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S. Korea to use homegrown transmission for K2 tanks

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense authorities approved on Monday a plan to build K2 battle tanks with a homegrown transmission system, the state arms procurement agency said.Under the plan endorsed by the Defense Project Promotion
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Police crack down on fake police uniforms during Halloween celebrations

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Police said Monday they are intensively cracking down on the sale and wearing of police officer costumes during the Halloween celebrations.The police have been strengthening online monitoring to prevent the indiscriminate d
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Yoon receives credentials from Apostolic Nuncio, 12 ambassadors

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday received the credentials of Archbishop Giovanni Gaspari, the 12th Apostolic Nuncio to South Korea, and 12 other newly appointed foreign ambassadors. The envoys are from Paraguay, Bahrain, M
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DP leader warns against sending team to Ukraine to monitor N.K. troops

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung on Monday criticized the government for considering sending a team of South Korean officials to Kyiv to monitor North Korean troops.Lee of the main opposition Democratic Party made the remark
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Reservists' group urges immediate halt to N. Korean troop dispatch to Russia

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A reservists' group on Monday called on Russia to immediately halt the dispatch of North Korean soldiers to support its ongoing war against Ukraine.The Korean Veterans Association issued the call during a rally in front
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Chinese provincial gov't officials in S. Korea amid push for improvement in bilateral ties

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese delegation of mid-level provincial government officials is visiting South Korea this week as part of efforts to boost cooperation and exchanges between the two neighboring countries, Seoul's foreign ministry s
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(LEAD) Zelenskyy says N. Korean troops in Russia may join battlefield 'in a matter of days'

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with Zelenskyy's remarks, more details; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country could soon be forced to fight North Korean troops as the
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Yoon calls for thorough preparedness against geopolitical risks in Ukraine, Middle East

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday instructed his officials to be thoroughly prepared for risks and uncertainties over raging wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, his office said.Yoon gave the instruction during a weekly mee
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Rival parties launch joint consultative body on livelihood issues

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and main opposition parties on Monday launched a joint consultative body to fast-track bills concerning people's livelihoods.The bipartisan consultative body was launched in line with an agreement reached by
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Yoon calls for efforts to make progress in major reform agenda

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday urged his senior aides to expedite major reform agenda on pensions, health care, education and labor to achieve tangible results by the end of the year, his office said.Yoon stressed the ur
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Police investigate suspected illegal house-sharing biz involving Moon's daughter

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Police have secured CCTV footage of a studio apartment owned by former President Moon Jae-in's daughter as part of an investigation into allegations that she illegally operated a house-sharing business without official
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Oct. 291950 -- President Rhee Syng-man visits Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, after U.N. forces regained control of the city following a successful landing at Incheon during the Korean War.1995 -- South Korea's annual exports hit the US$100
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Seoul City to expand 24-hr call center to halve suicide rate

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government will more than double the size of its 24-hour call center for people struggling with suicidal impulses and establish community-based networks for those vulnerable to suicide, aiming to reduce the s
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Seoul's CSAT test-takers to increase to over 110,000 this year

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- The number of applicants for this year's College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) will slightly increase from last year to over 110,000 in Seoul, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Monday.A total of 110,734 h
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(2nd LD) N. Korea claims S. Korean drone took off from western border island in Oct. for incursion into Pyongyang

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, minor edits throughout)By Kim Soo-yeon and Lee MinjiSEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that its analysis of the flight log of a drone that crashed in Pyongyang earlier this month showed it took off from a
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Court orders state compensation in cold case of master sergeant's death

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court has ordered the state to pay 90 million won (US$64,808) in compensation to the bereaved family of an Army master sergeant whose death became a cold case due to a flawed military investigation, judicial officia
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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. to hold '2+2' talks among foreign, defense chiefs amid N.K. deployment to Russia

(ATTN: UPDATES with U.S. State Department's statement, other details in paras 6-13; ADDS photos)By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will hold their "two plus two" talks among the top foreign
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Russia sending 'mercenaries' from N. Korea to frontline in trucks with civilian license plates: Ukraine

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- Russia is using civilian-plated trucks to transport "mercenaries" from North Korea to a frontline area, Ukraine's military intelligence service has said, amid concerns over North Korean troops possibly joini
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(LEAD) N. Korea claims S. Korean drone took off from western border island in Oct. for incursion into Pyongyang

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; ADDS photo, byline)By Kim Soo-yeonSEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that its analysis of the flight log of a drone that crashed in Pyongyang earlier this month showed it took off from a So
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S. Korea set to brief NATO on N. Korean troops in Russia

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was set to receive a briefing from senior South Korean officials on Monday regarding North Korean troops in Russia, according to NATO's website, with all signs suggesting th