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Urgent: South Korean parliament approves PM nominee

Xinhua, February 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The South Korean parliament on Monday approved prime minister nominee Lee Wan-koo, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Lee, 64, will replace Prime Minister Chung Hon-won, who submitted his resignation last year to assume responsibility for a deadly ferry disaster in mid-April that left more than 300 people dead or missing. Endi