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Yonhap News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.
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(3rd LD) New Mexico Gov. meets N. Korean diplomats amid N. Korea's conciliatory
gestures
WASHINGTON -- North Korea demanded Wednesday that the United States engage in a
bilateral dialogue for a breakthrough in the stalled six-party nuclear
negotiations, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said.
Minister Kim Myong-gil, a diplomat with the North's mission to the United Nations
in New York, met with Richardson in Santa Fe to deliver the demand, said the
governor, who has visited Pyongyang several times in the past decades as a
troubleshooter. In the 1990s, he successfully negotiated the release of two
American citizens held in North Korea.
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(Kim Death) (2nd LD) Seoul to okay N.K. delegation's visit to pay respects to late
leader
SEOUL -- Seoul plans to allow a North Korean delegation to visit the South to pay
respects to late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, the government said
Thursday.
"After a review of the (North Korean) request, the government will approve it
later in the afternoon," Unification Ministry spokesperson Chun Hae-sung said at
a press briefing.
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(LEAD) Seoul to propose inter-Korean Red Cross talks on family reunion
SEOUL -- South Korea will propose North Korea later Thursday that the two sides
meet to arrange reunions of separated families, following up on Pyongyang's
recent pledge to restart the suspended humanitarian contact, officials said.
North Korea agreed earlier this week that it will reopen the border for a series
of conciliatory measures, including the resumption of reunions of families
separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, which were suspended by Pyongyang last year.
The accord suggested the Korean Thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok that falls on the
first week of October as the reunion date.
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Former U.S. House speaker stresses greater Chinese role in N. Korean issues
SEOUL -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday called on China to
play a greater role in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, saying the
country doesn't appear to have the will to press North Korea on its nuclear
weapons program.
In a public address given in Seoul, Gingrich also said that China appears to
oppose the unification of the two Koreas to protect its own "vested rights" in
North Korea.
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U.S. pointman on N. Korea due in Asia as Pyongyang makes overtures
SEOUL -- Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea
policy, plans to visit Northeast Asia early next month to seek ways to resume
talks with the communist nation, buoyed by Pyongyang's efforts to reach out to
Washington, according to a diplomatic source here Thursday.
"Amb. Bosworth is scheduled to visit South Korea and other countries in early
September," the source said. "The exact schedule has yet to be worked out through
consultations with the U.S."
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Kim to be buried in plain fashion alongside other leaders: official
SEOUL -- The grave of late former President Kim Dae-jung will be "simple and
environment-friendly" in style and situated in proximity to those of two of South
Korea's highest-profile leaders, the chief of Seoul National Cemetery said
Thursday.
"The family has requested us to create the grave in a style as simple, frugal and
environment-friendly as possible," Jeong Jin-tae told reporters, adding it will
be set up between those of South Korea's first President Rhee Syngman and Park
Chung-hee, the coup d'etat leader who was largely credited with building the
country's economy before being assassinated in 1979.
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(LEAD) S. Korea's currency to gain in H2, survey shows
SEOUL, -- More than half of all major companies in South Korea expect the
nation's currency to rise moderately in the second-half of this year from last
year's close amid signs the economy is rebounding, a survey showed Thursday.
The Federation of Korean Industries said 58.1 percent of the 600 companies
surveyed predicted that the won will swing between 1,200 and 1,300 against the
U.S. dollar, compared with last year's close of 1,348.
(END)
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency
on Thursday.
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(3rd LD) New Mexico Gov. meets N. Korean diplomats amid N. Korea's conciliatory
gestures
WASHINGTON -- North Korea demanded Wednesday that the United States engage in a
bilateral dialogue for a breakthrough in the stalled six-party nuclear
negotiations, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said.
Minister Kim Myong-gil, a diplomat with the North's mission to the United Nations
in New York, met with Richardson in Santa Fe to deliver the demand, said the
governor, who has visited Pyongyang several times in the past decades as a
troubleshooter. In the 1990s, he successfully negotiated the release of two
American citizens held in North Korea.
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(Kim Death) (2nd LD) Seoul to okay N.K. delegation's visit to pay respects to late
leader
SEOUL -- Seoul plans to allow a North Korean delegation to visit the South to pay
respects to late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, the government said
Thursday.
"After a review of the (North Korean) request, the government will approve it
later in the afternoon," Unification Ministry spokesperson Chun Hae-sung said at
a press briefing.
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(LEAD) Seoul to propose inter-Korean Red Cross talks on family reunion
SEOUL -- South Korea will propose North Korea later Thursday that the two sides
meet to arrange reunions of separated families, following up on Pyongyang's
recent pledge to restart the suspended humanitarian contact, officials said.
North Korea agreed earlier this week that it will reopen the border for a series
of conciliatory measures, including the resumption of reunions of families
separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, which were suspended by Pyongyang last year.
The accord suggested the Korean Thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok that falls on the
first week of October as the reunion date.
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Former U.S. House speaker stresses greater Chinese role in N. Korean issues
SEOUL -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday called on China to
play a greater role in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, saying the
country doesn't appear to have the will to press North Korea on its nuclear
weapons program.
In a public address given in Seoul, Gingrich also said that China appears to
oppose the unification of the two Koreas to protect its own "vested rights" in
North Korea.
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U.S. pointman on N. Korea due in Asia as Pyongyang makes overtures
SEOUL -- Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. special representative for North Korea
policy, plans to visit Northeast Asia early next month to seek ways to resume
talks with the communist nation, buoyed by Pyongyang's efforts to reach out to
Washington, according to a diplomatic source here Thursday.
"Amb. Bosworth is scheduled to visit South Korea and other countries in early
September," the source said. "The exact schedule has yet to be worked out through
consultations with the U.S."
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Kim to be buried in plain fashion alongside other leaders: official
SEOUL -- The grave of late former President Kim Dae-jung will be "simple and
environment-friendly" in style and situated in proximity to those of two of South
Korea's highest-profile leaders, the chief of Seoul National Cemetery said
Thursday.
"The family has requested us to create the grave in a style as simple, frugal and
environment-friendly as possible," Jeong Jin-tae told reporters, adding it will
be set up between those of South Korea's first President Rhee Syngman and Park
Chung-hee, the coup d'etat leader who was largely credited with building the
country's economy before being assassinated in 1979.
-----------------
(LEAD) S. Korea's currency to gain in H2, survey shows
SEOUL, -- More than half of all major companies in South Korea expect the
nation's currency to rise moderately in the second-half of this year from last
year's close amid signs the economy is rebounding, a survey showed Thursday.
The Federation of Korean Industries said 58.1 percent of the 600 companies
surveyed predicted that the won will swing between 1,200 and 1,300 against the
U.S. dollar, compared with last year's close of 1,348.
(END)
