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Croatian foreign minister to visit Seoul this week

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha plans to hold talks with her Croatian counterpart in Seoul this week on improving ties between the two countries, Kang's ministry announced Tuesday. Mari...

Suwon coach determined to make 2nd leg comeback vs. Kashima in ACL semis

Suwon Samsung Bluewings head coach Seo Jung-won said Tuesday his side is determined to make a comeback in the second leg of its AFC Champions League semifinal match against Kashima Antlers. Suwon wi...

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Soccer
2 men apparently electrocuted to death at public bathhouse

Two elderly men died Tuesday after apparently getting electric shocked at a public bathhouse in the town of Uiryeong, southeastern South Korea. A 73-year-old man and a 68-year-old man were found lyi...

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Social affairs
President Moon appoints 3 new Constitutional Court justices

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday appointed three new justices of the Constitutional Court, ending what he earlier called an unprecedented vacuum created by the parliament's failure to endorse their a...

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Politics
NCT 127 lands on Billboard 200 chart as second-highest-charting K-pop boy band

K-pop boy band NCT 127 landed their latest full-length album on the Billboard chart of the 200 most popular albums, becoming the second-highest-charting Korean male band, the Billboard said Tuesday. ...

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Music
S. Korea to extend period for NK defectors to apply for settlement

South Korea will extend the period in which North Korean defectors can apply for settlement here from the current one year to three years as part of efforts to provide them with more support, the uni...

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North Korea
S. Korea files complaint over use of N. Korean anthem at youth football tournament

South Korea's football governing body said Tuesday it has filed a complaint against the Asian Football Confederation for playing the North Korean national anthem ahead of its national youth football ...

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Soccer
Unification minister to meet NK defectors amid controversy

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon will meet North Korean defectors this week apparently to assuage their concerns caused by his controversial decision to exclude a defector-turned-journalist from ...

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North Korea
Agency seeks to devise 'reasonable' ways to improve military service exemption program

The state troop recruitment agency said Tuesday that it will devise "reasonable" ways to improve the active-duty military service exemption program that critics say has unfairly favored athletes and ...

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Defense
Pope expresses strong willingness to visit N. Korea: S. Korean bishop

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has given the impression that he has a strong willingness to visit North Korea, a senior South Korean bishop said Monday. Lazarus You Heung-sik, who heads the Daejeon di...

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North Korea
Korea strengthens bird flu quarantine efforts ahead of winter

South Korea's agriculture ministry vowed Tuesday to step up quarantine measures against bird flu as about 40,000 migratory birds have flocked here. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affair...

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Social affairs
Six in 10 S. Korean venture companies willing to invest in NK: poll

Six out of 10 South Korean venture companies with overseas operations are willing to invest in North Korea if inter-Korean economic cooperation is revitalized, according to a poll released Tuesday. ...

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Industry
Cabinet approves inter-Korean summit deal before Moon ratifies it

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a wide-ranging peace agreement reached with North Korea at last month's third summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a procedural ...

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Politics
Online malls planning big sales for November

Online shopping malls are planning big sales for November, a month that used to be a slow season but is turning out record sales from discounts, industry officials said Tuesday. EBay Korea racked up...

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Industry
Korea to firmly deal with trade protectionism: finance minister

South Korea will firmly deal with the growing trade protectionism and actively seek to create new overseas markets via free trade pacts, the country's top economic policymaker said Tuesday. South Ko...

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Economy

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