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Thu, 05/26/2011 - 08:51
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Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday.
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USFK to test soil at Camp Carroll next week in Agent Orange probe
SEOUL -- The U.S. military in South Korea will use ground-penetrating radar devices next week for tests of soil on one of its bases in the South where large amounts of the toxic chemical Agent Orange were said to have been illegally buried in the 1970s, the chief investigator in the claims said Thursday.
South Korea and the U.S. launched a joint probe last week following the allegations by American veterans that U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) buried the dangerous chemical near a heliport inside Camp Carroll in 1978.
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Gov't faces backlash from defectors over regulating remittances to N. Korea
SEOUL -- North Korean defectors in South Korea complained this week against a government move to regulate their money transfers to their families left behind in their impoverished homeland.
Some defectors have sent money to their families to support them in a country beset by chronic food shortages and other economic difficulties.
The practice has been going on for many years, though there is no official estimate on how much money has been funneled to the North.
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S. Korean, U.S. forces discuss joint drill against bioterrorism
SEOUL -- Military officers from South Korea and the United States were in discussions to hold their first joint exercise aimed at testing their ability to cope with bioterrorism activities, officials said Thursday.
The allies hold a series of military drills against a possible North Korean invasion every year but have never conducted a joint exercise solely for the purpose of dealing with bioterrorism threats.
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S. Korea to host forum on FTA with China, Japan
SEOUL -- South Korea will host the inaugural meeting next week of an economic forum aimed at boosting its multilateral cooperation with China and Japan and urging the countries' governments to sign a three-way free trade agreement (FTA), hosts of the meeting said Thursday.
The first South Korea-Japan-China Economic and Trade Forum will be held next Friday, involving some 30 scholars and experts from the three countries, according to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).
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USFK to test soil at Camp Carroll next week in Agent Orange probe
SEOUL -- The U.S. military in South Korea will use ground-penetrating radar devices next week for tests of soil on one of its bases in the South where large amounts of the toxic chemical Agent Orange were said to have been illegally buried in the 1970s, the chief investigator in the claims said Thursday.
South Korea and the U.S. launched a joint probe last week following the allegations by American veterans that U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) buried the dangerous chemical near a heliport inside Camp Carroll in 1978.
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Gov't faces backlash from defectors over regulating remittances to N. Korea
SEOUL -- North Korean defectors in South Korea complained this week against a government move to regulate their money transfers to their families left behind in their impoverished homeland.
Some defectors have sent money to their families to support them in a country beset by chronic food shortages and other economic difficulties.
The practice has been going on for many years, though there is no official estimate on how much money has been funneled to the North.
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S. Korean, U.S. forces discuss joint drill against bioterrorism
SEOUL -- Military officers from South Korea and the United States were in discussions to hold their first joint exercise aimed at testing their ability to cope with bioterrorism activities, officials said Thursday.
The allies hold a series of military drills against a possible North Korean invasion every year but have never conducted a joint exercise solely for the purpose of dealing with bioterrorism threats.
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S. Korea to host forum on FTA with China, Japan
SEOUL -- South Korea will host the inaugural meeting next week of an economic forum aimed at boosting its multilateral cooperation with China and Japan and urging the countries' governments to sign a three-way free trade agreement (FTA), hosts of the meeting said Thursday.
The first South Korea-Japan-China Economic and Trade Forum will be held next Friday, involving some 30 scholars and experts from the three countries, according to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).
