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• Summary of external news of North Korea this week

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  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of external news on North Korea this week.------------N. Korea's Kim, Trump could meet on occasion of APEC summit in S. Korea: unification ministerSEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un coul
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  (LEAD) S. Korea's major defense exhibition kicks off with air show

  (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead, photo; UPDATES with more details throughout)By Kim Hyun-sooSEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's international defense exhibition kicked off Friday with an air show by the Air Force, with a record number of compa
• Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week

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  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week.------------Xi tells N. Korea's Kim that China is ready to strengthen strategic cooperation on int'l issuesSEOUL -- Chinese President Xi Jinping h
• Summary of inter-Korean news this week

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  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.------------N. Korea releases water from border dam without prior noticeSEOUL -- North Korea has released water from a dam north of the inter-Korean border without g
• Key developments on North Korea this week

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  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The following are key developments regarding North Korea this week.----------Oct. 12 -- Xi tells N. Korea's Kim that China is ready to strengthen strategic cooperation on int'l issuesPremiers of N. Korea, China hold
• KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-5

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  KOLON IND35,250 DN400SK Innovation116,600 UP600Meritz Financial111,800 DN1,900iM Financial Group13,320 DN430DENTIUM55,000 DN1,000지HANKOOK TIRE & TEC HNOLOGY423 50UP900KOLMAR KOREA74,300 DN800HANJINKAL98,400 DN1,400CHONGKUNDANG80,500 DN900DoubleUGames
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  Kangwonland17,590 DN150NAVER255,500 DN5,000Kakao58,000 DN600NCsoft202,000 DN8,500HANATOUR SERVICE46,900 DN450COSMAX199,400 DN2,600KIWOOM248,000 DN7,000Hanwha Ocean107,200 DN1,900HD Hyundai Infracore14,750 DN180HANMISemi142,300 DN4,200DWEC3,630 DN135K
• KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-3

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  LOTTE CHEMICAL Corp73,100 UP1,100HITEJINRO18,860 UP10CJ LOGISTICS81,000 DN500YoulchonChem38,150 UP3,800LG Energy Solution434,000 UP 13,500HYOSUNG HEAVY1,580,000 DN 34,000DOOSAN697,000 UP 91,000HMM20,800 DN150HYUNDAI WIA52,400 UP900KumhoPetrochem112,3
• KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-2

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  SamyangFood1,326,000 DN 44,000POSCO INTERNATIONAL52,900 UP1,200CJ CheilJedang230,000 DN500TaekwangInd838,000 UP5,000KAL22,150 DN200LG Corp.73,600 DN500DB INSURANCE130,000 DN4,200SLCORP36,400 DN250Yuhan116,700 DN100SamsungElec97,900 UP200NHIS19,850 DN
• KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-1

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  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Friday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.ORION Holdings19,200 DN490SBHC25,200 DN300Taihan Cable & Solut ion17570DN330KCC395,500 UP2,000SKBP101,000 DN1,800Daesang21,100 DN
• KOSPI 3,748.89 UP 0.52 points (close)

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• KOSDAQ 859.54 DN 5.87 points (close)

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• Dollar quoted at 1,421.2 won UP from 1,417.9 won, as of 3:30 p.m. (KST)

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  Court to hold 1st preparatory hearing of Unification Church leader's trial later this month

  By Chae Yun-hwan SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court will hold the first preparatory hearing of Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja's trial over bribery allegations linked to former first lady Kim Keon Hee later this month, judicial sources
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  DAPA chief says China's Hanwha sanctions to 'clearly' affect MASGA project

  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- China's recent sanctions against five U.S.-linked subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. will "clearly" have an impact on a landmark South Korea-U.S. shipbuilding cooperative project, the
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  N. Korea operating 4 political prison camps with up to 65,000 detainees: report

  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is operating four political prison camps, where up to 65,000 people are believed to be imprisoned and placed under forced labor, a report showed Friday.North Korea is currently operating four prison camps -- Cam
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  Autopsy due next week for S. Korean student killed in Cambodia

  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The body of a South Korean student who was reportedly tortured to death by a criminal organization in Cambodia will undergo an autopsy in the Southeast Asian country next week, the Korean National Police Agency said Friday.
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  Gov't strengthens security measures after signs of hacking into gov't administration platform

  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The interior ministry said Friday it has strengthened security measures for online government systems after detecting signs of the government's administration platform being hacked.The move came two months after Phrack,
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  Gov't to lift top-level medical crisis alert next week

  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government will lift the nation's top-level "serious" health crisis alert, issued early last year following the mass resignation of trainee doctors, as hospital operations have stabilized, t
• APEC finance ministers to discuss AI, demographic changes next week

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  SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Finance ministers from member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will gather in South Korea next week to discuss the expansion of the digital economy, including artificial intelligence (AI), and finan