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Urgent: Hwang Kyo-ahn approved as S. Korean PM

Xinhua, June 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korean justice minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was approved by the parliament as new prime minister on Thursday after former premier Lee Wan-koo stepped down over an alleged bribery scandal, the Yonhap news agency reported. Endi