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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.
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(LEAD) Lee to visit India, Davos this month
SEOUL -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will visit India later this month
to seek closer cooperation between the two nations, followed by a trip to the
Swiss ski resort of Davos to attend an annual forum, Lee's office announced
Friday.
During the so-called Davos Forum, Lee is also expected to meet with several
business leaders including Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
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G-20 to act on aiding quake-hit Haiti: Seoul
SEOUL -- The world's top 20 advanced and emerging economies plan to issue an
emergency statement vowing to actively aid Haiti as it struggles with the
aftermath of a massive earthquake, South Korea's presidential office said Friday.
"The G-20 member countries had a sherpa meeting in Mexico yesterday to discuss
the agenda for the upcoming summit," Kim Eun-hye, a Cheong Wa Dae spokeswoman,
said at a press briefing. Sherpa is another term for the personal
representatives of world leaders to the multilateral forum, this year's summit
of which is co-chaired by South Korea and Canada.
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(2nd LD) FSS mulls legal action against Kookmin Bank after leak on regulatory audit
SEOUL -- South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is considering taking
legal action against Kookmin Bank for the alleged leaking of a memo pertaining to
a regulatory investigation into the company, the FSS said Friday.
The regulator alleged that Kookmin Bank, the flagship unit of KB Financial Group
Inc., leaked the memo detailing questions and documents that had been requested
by the FSS during its preliminary audit of the bank between Dec. 16-23. The
earlier audit came ahead of a full-scale probe into the two firms that began on
Thursday.
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(LEAD) U.N. envoy hopes N. Korean human rights be woven into nuclear talks
SEOUL -- The U.N. special envoy on North Korean human rights expressed hope
Friday that the issue be integrated into international talks primarily aimed at
denuclearizing the communist state should they resume in future.
U.N. Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn also described human rights conditions
in North Korea as "extremely grave," saying the country's punishment against
those trying to flee or repatriated has toughened in recent years.
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(LEAD) Gov't to cull more milk cows to stem foot-and-mouth disease
SEOUL -- The government said Friday it will cull an additional 124 dairy cows as
a precautionary measure to stem the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
The animals are from two dairy farms in Pocheon, 45 kilometers north of Seoul,
where the country confirmed its first FMD outbreak in nearly eight years last
week, the agriculture ministry said.
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S. Korean FM calls for better ties with Japan before FTA
TOKYO -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan on Friday called for
increased efforts to improve ties between his country and Japan, also noting
improved business ties must precede efforts to open up free trade between the
countries.
Yu's apparent opposition to a hasty signing of a free trade deal with Japan came
in a meeting with leaders of Japan's most influential business association, the
Japanese Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren.
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(LEAD) N. Korea warns of 'holy war' over S. Korea's contingency plan
SEOUL -- North Korea declared a "holy war" against South Korea on Friday over
Seoul's plan to take action in case of any emergency north of the border, a
warning that came alongside its acceptance of humanitarian aid.
While rattling its saber, Pyongyang said it will accept the small-scale corn aid
that Seoul offered nearly three months ago. North Korea had previously scoffed at
conditions Seoul had attached.
(END)
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Friday.
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(LEAD) Lee to visit India, Davos this month
SEOUL -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will visit India later this month
to seek closer cooperation between the two nations, followed by a trip to the
Swiss ski resort of Davos to attend an annual forum, Lee's office announced
Friday.
During the so-called Davos Forum, Lee is also expected to meet with several
business leaders including Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
-------
G-20 to act on aiding quake-hit Haiti: Seoul
SEOUL -- The world's top 20 advanced and emerging economies plan to issue an
emergency statement vowing to actively aid Haiti as it struggles with the
aftermath of a massive earthquake, South Korea's presidential office said Friday.
"The G-20 member countries had a sherpa meeting in Mexico yesterday to discuss
the agenda for the upcoming summit," Kim Eun-hye, a Cheong Wa Dae spokeswoman,
said at a press briefing. Sherpa is another term for the personal
representatives of world leaders to the multilateral forum, this year's summit
of which is co-chaired by South Korea and Canada.
-------
(2nd LD) FSS mulls legal action against Kookmin Bank after leak on regulatory audit
SEOUL -- South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is considering taking
legal action against Kookmin Bank for the alleged leaking of a memo pertaining to
a regulatory investigation into the company, the FSS said Friday.
The regulator alleged that Kookmin Bank, the flagship unit of KB Financial Group
Inc., leaked the memo detailing questions and documents that had been requested
by the FSS during its preliminary audit of the bank between Dec. 16-23. The
earlier audit came ahead of a full-scale probe into the two firms that began on
Thursday.
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(LEAD) U.N. envoy hopes N. Korean human rights be woven into nuclear talks
SEOUL -- The U.N. special envoy on North Korean human rights expressed hope
Friday that the issue be integrated into international talks primarily aimed at
denuclearizing the communist state should they resume in future.
U.N. Special Rapporteur Vitit Muntarbhorn also described human rights conditions
in North Korea as "extremely grave," saying the country's punishment against
those trying to flee or repatriated has toughened in recent years.
-------
(LEAD) Gov't to cull more milk cows to stem foot-and-mouth disease
SEOUL -- The government said Friday it will cull an additional 124 dairy cows as
a precautionary measure to stem the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
The animals are from two dairy farms in Pocheon, 45 kilometers north of Seoul,
where the country confirmed its first FMD outbreak in nearly eight years last
week, the agriculture ministry said.
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S. Korean FM calls for better ties with Japan before FTA
TOKYO -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan on Friday called for
increased efforts to improve ties between his country and Japan, also noting
improved business ties must precede efforts to open up free trade between the
countries.
Yu's apparent opposition to a hasty signing of a free trade deal with Japan came
in a meeting with leaders of Japan's most influential business association, the
Japanese Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren.
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(LEAD) N. Korea warns of 'holy war' over S. Korea's contingency plan
SEOUL -- North Korea declared a "holy war" against South Korea on Friday over
Seoul's plan to take action in case of any emergency north of the border, a
warning that came alongside its acceptance of humanitarian aid.
While rattling its saber, Pyongyang said it will accept the small-scale corn aid
that Seoul offered nearly three months ago. North Korea had previously scoffed at
conditions Seoul had attached.
(END)
