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22:00Yoon calls for US lawmakers' support for S. Korean firms
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20:51N. Korea's FM reaffirms unwillingness to talk with Japan over abduction issue
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20:33Korea's two major art biennales in Gwangju, Busan to coincide this year
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20:06[Photo News] Special instructor for the day
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20:05Hyosung honorary chair dies at 89
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20:02Yoon approves resignation of ambassador to Australia amid controversy over his appointment
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19:57Spy cameras found at 26 early voting stations nationwide: interior ministry
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18:11Hahn & Co shakes up Namyang Dairy's board to cement control
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17:57Daughter of late Samsung chairman becomes Samsung C&T president
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17:53ILO requests government's stance on its back-to-work order for doctors
Politics
Lee Jong-sup quits as envoy to Australia after uproar
Lee Jong-sup, South Korea’s ambassador to Australia, on Friday has given up the post less than a month after he was appointed. The former national defense minister’s offer to step down follows a controversy over his his taking on the job while still under investigation over the death of a marine in July last year. President Yoon Suk Yeol approved his resignation later the same day, according to his press office. Twenty-year-old Corporal Chae Su-geun died when he was swept away by an