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(FILES) In file photo taken on June 8, 2020, Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong (C), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives at court for a hearing to review the issuing of his arrest warrant over a controversial merger of two Samsung units, at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul. - South Korean prosecutors indicted the heir to the Samsung empire on September 1, 2020 over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step towards his succession, in the latest legal blow to the sprawling conglomerate. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Samsung leader Jay Y Lee indicted on allegations concerning 2015 merger
Government officials wearing protective clothing stand under a white tent (centre L) to restrict access to the Sarang Jeil Church while the church's lawyer holds a press conference on its latest COVID-19 cluster infection near the church in Seoul on August 17, 2020. - Thousands of Protestant church members in Seoul have been asked to quarantine, South Korean authorities said on August 17, as the country battles virus clusters linked to religious groups. A total of 315 cases linked to the Sarang Jeil Church had been confirmed so far, officials said, making it one of the biggest clusters so far, and around 3,400 members of the congregation had been asked to quarantine. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

South Korea battles worst virus outbreak
This photo taken on August 11, 2020 shows a general view of the engine room of the HMM St Petersburg, during a media tour in which access and photography was restricted, at the Samsung/DSME shipyard in Geoje, near Busan. - At 400 metres, the HMM St Petersburg is 100 metres (328 ft.) longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, and 62 metres (203 ft.) wide. It has a capacity of 23,820 TEU (20-foot equivalent units, the standard measure of a container), which owner Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) says can carry seven billion choco-pies, a popular Korean snack -- one for every human being on the planet. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Biggest container ships take shape in South Korea
A shelter booth designed to protect passengers from monsoon rains, summer heat and the COVID-19 coronavirus is seen at a bus stop in Seoul on August 12, 2020. - Automatic temperature checks before entry, sliding doors and an air-conditioning system equipped with ultraviolet disinfection lamps -- welcome to high-tech South Korea's latest front in the battle against coronavirus: the bus shelter. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Bus stop - the newest front in South Korea's coronavirus battle
TOPSHOT - A park beside the Han river is flooded following heavy rainfall in Seoul on August 11, 2020. - South Korea's monsoon season, which begun on June 24, tied the previous record of 49 days set in 2013, the Korea Meteorological Administration said, but will likely set a fresh record with more downpours expected until mid August. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Defectors say investigations threaten North Korean 'Underground Railroad'
GURYE, South Korea: This photo taken on Sunday shows cows stranded on a rooftop at a farm in Jeolla province. — AFP

Cows on a wet tin roof: Floods strand animals
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US envoy shaves off controversial moustache
A balloon carrying a banner with portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L), the late leader Kim Il Sung (C) and Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un, is caught on a tree after being launched by activists in Hongcheon on June 23, 2020. - Balloons carrying half a million anti-Pyongyang leaflets were launched near the border towards North Korea, a defector-led activist group said on June 23, with the issue raising tensions on the peninsula. (Photo by STR / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

South Korean prosecutors open probe into Kim Jong Un's sister
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South Korea, US mark 70th anniversary of Korean War
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Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
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