-range ballistic missile (IR
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(LEAD) USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to return to East Sea after N. Korea's IRBM launch

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout)SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. aircraft carrier will be redeployed to the waters east of South Korea on Wednesday to join a trilateral exercise with South Korea and Japan, Seoul officials said, in a show of force following
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(3rd LD) Allies fire 4 missiles into East Sea in response to N. Korea's provocation: military

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 5, 7)By Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States fired four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday in joint drills, a day after North Korea's intermediate
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(LEAD) Biden sends letter to Yoon expressing willingness for talks on IRA

(ATTN: UPDATES with details from 4th para)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a letter to President Yoon Suk-yeol expressing his willingness to continue frank and open-minded talks on the U.S. Inflation Reduction
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Biden sends letter to Yoon expressing willingness for talks on IRA

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a letter to President Yoon Suk-yeol expressing his willingness to continue frank and open-minded talks on the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, a presidential official said Wednesday.Biden also
(URGENT) Biden sends Yoon letter expressing willingness for open-minded talks on Inflation Reduction Act

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9 illegal Thai immigrants apprehended for dealing drugs worth 10 bln won

YESAN, South Korea, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Police have apprehended nine illegal Thai immigrants on charges of smuggling 10 billion-won (US$7.05 million) worth of illegal drugs into South Korea and selling them to Thai communities here, officials said Wed
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Yoon vows to support smart farming, young farmers

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol visited a smart farm complex in the central city of Sangju on Wednesday, pledging to support the growth of smart farms and young farmers.Yoon visited the Smart Farm Innovation Valley in Sangju, 166 ki
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DP denounces failed missile launch as 'security vacuum' in Yoon administration

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) lashed out at the military Wednesday over a failed missile launch conducted in response to North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile firing, saying the failure illustrat
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Military reports 491 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 491 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 280,126, the defense ministry said.The new cases were comprised of 371 from the Army, 53 fr
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(LEAD) Unification minister meets German president, discusses N.K. denuclearization, unification

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 2 paras; CHANGES dateline, photo)BERLIN/SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed "full support" for South Korea's "audacious initiative" designed
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Opposition DP voices concerns over gov't plan to replace gender ministry with lower-level agency

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Wednesday expressed concerns over the government's plan to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and establish a lower-level agency handling related policies unde
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S. Korean envoy condemns N.K. nuclear, missile activities at U.N. meeting

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations has strongly condemned North Korea's continued nuclear and missile activities, addressing a U.N. session.In a keynote speech at the U.N. General Assembly's first
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PM to visit Chile, Uruguay, Argentina next week

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will depart for Chile next week for a three-nation trip that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina, as Seoul seeks to bolster economic cooperation with the Latin American nations, officials
USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to return to East Sea after N. Korea's IRBM launch: military

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SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) --A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier will be redeployed to the waters east of South Korea in a show of the allies' readiness to deal with North Korea's provocation, Seoul's military said.The USS Ronald Reagan a
(URGENT) USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to return to East Sea following N. Korea's IRBM launch: military

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Kim Dong-gill, popular writer and conservative commentator, dies at 94

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- Kim Dong-gill, a renowned scholar, writer and conservative commentator, has died of illness. He was 94. The professor emeritus of history at Yonsei University, who had been hospitalized for chronic disease at Severance Hospi
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(2nd LD) Allies fire 4 missiles into East Sea in response to N. Korea's provocation: military

(ATTN: UPDATES with talks between top S. Korean, U.S. military officers in paras 7-9)By Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States fired four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday in joint drills, a da