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00:00 May. 19
By Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Wednesday to discuss North Korea's recent missile launches and its preparations...Defense
22:30 May. 18
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed above 30,000 for the second straight day Wednesday on a continued omicron slowdown as officials...National
22:29 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday expressed hope that the opposition-controlled National Assembly would endorse his nominee for prime minister, Han Duck-soo, according ...Politics
21:31 May. 18
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By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden have a "plan B" ready to command the combined forces of the...Politics
19:48 May. 18
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By Yoo Jee-ho
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Someone apparently forgot to tell Park Byung-ho this isn't 2015 anymore.
Park, the veteran slugger for the KT W...Sports
19:15 May. 18
SHENYANG, China, May 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's trade with China jumped on year in April as the two nations had resumed railroad freight traffic, according to Chinese customs data on Wednesday.
...Diplomacy
18:50 May. 18
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- SsangYong Motor Co. said Wednesday it has signed a conditional investment deal with a local consortium ahead of the auc...Economy
18:45 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- SsangYong Motor Co. said Wednesday it has signed a conditional investment deal with a local consortium ahead of the auction later this month to find a new investor for the...Economy
18:03 May. 18
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By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will virtually attend a summit in Tokyo next week where U.S. ...Politics
17:32 May. 18
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed above 30,000 for the second straight day Wedne...National
17:32 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Hancom InSpace Co., a South Korean aerospace tech company, said Wednesday that it plans to launch the country's first commercial Earth observation satellite next week in t...Economy
17:31 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state power firm Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) said Wednesday it will sell all overseas coal power plants, including one in the Philippines, as part of ...Economy
17:27 May. 18
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By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden have a "plan B" ready to command the combined force...Politics
17:24 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. said Wednesday their sales in Europe rose 13 percent last month from a year earlier, helped by higher demand for their electr...Economy
17:12 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Former President Moon Jae-in is set to return to the political spotlight about two weeks after his retirement, as he is expected to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden in S...Politics
17:10 May. 18
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday.
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S. Korea, U.S. have 'plan B' ready in case of N.K. provocation during Biden's vi...Politics
17:08 May. 18
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup expressed his condolences over the recent death of United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a visit to ...Defense
17:02 May. 18
SUWON, South Korea, May 18 (Yonhap) -- A woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for killing her husband, for financial gain, with a lethal dose of nicotine.
The wife in her late 30s...National
16:48 May. 18
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Wednesday amid lingering uncertainty over higher inflat...Stocks
16:41 May. 18