Новости за 07.02.2016

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(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday, sending what it claims to be a satellite into orbit, but South Korea and the U.S. denounced it as a long-range missile test that squar

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(ATTN: REWRITES headline; ADDS more info in paras 3, 8, 11-13) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Sunday it will further restrict the entry of its nationals to a joint industrial park in North Korea in response to the North's long-range rocket

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout, photos) By Yoo Jee-ho JEONGSEON, South Korea, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Carlos Janka of Switzerland won the men's Super-G race at the 2016 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup here on Sunday, his first-

By Yoo Jee-ho JEONGSEON, South Korea, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- After what he said was a disappointing run at his major international debut, South Korean alpine skier Kim Hyeon-tae said Sunday he was eyeing a better performance at the next Winter Olympics on

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by ruling party chief, decision by S. Korea, U.S. to discuss on possible deployment of THAAD) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Sunday condemned North Korea's missile launch as an "unacceptable provocati

(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments in 4th para) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Sunday he is considering a visit to New York for consultations on a U.N. resolution to punish North Korea for its back-to-back provocations.

(ATTN: UPDATES with vice finance minister's comments in paras 10-11; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator has convened an emergency meeting to intensify monitoring of the local financial market following North Ko

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- As North Korea launched a long-range rocket Sunday, a South Korean economy sandwiched between plummeting exports and flaccid domestic demand seemed to face another challenge amid the global economic doldrums. The North fir

By Yoo Jee-ho JEONGSEON, South Korea, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Carlos Janka of Switzerland won the men's Super-G race at the 2016 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup here on Sunday, his first-ever victory in the discipline. Janka

(ATTN: UPDATES with FSC's meeting in paras 1-7; ADDS BOK's meeting in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator has convened an emergency meeting to intensify monitoring of the local financial market following North

By Yoo Jee-ho JEONGSEON, South Korea, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- Veteran South Korean national team skiers, including the country's first Olympic skier, attended the country's inaugural Winter Games test event on the weekend, local officials said. Jeongse

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator will convene an emergency meeting to intensify monitoring of the local financial market following North Korea's long-range missile launch, an official said Sunday. In the meeting sched

(ATTN: ADDS comments throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Jang Ha-na claimed her maiden LPGA Tour victory in Florida on Saturday, becoming the second straight player from the country to win on the world's largest female tour. Jang wo

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (MIA-Yonhap) -- In a tradition dating back 15 centuries, the people of Vevchani wave the old year goodbye and welcome the new one on Jan. 13 through an interesting mix of the pagan and the modern. Hidden behind masks, people chase away ev

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Jang Ha-na claimed her maiden LPGA Tour victory in Florida on Saturday, becoming the second straight player from the country to win on the world's largest female tour. Jang won the weather-interrupted Coates G