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(LEAD) Yoon appoints former finance ministry official as health minister

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS details in para 2)SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday appointed a former senior finance ministry official as health minister, his office said. The appointment came after the National Assemb
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Ex-justice minister's wife granted 1-month prison suspension for treatment

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors decided Tuesday to temporarily release the wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk from prison for a month to allow her to receive medical treatment for back problems.Chung Kyung-sim, a former professor of Dongya
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(2nd LD) N. Korea responds to closing call via inter-Korean liaison line despite missile test

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES with latest development throughout)SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Daily communications between the two Koreas via a cross-border liaison line resumed Tuesday following a temporary suspension, officials said, amid gr
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S. Korean F-15K fighter fires 2 JADAM precision bombs in response to N.K. missile launch

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean F-15K fighter fired two JADAM precision bombs at a firing range on a Yellow Sea island on Tuesday, in response to North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch earlier in the day, the mi
(URGENT) S. Korean F-15K fighter fires 2 JADAM precision bombs in response to N.K. IRBM launch: JCS

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State audit involving Moon, no-confidence motion against FM occupy 1st day of parliamentary audit

By Lee MinjiSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- An annual parliamentary audit kicked off on Tuesday but sessions were delayed or suspended as rival parties clashed over thorny issues, like the state auditor's probe of former President Moon Jae-in and a no-
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Parliament adopts confirmation hearing report for health minister nominee

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a confirmation hearing report on Health Minister nominee Cho Kyoo-hong after two previous nominees withdrew their nominations over allegations of various irregularities. The parliamen
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Top S. Korean, U.S., Japanese diplomats condemn N.K. missile launch in phone talks

By Yi WonjuSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan strongly condemned North Korea's latest launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) in back-to-back phone talks, Seoul's foreign m
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Police to question YouTuber on alleged charges of tailing Justice Minister Han

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Police summoned a political YouTuber on Tuesday for questioning over alleged charges that he had tailed Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon for nearly a month on the minister's way home from work, officials said. The police s
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Inspection of official slain by N. Korea in 2020 to be referred to prosecutors

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The state auditor looking into the killing of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korea near the western sea border in 2020 will wrap up the probe and refer those who were responsible for the case to prosecutors this
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(3rd LD) NSC condemns N. Korea's IRBM launch, vows to seek stronger sanctions

(ATTN: ADDS National Security Adviser's telephone discussions with U.S., Japanese counterparts in paras 10-11)By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The office of President Yoon Suk-yeol strongly condemned North Korea's firing of an intermed
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F-35A fighters operationally unready 234 times over 18-month period: lawmaker

By Song Sang-ho and Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's radar-evading F-35A fighters were rated as operationally unready on 234 occasions over an 18-month period ending in June due to malfunctions, a lawmaker said Tuesday.Citing
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Foreign ministry pledges efforts for denuclearization amid escalating N.K. threats

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry pledged efforts Tuesday to create conditions that will give North Korea no other option but to give up its nuclear weapons amid heightened concerns it could conduct a nuclear test in the co
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Gov't, ruling party to push for replacement of gender ministry with lower-level agency: sources

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) are considering abolishing the gender ministry and establishing a lower-level agency handling gender and family policies under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, source
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Military reports 161 more COVID-19 cases

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 161 additional COVID-19 cases Tuesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 279,638, the defense ministry said.There were 88 new cases from the Army, 27 from the Air For
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(LEAD) N. Korea unresponsive to regular contact via inter-Korean liaison line: ministry

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 4 paras; ADDS photo)SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea was not responding to daily contact via an inter-Korean liaison line Tuesday, South Korea's unification ministry said, hours after Pyongyang fired
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N. Korea preparing for new ICBM, SLBM tests: Seoul ministry

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has been preparing for test launches to master technologies for new liquid-fuel intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles while remaining ready for a nuclear test, South Korea's defense minis
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Watchdog calls for improved status of foreign single parents raising Korean children

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- The state human rights watchdog has called on the government to improve the status of residence for foreign single parents who are staying here raising their children of Korean nationality, officials said Monday.The National
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Ex-President Moon calls for peace amid heightened tension over N.K. missile launch

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Former President Moon Jae-in called for peace on the Korean Peninsula amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile launches, including the firing of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan early
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Opposition lawmaker acquitted of defaming former reporter

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Choi Kang-wook of the main opposition Democratic Party was acquitted Tuesday on charges of slandering a former reporter of a news cable channel.The Seoul Central District Court delivered the not guilty verdict, saying t