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Yonhap News Summary
The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.
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(LEAD) Gen. Thurman to be sworn in as USFK commander this week
WASHINGTON -- The new commander of U.S. forces in Korea is scheduled to begin work later this week after winning U.S. Senate confirmation, officials here said Monday.
The Senate endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Gen. James Thurman as head of the 28,000 troops after last month's confirmation hearing, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Senator proposes congressional conference on pending FTA bills
WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. senator on Monday proposed a joint "mock conference" by the Senate and the House of Representatives to help resolve a deadlock over trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.
President Barack Obama's push for the ratification of the free trade agreements (FTAs) has been complicated, as he has sought to link it with a controversial labor assistance program.
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S. Korea steps up bid to regain U.N. Security Council seat
SEOUL -- South Korea asked on Tuesday that United Nations officials back its bid for a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council in 2013-2014, expressing hopes that the post would help reduce high tensions with North Korea.
"Faced with threats from North Korea, our participation in U.N. activities for international peace and security holds greater meaning than simply contributing to the international community," Vice Foreign Minister Min Dong-seok told a forum on South Korea's future role in the U.N.
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N. Korea-Europe joint venture firm opens luxury restaurant in Pyongyang
SEOUL -- A North Korean joint venture with a European company has opened a luxury restaurant in the capital of the isolated country, the company said Tuesday.
Hana Electronics JVC opened "The Restaurant at Hana" and related leisure facilities such as a swimming pool, sauna, hairdresser and bar in its headquarters in Pyongyang, Europe-based Phoenix Commercial Ventures said on its Web site last week.
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Reuters to air news video from N. Korea
SEOUL -- Reuters, the London-based news agency, said Monday (local time) it will start distributing news video from North Korea under a new agreement with the communist state's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The announcement comes shortly after the U.S.-based Associated Press (AP) agreed with the KCNA to open a bureau in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to produce text and photo journalism in addition to the video news it has already been providing since 2006.
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Hyundai, Kia rank as 4th-largest global carmaker in 2010
SEOUL -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. emerged as the world's fourth-largest carmaker in 2010 on solid sales in the United States and China, a Japanese market researcher said Tuesday.
Their combined output just surpassed 6.60 million units last year, up 23.6 percent from 5.34 million cars a year earlier, according to Fourin Inc. Hyundai and Kia are the flagship companies of Hyundai Motor Group.
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Unfair stock trades rise 6.5 pct in H1
SEOUL -- Unfair stock trading cases in South Korea increased 6.5 percent in the first half from a year earlier, with most of them on the secondary bourse, the financial watchdog said Tuesday.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it had detected 98 unfair stock trades in the January-June period, up from 92 in the same period last year. Of the total, 72 cases were turned over to the prosecution.
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S. Korea's int'l air passenger traffic rises 4.2 pct in H1
SEOUL -- The number of people coming in and out of South Korea on international flights rose 4.2 percent on-year in the first half as a growing number of South Koreans are going abroad for vacation, the government said Tuesday.
The number of international flight passengers to and from South Korea reached 19.95 million in the first six months of the year, up from 19.15 million in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs.
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(LEAD) Gen. Thurman to be sworn in as USFK commander this week
WASHINGTON -- The new commander of U.S. forces in Korea is scheduled to begin work later this week after winning U.S. Senate confirmation, officials here said Monday.
The Senate endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Gen. James Thurman as head of the 28,000 troops after last month's confirmation hearing, according to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Senator proposes congressional conference on pending FTA bills
WASHINGTON -- A senior U.S. senator on Monday proposed a joint "mock conference" by the Senate and the House of Representatives to help resolve a deadlock over trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.
President Barack Obama's push for the ratification of the free trade agreements (FTAs) has been complicated, as he has sought to link it with a controversial labor assistance program.
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S. Korea steps up bid to regain U.N. Security Council seat
SEOUL -- South Korea asked on Tuesday that United Nations officials back its bid for a non-permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council in 2013-2014, expressing hopes that the post would help reduce high tensions with North Korea.
"Faced with threats from North Korea, our participation in U.N. activities for international peace and security holds greater meaning than simply contributing to the international community," Vice Foreign Minister Min Dong-seok told a forum on South Korea's future role in the U.N.
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N. Korea-Europe joint venture firm opens luxury restaurant in Pyongyang
SEOUL -- A North Korean joint venture with a European company has opened a luxury restaurant in the capital of the isolated country, the company said Tuesday.
Hana Electronics JVC opened "The Restaurant at Hana" and related leisure facilities such as a swimming pool, sauna, hairdresser and bar in its headquarters in Pyongyang, Europe-based Phoenix Commercial Ventures said on its Web site last week.
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Reuters to air news video from N. Korea
SEOUL -- Reuters, the London-based news agency, said Monday (local time) it will start distributing news video from North Korea under a new agreement with the communist state's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The announcement comes shortly after the U.S.-based Associated Press (AP) agreed with the KCNA to open a bureau in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang to produce text and photo journalism in addition to the video news it has already been providing since 2006.
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Hyundai, Kia rank as 4th-largest global carmaker in 2010
SEOUL -- South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. emerged as the world's fourth-largest carmaker in 2010 on solid sales in the United States and China, a Japanese market researcher said Tuesday.
Their combined output just surpassed 6.60 million units last year, up 23.6 percent from 5.34 million cars a year earlier, according to Fourin Inc. Hyundai and Kia are the flagship companies of Hyundai Motor Group.
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Unfair stock trades rise 6.5 pct in H1
SEOUL -- Unfair stock trading cases in South Korea increased 6.5 percent in the first half from a year earlier, with most of them on the secondary bourse, the financial watchdog said Tuesday.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it had detected 98 unfair stock trades in the January-June period, up from 92 in the same period last year. Of the total, 72 cases were turned over to the prosecution.
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S. Korea's int'l air passenger traffic rises 4.2 pct in H1
SEOUL -- The number of people coming in and out of South Korea on international flights rose 4.2 percent on-year in the first half as a growing number of South Koreans are going abroad for vacation, the government said Tuesday.
The number of international flight passengers to and from South Korea reached 19.95 million in the first six months of the year, up from 19.15 million in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs.
