President Yoon calls for ending strike at industrial sites
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BLACKPINK's 'Kill This Love' streamed more than 600 times on Spotify
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BIGBANG member G-Dragon releases music video dedicated to Elvis Presley
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Number of new COVID cases in S. Korea nearly triples to some 70,490.
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SEOUL -- As a result of a rise in infections and the rapid transmission of a highly contagious novel omicron subvariant, the number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea nearly tripled from the previous day to 70,497 on Monday. The overall number of cases has increased to 18,788,056, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on July 18.
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Girl band STAYC releases new song 'We Need Love'
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[This article was contributed by Aju Business Daily reporter Joseph Kwak]