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The South Korean government announced plans to formally allow the use of abortion pills for women up to nine weeks pregnant, as the institutional vacuum created by the 2019 Constitutional Court ruling has put women's health and safety at risk. Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was acquitted of perjury in an appellate trial, after the court ruled he did not give false testimony during the insurrection trial of former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is set to visit Washington for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to the foreign ministry.

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