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Tony Chang
SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S envoy said Saturday that Washington will

Tony Chang
SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S envoy said Saturday that Washington will
prepare to hold talks with Pyongyang "under the right circumstances," while

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's health authorities said Saturday that
they have confirmed 31 more cases of influenza A, raising the number of flu
inflections here to 727.

SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South
Korean newspapers on July 18.

Hillary Clinton, the U.S. secretary of state, promised ???a tougher joint effort
to stop [North Korea's] nuclear weapons program" on Wednesday. The United Nations

The recent confusion over the announcement of Ericsson's investment plan in Korea
is an international embarrassment, the like of which should not be repeated.

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in paras 8-10)

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Air Force said Friday it will send a
C-130 transport aircraft to participate in a biennial multinational competition

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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's largest chemicals maker,

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank should not consider
shifting the current accommodative monetary policy into a tightening stance as