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(URGENT) Austin warns that N.K. nuclear attack will result in end of Kim Jong-un regime: joint statement

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(URGENT) S. Korean, U.S. defense chiefs call on N. Korea to respect NLL inter-Korean sea boundary: joint statement

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(URGENT) S. Korean, U.S. defense chiefs agree to include N.K. nuclear attack scenario in future combined drills: joint statement

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(URGENT) S. Korean, U.S. defense chiefs condemn N.K. troop dispatch to Russia in 'strongest' terms: joint statement

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N. Korea, Russia's FMs to hold strategic consultations in Moscow: report

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's foreign minister will hold strategic consultations with her Russian counterpart in Moscow, a news report showed Wednesday, amid concerns that the North's troops deployed to Russia may soon join combat
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N. Korea's 8,400-strong hacking group escalates attacks on S. Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state-sponsored cyberunit, comprising some 8,400 hackers, has mounted over 10,000 attacks against South Korea this year, South Korea's cyber operation command said Wednesday.The Cyber Operations Comman
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Top security adviser calls N. Korea 'worst rogue group' over troop dispatch to Russia

By Chae Yun-hwanSEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik on Wednesday lambasted North Korea as the "worst rogue group" for dispatching its troops to Russia, vowing to come up with "all possible" respon
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U.S. Embassy to hold tech camp for youth in Seoul

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Embassy in Seoul said Wednesday it is hosting a tech camp for young South Koreans, featuring sessions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The "TechCamp Korea 2024," set for a four-day run beginn
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(2nd LD) Presidential office says to begin talks with Ukraine this week over Kyiv's special envoy to S. Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 6, 12-14)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Wednesday that it will begin talks with Ukraine this week over a visit by Kyiv's special envoy to South Korea, as the two na
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(LEAD) Presidential office says to begin talks with Ukraine this week over Kyiv's special envoy to S. Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments, details in paras 5-10; ADDS photo)By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Wednesday that it will begin talks with Ukraine this week over a visit by Kyiv's special envoy to South Ko
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Ruling party chief vows to follow through with appointing special inspector over first lady issues

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon vowed Wednesday to follow through with his plan to get a special inspector to look into possible corruption among the president's family members, citing concerns about various allegatio
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S. Korea reports season's first avian influenza case

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The agricultural ministry said Wednesday that it has confirmed the season's first highly pathogenic avian influenza case at a local farm and issued a standstill order on poultry farms nationwide.The case was reported Tu
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(LEAD) N. Korea, Russia hold joint IT exhibition in Pyongyang for 1st time in 18 yrs

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; CHANGES photo)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- A joint exhibition aimed at promoting information technology exchanges between North Korea and Russia has opened in Pyongyang, the North's state media said Wednesda
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Presidential office says to begin talks with Ukraine this week over Kyiv's special envoy to S. Korea

By Kim Eun-jungSEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Wednesday that it will begin talks with Ukraine this week over a visit by Kyiv's special envoy to South Korea, as the two nations vowed to step up responses against North Kore
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Household loan growth still not showing signs of stabilizing: chief regulator

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Household loan growth continued in October, rising slightly higher than the previous month, the country's chief regulator said Wednesday, but added that it is unclear whether tightened curbs on loans for home rent would
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(LEAD) N. Korean advance unit possibly deployed to Russia's front lines: military

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks by Defense Intelligence Agency)SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- An advance team of North Korean troops may have been deployed to the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine, South Korea's military intel agency s
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(LEAD) Surviving forced labor victim accepts gov't compensation package

(ATTN: ADDS statement from Lee's son in paras 4-7)By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- An elderly South Korean survivor of Japan's wartime forced labor has accepted a disputed government-led compensation package, people familiar with
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(URGENT) Presidential office says to begin talks with Ukraine on visit of special envoy to S. Korea this week

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Court orders 10-yr prison term for deepfake crime suspect

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Wednesday sentenced the main suspect in a high-profile deepfake crime case involving alumni of the nation's most prestigious Seoul National University (SNU) to 10 years in prison. The Seoul Central Dist
(URGENT) S. Korea is not considering direct provision of 155-mm artillery shells to Ukraine: presidential office

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