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The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ---------------- (LEAD) Moon's special envoy says he will discuss denuclearization with N. Korea SEOUL -- The special envoy of South Korean Presid

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese delegation headed by a senior communist party official will visit North Korea this week for the anniversary of the foundation of the communist state, the North's state media reported Tuesday. Li Zhanshu, a membe

By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Putting behind the 10-year career she built in the sensational girl band Wonder Girls, Sunmi has successfully built her presence as a soloist within a year of her departure from the band with her first two capt

(ATTN: CHANGES dateline; UPDATES throughout with press conference in Seoul; ADDS background info, photo and byline) By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL/BUSAN, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- "Beautiful Days," a South Korean drama about the agony of a female North Korean defect

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; REWRITES throughout to combine two separate orders from one client) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Engineering Co., a construction unit of Samsung Group, said Tuesday it has received plant orders worth US$3.07 billion in t

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional information from 8th para; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to North Korea plans to discuss ways to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula

(ATTN: RECASTS lead, headline; ADDS more details in last two paras) YONGIN, South Korea, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- One worker was killed and two others remain unconscious after being exposed to carbon dioxide in a Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor facto

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry is in talks with related government agencies over the idea of gradually reducing the number of draftees assigned to police, firefighting and other nonmilitary public services, a source said Tuesday. T

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional information from 3rd para) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to North Korea plans to discuss ways to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula when he vis

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Engineering Co. said Tuesday it has received an order worth 526.58 billion won (US$472.99 million) to build power-generating and desalination facilities in the United Arab Emirates by mid-2023. The order placed b

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in to North Korea plans to discuss ways to completely denuclearize the Korean Peninsula when he visits the communist state this week, the envoy said Tuesday. "The speci

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(ATTN: ADDS more details from 2nd para) YONGIN, South Korea, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- One person was killed and two others injured after being exposed to carbon dioxide in a Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor factory southeast of Seoul, authorities said

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- More than 7 million foreigners have entered the country via Incheon International Airport so far this year, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday. A total of 7,007,330 foreigners visited the country via the airport between J

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with more details, additional information, minor changes; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in held a special meeting with security-related officials Tuesday, one day before his

YONGIN, South Korea, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- One person was killed and two others injured after being exposed to carbon dioxide in a Samsung Electronics Co's semiconductor factory east of Seoul, authorities said Tuesday. The accident occurred at aroun

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher Tuesday, led by gains in large-cap tech and bio shares, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock

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SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to soften the rules to allow private venture capitalists to invest more in promising startups, the head of the financial regulator said Tuesday. To help startups raise more funds from the private sec

(ATTN: ADDS reaction from opposition parties in last 5 paras) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) vowed Tuesday to support the government's inclusive economic policies to pave the way for the goal of US$40,000 gros

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- During the Joseon Dynasty (1932-1910), men and women who remained single by the age of around 20 were believed to bring bad luck to the nation. As the country's fate seems to slide and a drought continue

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with Moon's remarks) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday called for the state human rights watchdog to play a greater role in ensuring the rights of women and socially vulnerable people, his spokesman

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher Tuesday, led by gains in large-cap tech and bio shares, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 8.69 point

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for half a month following his intensive inspections of economic sites this summer, North Korea watchers in Seoul said Tuesday. According to Pyongyang's media, K