SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating rose 1 percentage point from a week earlier to 34 percent this week, a weekly poll showed Friday.

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs was unchanged at 58 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea. (South Korea-Presidential Approval Rating)

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HANOI -- One fisherman died and two others went missing on Friday morning after a fishing boat crashed with a cargo ship in the sea off Vietnam's central province of Quang Ngai, Vietnam News Agency reported.

The fishing boat with nine seamen on board was crushed into two pieces, local media VnExpress reported. (Vietnam-Boat Crash-Death)

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SYDNEY -- The health authority in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has issued a public alert over legionnaires' disease, as three cases were recently confirmed in Sydney.

The NSW Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that since late January, two men in their 60s and one woman in her 70s have spent time in areas near Victoria Park in Camperdown, including parts of the University of Sydney Camperdown campus. (Australia-Health Alert-Legionnaires' disease)

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BOGOTA -- Four Colombian police officers died after their helicopter crashed over the town of Caramanta, in northwest Colombia's department of Antioquia, officials confirmed Thursday.

The helicopter was covering the Caucasia-Medellin-Tulua route when it disappeared from the radar, General William Rene Salamanca, the head of the National Police, said at a press conference with Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez. (Colombia-Accident) Enditem

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