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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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S. Korean FM to visit Russia for talks on N. Korea, bilateral issues
SEOUL -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan will travel to Russia later this week for bilateral talks on North Korea and other issues concerning the two nations, his ministry here said Tuesday.
During his four-day trip that starts Saturday, Kim will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons programs among other topics, the ministry said, amid signs of a possible resumption of the stalled six-party denuclearization talks. Russia is a member of the six-party negotiations, which also involve the two Koreas, China, Japan and the United States.
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(LEAD) Woori Finance swings to profit in Q2
SEOUL -- Woori Finance Holdings Co., South Korea's top banking group by assets, said Tuesday that it returned to profit in the second quarter on a sharp rise in non-interest income.
Net profit came to 791 billion won (US$752 million) in the April-June period, a sharp turnaround from a net loss of 338 billion won a year earlier, the group said in a regulatory filing.
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Lee calls for formation of natural disaster task force
SEOUL -- President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday asked his government to organize a task force with civilian experts to revise the country's overall disaster prevention system to cope with unusual weather conditions.
The call came after floods and landslides from record-breaking rainfall took more than 62 lives in the central part of the country last week.
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(LEAD) Skating star Kim ranks among highest-paid female athletes
SEOUL -- Figure skater Kim Yu-na ranked eighth among the world's highest-paid female athletes, according to a U.S. business magazine Tuesday.
Forbes magazine listed Kim at No. 8 with US$10 million in earnings over a 12-month period starting in July 2010. The figure includes prize money and corporate endorsements, the magazine said in its online edition.
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Mainstream Japanese scholars doubt Tokyo's claim to Dokdo
TOKYO -- Despite the ongoing diplomatic tension over Japan's territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, most mainstream Japanese scholars remain skeptical or cautious about the claim.
In its latest provocation, Japan's government on Tuesday referred to Dokdo as Japanese territory again in its 2011 defense white paper issued one day after a trio of Japanese lawmakers were denied entry at a Seoul airport due to their attempt to lay claim to the set of rocky outcroppings in the East Sea.
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Six of ten Chinese feel uneasy about high-speed rail
HONG KONG -- Nearly six out of ten Chinese people are concerned about the safety of the country's high-speed railway, a poll said Tuesday, indicating public distrust over Beijing's push for high-speed rail technology.
According to the survey on 200 Chinese people, 58 percent of the respondents expressed anxiety over the high-speed railway system, while 29 percent said they were not worried. The rest said they didn't care.
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S. Korean FM to visit Russia for talks on N. Korea, bilateral issues
SEOUL -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan will travel to Russia later this week for bilateral talks on North Korea and other issues concerning the two nations, his ministry here said Tuesday.
During his four-day trip that starts Saturday, Kim will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow and discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons programs among other topics, the ministry said, amid signs of a possible resumption of the stalled six-party denuclearization talks. Russia is a member of the six-party negotiations, which also involve the two Koreas, China, Japan and the United States.
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(LEAD) Woori Finance swings to profit in Q2
SEOUL -- Woori Finance Holdings Co., South Korea's top banking group by assets, said Tuesday that it returned to profit in the second quarter on a sharp rise in non-interest income.
Net profit came to 791 billion won (US$752 million) in the April-June period, a sharp turnaround from a net loss of 338 billion won a year earlier, the group said in a regulatory filing.
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Lee calls for formation of natural disaster task force
SEOUL -- President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday asked his government to organize a task force with civilian experts to revise the country's overall disaster prevention system to cope with unusual weather conditions.
The call came after floods and landslides from record-breaking rainfall took more than 62 lives in the central part of the country last week.
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(LEAD) Skating star Kim ranks among highest-paid female athletes
SEOUL -- Figure skater Kim Yu-na ranked eighth among the world's highest-paid female athletes, according to a U.S. business magazine Tuesday.
Forbes magazine listed Kim at No. 8 with US$10 million in earnings over a 12-month period starting in July 2010. The figure includes prize money and corporate endorsements, the magazine said in its online edition.
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Mainstream Japanese scholars doubt Tokyo's claim to Dokdo
TOKYO -- Despite the ongoing diplomatic tension over Japan's territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo, most mainstream Japanese scholars remain skeptical or cautious about the claim.
In its latest provocation, Japan's government on Tuesday referred to Dokdo as Japanese territory again in its 2011 defense white paper issued one day after a trio of Japanese lawmakers were denied entry at a Seoul airport due to their attempt to lay claim to the set of rocky outcroppings in the East Sea.
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Six of ten Chinese feel uneasy about high-speed rail
HONG KONG -- Nearly six out of ten Chinese people are concerned about the safety of the country's high-speed railway, a poll said Tuesday, indicating public distrust over Beijing's push for high-speed rail technology.
According to the survey on 200 Chinese people, 58 percent of the respondents expressed anxiety over the high-speed railway system, while 29 percent said they were not worried. The rest said they didn't care.
