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  Police chief offers to resign after Yoon slams reshuffle announcement flip-flopping

  SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- National Police Agency Commissioner General Kim Chang-yong offered to resign Monday, days after President Yoon Suk-yeol strongly chastised police over a recent personnel reshuffle flip-flopping.Police released the names of
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  Woori Bank under probe for irregular foreign currency transactions: sources

  SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator has launched a probe into Woori Bank for its alleged involvement in irregular foreign currency transactions worth billions of won, industry sources said Monday.The Financial Supervisory
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  SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The following is the for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Monday.Temperature (C)ConditionPossibilityHigh/Lowof Rain (%)Seoul26/24Rain60Incheon26/22Rain70Suwon26/24Rain60Cheongju30/25Rain60Daejeon29/24Rain60Ch
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  Yoon to depart for Spain to attend NATO summit

  By Lee Haye-ahSEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to depart for Spain on Monday to attend a NATO summit and meet with world leaders to discuss security and economic issues on his first overseas trip as president.South Korea is n
• Top headlines in major S. Korean newspapers

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  SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top in major South Korean newspapers on June 27.Korean-language dailies-- Gas prices wouldn't come down; profits of petroleum firms soaring (Kyunghyang Shinmun)-- Yoon to attend NATO summit, to me
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  N. Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases under 10,000 for 3rd day: state media

  SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's new suspected COVID-19 cases have remained below 10,000 for the third consecutive day, its state media said Monday.More than 7,300 people showed symptoms of fever over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the pre
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  Founder of elite private high school dies at 95

  HOENGSEONG, South Korea, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Choi Myung-jae, the founder of a renowned elite private high school in South Korea, died Sunday at age 95, people closed to him said. Choi is known for establishing the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy (KM
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  (3rd LD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan finalize plan to hold trilateral summit on sidelines of NATO summit

  (ATTN: ADDS more details on Yoon's itinerary in paras 8-9)SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Spain this week on the sideline
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  (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan finalize plan to hold trilateral summit on sidelines of NATO summit

  (ATTN: UPDATES with First Lady's schedule in last two paras; ADDS photo)SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Spain this week o
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  (LEAD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan finalize plan to hold trilateral summit on sidelines of NATO summit

  (ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES throughout with more details)SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Spain this week on the sideline
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  뮤지컬계 '옥장판 논란' 일단락…"스타 의존 관행 개선해야"

  '고소취하' 이어 옥주현-김호영 통화…"오해 풀고 원만히 해결"팬덤 중심 성장에 스타 영향력 커져…'회전문 관객'·출연료 급등 부작용 양적 팽창 걸맞은 질적 향상 절실…"작품 중심 제작·감상 문화 정착해야"(서울=연합뉴스) 김경윤 기자 = '옥버스'(옥주현+'레베카'의 댄버스 부인), '샤엘'(김준수+'데스노트'의 엘
• (URGENT) S. Korea, U.S., Japan to hold trilateral summit in Spain on June 29: presidential office

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  Opposition DP to create own task force on fisheries official's death

  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the main opposition Democratic Party said Sunday he will establish a task force on the 2020 death of a South Korean fisheries official at the hands of North Korea, accusing the ruling People Power Party of dist
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  Pyongyang pounded by heavy rains, strong winds

  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Heavy rains accompanied by strong wind pounded Pyongyang and western parts of North Korea overnight, prompting authorities to prepare for the upcoming rainy season, state media reported Sunday. Pyongyang's central distr
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  Seoul records highest-ever morning low for June

  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Seoul recorded the highest-ever morning low for June on Sunday, with temperatures hitting 24.8 C or higher, the state weather agency said.The figure, recorded at 2:34 a.m., broke the previous record of 24 degrees set on Jun
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  Yoon to depart for Spain to attend NATO summit

  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol spent Sunday preparing for his first overseas trip as president on the eve of his departure to Spain for a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), officials said.Yoon plans to attend
• Samsung executive-turned-lawmaker to chair parliamentary semiconductor committee

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  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Rep. Yang Hyang-ja, a Samsung Electronics executive-turned-lawmaker, said Sunday she decided to accept an offer from the ruling People Power Party to chair an envisioned special parliamentary committee on semiconductors.The
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  "창작활동 홍보해드려요" 서울문화재단 '예술인희망캠페인'

  (서울=연합뉴스) 고현실 기자 = 서울문화재단은 예술인의 다양한 창작활동을 홍보해주는 '서울예술인희망캠페인' 사업을 시작한다고 26일 밝혔다.이 캠페인은 서울에서 펼쳐지는 공연, 전시, 출판 등의 창작활동을 온·오프라인 매체를 통해 대대적으로 홍보하는 사업이다. 각종 예술지원 사업에서 소외된 예술가들이 창작활동을 지속할 수 있도록 하는 게 목표다. 홍보는 연말까지 국내 대표 포털사이트, TBS FM 라디오, '오늘의 서울&
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  소설기획때부터 영화·드라마 추진…출판계-OTT 원천IP 공동발굴

  작가 에이전시 블러썸-CJ ENM '언톨드 오리지널스' 시리즈안전가옥-왓챠 '스토리 공모전'…영상화 작품 엮은 단행본 출간도 (서울=연합뉴스) 이은정 기자 = 출판계와 온라인 동영상 서비스(OTT) 업계가 협업해 영상화를 위한 원천 지식재산권(IP)을 발굴하는 사례가 잇따르고 있다.이미 대중에게 검증받은 소설이나 웹툰을 영화, 드라마로 만드는 기존 패턴을 넘어 아예 처음부터 영상화까지 염두에 두고 공동 기획을 하는
• N. Korea holds anti-American rally to mark war anniversary

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  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has held an anti-American rally for the third day in a row to mark the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, with participants vowing to "mercilessly annihilate" the United States if it provokes the No