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By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called on

SEOUL, July 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean manufacturers' business confidence for
August rose to a 14-month high as more companies expressed optimism about an

ROME, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Olympic medalist Park Tae-hwan failed to
book a spot in the final round of 200 meter freestyle competition at the World

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By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, July 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called on

TOKYO, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Japan's main opposition party laid claim to South
Korea's easternmost islets in the East Sea on Monday, vowing to "seek an early

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean umbrella labor union said Monday it
will stage a one-day walkout this week to call on the government to put forward a

(ATTN: RECASTS lead, headline; ADDS details on career; CLARIFIES post in para 3)
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Park Seh-jik, a former soldier-turned-lawmaker who

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- Representatives of countries that fought together in
the Korean War gathered Monday at a building straddling the border with North

By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering extending the operational

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rejection of U.S. logic on nuke proliferation)
By Kim Hyun