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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean peacekeeping forces in Lebanon have ramped

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SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly, paralyzed for weeks by

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- Iraq's defense minister will visit South Korea next
week to discuss common Middle East concerns and inspect an industrial plant here,

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo was named regional
ambassador for the world's first online orchestra being set up by YouTube, the

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's former foreign minister said Friday that
the country's five-year single-term presidency is a major obstacle to maintaining

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- A senior Chinese foreign ministry official headed to
North Korea Friday ahead of the 60th anniversary commemoration of the

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean peacekeeping forces in Lebanon are

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's police beefed up security for North
Korean defectors sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the North amid warnings from

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By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top naval officer left Friday for the

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- An appellate court affirmed Friday a three-year jail
sentence for a cousin of South Korea's first lady convicted of taking bribes in