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Yoon holds phone talks with Indonesia’s president-elect

SEOUL, President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke by phone with Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, on Wednesday to discuss promoting bilateral cooperation, Yoon’s office said.

Yoon congratulated Prabowo, who was elected in March, and requested suppor…

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(LEAD) Belarusian deputy FM visits N. Korea: KCNA

SEOUL, Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Evgeny Shestakov has arrived in Pyongyang, North Korea’s state media said Wednesday, in an apparent move to boost bilateral ties.

The North’s Korean Central News Agency did not provide any details in its one…

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Beer imports drop 20 pct in Q1 after Tsingtao urination video

SEOUL, South Korea’s beer imports dropped 20 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, according to data on Wednesday, as beer purchases from China plunged following the release of a viral video showing a man urinating into a tank at Tsingtao…

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World IT Show 2024 kicks off in Seoul

SEOUL, World IT Show 2024, the largest information and communications technology exhibition in South Korea, kicked off Wednesday in Seoul to showcase cutting-edge technologies of local and global companies, its organizer said.

The three-day event is…

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