Новости за 23.09.2015

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) on Wednesday lauded San Francisco's city council for adopting a resolution urging the city government to establish a memorial honoring victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery. Th

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Pope Francis called Wednesday for urgent efforts to tackle climate change, calling it a problem that shouldn't be passed onto future generations, as he delivered his first address on a landmark visit to the United State

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Pope Francis called Wednesday for urgent efforts to tackle climate change, calling it a problem that shouldn't be passed onto future generations, as he delivered his first address on a landmark visit to the United State

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- China has shown an increasing understanding of the importance of denuclearizing North Korea and the need to apply pressure on the regime in Pyongyang to realize the goal, a White House official said.

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Moscow's top envoy to Seoul urged both South and North Korea Wednesday to avoid actions that could aggravate tensions between the sides, saying that is the key to resolving the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons pro

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Moscow's top envoy to Seoul urged both South and North Korea Wednesday to avoid actions that could aggravate tensions between the sides, saying that is the key to resolving the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons pro

BUSAN, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Hours after a U.S. media report claimed Wednesday he has set his sights on Major League Baseball (MLB), Lotte Giants outfielder Son Ah-seop apologized to his teammates for causing a distraction at a key juncture late in the

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council will be quick in taking punitive steps against North Korea in case it launches a long-range rocket, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday. He cited "close coordination" among key parties

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Scholars from North Korea and China recently held a forum where they remain at odds over whether the isolated North could attract foreign investors and protect them, according to state-run Chinese media. North Korean

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The average wage of foreign workers in 2013 was about three quarters of what South Koreans earned while the top one percent got well over the South Korean counterpart, government data showed Wednesday. According to the

PAJU, South Korea, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Activist groups comprised of North Korean defectors sent balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda to North Korea Tuesday in Paju, located just northwest of Seoul, in the latest launch since Sunday. One of

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Choo Shin-soo of the Texas Rangers was held hitless in three at-bats against the Oakland Athletics on the road Tuesday, but added an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Choo went without a hit in back-to-back games for the first tim

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- A Korean action film made a solid dent in North American box offices in its opening week boosted by its long-lasting popularity in South Korea and favorable reviews from American critics, according to the film's local

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Some of Asia's biggest and brightest stars will flock to the Busan International Film Festival next week to celebrate the event's 20th anniversary. This year's film festival is scheduled to run from Oct. 1-10 in the sout

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- CJ CGV, one of South Korea's largest multi-screen cinema chains, opened its 50th theater in China Wednesday, 10 years after it made a foray into the fast-growing Chinese market, the company said. A new CGV theater with 1

(ATTN: ADDS Lee's statement and more information in paras 5-6; minor edits) CHEORWON, South Korea, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- A 50-year-old veteran who disappeared with a hand grenade, saying he would kill his ex-wife's boyfriend, was arrested here Wednesda

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency, at 11:00 a.m. Term Today (%) Previous Session (%) 1-

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur had voiced willingness to return controls to South Korea's first president after leading a military operation to recapture Seoul from invading North Korean troops during the 1950-53 Korean War, a

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. said Wednesday it plans to invest 13 trillion won (US$10.9 billion) until 2020 to find new sources of profits and tap deeper in

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will conduct fuel efficiency tests on imported Volkswagen models again amid a growing controversy over the German carmaker accused of cheating diesel engine emission test results, government and industry sources

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Unification Ministry said Wednesday a team of technicians plans to visit North Korea this week to repair facilities at Mount Kumgang for the upcoming reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War. A group

(ATTN: ADDS new CEO's comment in para 7; picture of new company logo at bottom) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Daum Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea's most popular mobile messenger KakaoTalk, renamed itself and appointed a n

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States stand at a crucial juncture over the North Korea issue, senior officials said Wednesday, amid Pyongyang's move to fire a long-range rocket. In a meeting with visiting chief U.S. nuclear

DAEGU/SEJONG, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will concentrate all of its available resources on helping create new jobs for young people who find it really hard to get hired, the top economic policymaker said Wednesday. The country remains dogged

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean retail giant Lotte Group is stepping up efforts to defend two of its duty-free stores in downtown Seoul whose operational licenses are nearing expiration, in the face of challenges from other re