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Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday.
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GNP picks new secretary general despite protests
SEOUL -- The ruling Grand National Party appointed a close aide to leader Hong Joon-pyo as the party's new secretary general on Tuesday, sparking angry accusations from his rivals that the move will hurt fairness in the nominations for next year's parliamentary elections.
Two members of the GNP's Supreme Council boycotted the vote to endorse a proposal to appoint Rep. Kim Jung-kwon to the key post. The party's secretary general is in charge of the nomination process for candidates for the general elections. Reps. Woo Seong-min and Won Hee-ryong protested that a more neutral person should take the job.
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Samsung, Environ to release results of cancer probe this week
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it will release the results later this week of a probe into health and safety conditions at its semiconductor factories, following the deaths and illnesses of several employees.
The company will brief the results of the one-year probe to media on Thursday at its Giheung plant in Yongin city, about 40 kilometers south of Seoul, spokesman Park Cheon-ho said by phone.
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(LEAD) 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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Samsung retains LCD TV, 3-D TV leads in Europe
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of TVs, maintained its lead in Europe's major TV markets during the first five months of this year, a market researcher said Tuesday.
According to GfK Group, the Korean TV maker accounted for 31.9 percent of Europe's liquid crystal display (LCD) TV market in May. Its market share stood at 30.8 percent in the January-May period.
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N. Korea's population expected to rise to 27 mln by 2050
SEOUL -- North Korea is expected to become larger and older in 40 years with its population growing at a slower pace, data showed Tuesday.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, North Korea's population is estimated to rise 10 percent by 2050 to 26.96 million from this year's 24.45 million.
The census bureau also projected that South Korea's population will decrease 11 percent from 48.75 million last year to 43.37 million in 2050.
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Cabinet approves bills on lighter punishments for 'internal witnesses'
SEOUL -- The Cabinet approved on Tuesday revisions of criminal laws to allow reduced penalties or even immunity from indictment for criminal suspects who give testimony in court or cooperate in investigations to help solve serious crimes, the Justice Ministry said.
The revisions to the Criminal Law and the Code of Criminal Procedures will pave the way for criminal suspects to receive reduced penalties or avoid indictment for giving critical clues or testimony that help solve criminal cases or lead to the arrest of accomplices, the ministry said.
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GNP picks new secretary general despite protests
SEOUL -- The ruling Grand National Party appointed a close aide to leader Hong Joon-pyo as the party's new secretary general on Tuesday, sparking angry accusations from his rivals that the move will hurt fairness in the nominations for next year's parliamentary elections.
Two members of the GNP's Supreme Council boycotted the vote to endorse a proposal to appoint Rep. Kim Jung-kwon to the key post. The party's secretary general is in charge of the nomination process for candidates for the general elections. Reps. Woo Seong-min and Won Hee-ryong protested that a more neutral person should take the job.
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Samsung, Environ to release results of cancer probe this week
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it will release the results later this week of a probe into health and safety conditions at its semiconductor factories, following the deaths and illnesses of several employees.
The company will brief the results of the one-year probe to media on Thursday at its Giheung plant in Yongin city, about 40 kilometers south of Seoul, spokesman Park Cheon-ho said by phone.
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(LEAD) 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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Samsung retains LCD TV, 3-D TV leads in Europe
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest maker of TVs, maintained its lead in Europe's major TV markets during the first five months of this year, a market researcher said Tuesday.
According to GfK Group, the Korean TV maker accounted for 31.9 percent of Europe's liquid crystal display (LCD) TV market in May. Its market share stood at 30.8 percent in the January-May period.
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N. Korea's population expected to rise to 27 mln by 2050
SEOUL -- North Korea is expected to become larger and older in 40 years with its population growing at a slower pace, data showed Tuesday.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, North Korea's population is estimated to rise 10 percent by 2050 to 26.96 million from this year's 24.45 million.
The census bureau also projected that South Korea's population will decrease 11 percent from 48.75 million last year to 43.37 million in 2050.
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Cabinet approves bills on lighter punishments for 'internal witnesses'
SEOUL -- The Cabinet approved on Tuesday revisions of criminal laws to allow reduced penalties or even immunity from indictment for criminal suspects who give testimony in court or cooperate in investigations to help solve serious crimes, the Justice Ministry said.
The revisions to the Criminal Law and the Code of Criminal Procedures will pave the way for criminal suspects to receive reduced penalties or avoid indictment for giving critical clues or testimony that help solve criminal cases or lead to the arrest of accomplices, the ministry said.
