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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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(LEAD) Koreas, Russia to hold talks on gas pipeline project in November
SEOUL -- Working-level officials of the two Koreas and Russia are expected to meet in November to discuss a proposal for the construction of a gas pipeline that would ship Russian natural gas through the Korean Peninsula, the ruling party chief said Tuesday, expressing hope that the joint economic project would help improve soured inter-Korean ties.
Rep. Hong Joon-pyo of the Grand National Party (GNP) unveiled the plan after Russia and North Korea last week made progress on a Russian proposal to ship large amounts of Siberian natural gas to the South via a pipeline to be built across the North.
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S. Korea calls for Japan's new gov't to 'look squarely at its past'
SEOUL -- South Korea on Tuesday urged Japan's new government to "look squarely at its past," setting a brusque tone following reinforced Japanese moves to lay claim to the South's easternmost islets of Dokdo.
Japan's parliament approved former finance minister Yoshihiko Noda as the new prime minister earlier in the day, making him the country's sixth leader in five years. The new Japanese government will be launched early next month.
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S. Korea to call for int'l boycott of tours to N. Korean mountain resort
SEOUL -- South Korea will ask the United States, China and Japan to prevent their citizens from visiting a troubled mountain resort in North Korea, a Seoul official said Tuesday.
The move comes as the isolated communist country is seeking to attract foreign tourists to Mount Kumgang as part of its attempts to revitalize the stalled resort.
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Court says Seoul's inaction over former 'comfort women' unconstitutional
SEOU -- A top South Korean court said Tuesday that it is unconstitutional for the government to make no tangible effort to settle disputes with Japan over its refusal to compensate Korean women mobilized as sex slaves during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The Constitutional Court ruled in a 6-3 vote that the government violated the basic rights of the former "comfort women" with its inaction.
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S. Korea pledges $500,000 for displaced people in Yemen
SEOU -- South Korea has offered US$500,000 in aid for internally displaced people in strife-torn Yemen, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The emergency relief comes as more than 400,000 Yemeni people have fled their homes to escape months of fighting triggered by anti-government protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the ministry said in a press release.
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S. Korean builders to send relief supplies to Libya
SEOUL -- South Korean construction companies will send US$500,000 worth of relief supplies to Libya to help the North African country recover from its civil war, the government said Tuesday.
The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said in a meeting of economic policymakers that 16 South Korean construction companies already operating in the North African country will donate the supplies.
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(Daegu Athletics) Bizarre happenings on track haunt championships
DAEGU -- First there was the false start that booted a leading contender. Then an obstruction violation in hurdles took away the gold.
Throw in a pair of broken poles in pole vault and this year's World Championships in Athletics here has been eventful, if not downright bizarre.
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(LEAD) Koreas, Russia to hold talks on gas pipeline project in November
SEOUL -- Working-level officials of the two Koreas and Russia are expected to meet in November to discuss a proposal for the construction of a gas pipeline that would ship Russian natural gas through the Korean Peninsula, the ruling party chief said Tuesday, expressing hope that the joint economic project would help improve soured inter-Korean ties.
Rep. Hong Joon-pyo of the Grand National Party (GNP) unveiled the plan after Russia and North Korea last week made progress on a Russian proposal to ship large amounts of Siberian natural gas to the South via a pipeline to be built across the North.
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S. Korea calls for Japan's new gov't to 'look squarely at its past'
SEOUL -- South Korea on Tuesday urged Japan's new government to "look squarely at its past," setting a brusque tone following reinforced Japanese moves to lay claim to the South's easternmost islets of Dokdo.
Japan's parliament approved former finance minister Yoshihiko Noda as the new prime minister earlier in the day, making him the country's sixth leader in five years. The new Japanese government will be launched early next month.
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S. Korea to call for int'l boycott of tours to N. Korean mountain resort
SEOUL -- South Korea will ask the United States, China and Japan to prevent their citizens from visiting a troubled mountain resort in North Korea, a Seoul official said Tuesday.
The move comes as the isolated communist country is seeking to attract foreign tourists to Mount Kumgang as part of its attempts to revitalize the stalled resort.
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Court says Seoul's inaction over former 'comfort women' unconstitutional
SEOU -- A top South Korean court said Tuesday that it is unconstitutional for the government to make no tangible effort to settle disputes with Japan over its refusal to compensate Korean women mobilized as sex slaves during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.
The Constitutional Court ruled in a 6-3 vote that the government violated the basic rights of the former "comfort women" with its inaction.
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S. Korea pledges $500,000 for displaced people in Yemen
SEOU -- South Korea has offered US$500,000 in aid for internally displaced people in strife-torn Yemen, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The emergency relief comes as more than 400,000 Yemeni people have fled their homes to escape months of fighting triggered by anti-government protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the ministry said in a press release.
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S. Korean builders to send relief supplies to Libya
SEOUL -- South Korean construction companies will send US$500,000 worth of relief supplies to Libya to help the North African country recover from its civil war, the government said Tuesday.
The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said in a meeting of economic policymakers that 16 South Korean construction companies already operating in the North African country will donate the supplies.
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(Daegu Athletics) Bizarre happenings on track haunt championships
DAEGU -- First there was the false start that booted a leading contender. Then an obstruction violation in hurdles took away the gold.
Throw in a pair of broken poles in pole vault and this year's World Championships in Athletics here has been eventful, if not downright bizarre.
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