Новости за 11.04.2016

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ICBM engine test last week showed that the communist nation could make its road-mobile long-range missiles deliver nuclear warheads as far as the U.S. east coast, including Washington an

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ICBM engine test last week showed that the communist nation could make its road-mobile long-range missiles deliver nuclear warheads as far as the U.S. east coast, including Washington an

(ATTN: UPDTAES with senior official's remarks in paras 12-14) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged North Korea on Monday to forgo any provocative actions, warning the U.S. is ready to impose even

(ATTN: UPDTAES with senior official's remarks in paras 12-14) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged North Korea on Monday to forgo any provocative actions, warning the U.S. is ready to impose even

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged North Korea on Monday to forgo any provocative actions, warning the U.S. is ready to impose even harsher sanctions on the communist nation than the latest U.N.

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged North Korea on Monday to forgo any provocative actions, warning the U.S. is ready to impose even harsher sanctions on the communist nation than the latest U.N.

(ATTN: ADDS more case of defection in 12th para) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A ranking North Korean military officer in charge of conducting intelligence operations defected to South Korea last year, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, as the North'

(ATTN: ADDS more case of defection in 12th para) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A ranking North Korean military officer in charge of conducting intelligence operations defected to South Korea last year, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, as the North'

By Park Sojung CHIBA, Japan, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Stage fright. It happens to the best of musicians. But not so for the South Korean boy band 2PM, not at least on the second and last day of KCON 2016 Japan, where they performed the closing act.

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A top Chinese official from Heilongjiang Province in the country's northeast pledged to "actively" implement the latest package of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions on North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- An immersive attraction where visitors can join Marvel Comics' superhero characters on a mission to save the Earth will open in South Korea, the park's local operator said Monday. According to South Korea's film distribu

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert will observe the voting and ballot counting of South Korea's upcoming parliamentary elections, the national election watchdog said Monday. South Koreans go to the polls Wednesday to

(ATTN: RECASTS info in para 16) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A ranking North Korean military officer in charge of conducting intelligence operations defected to South Korea last year, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, as the North's leader is tight

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, para 3) BEIJING/SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A group of North Korean defectors who used to work at a restaurant in China entered South Korea last week via Thailand, a source familiar to North Korean affairs said Monday.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, para 3) BEIJING/SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A group of North Korean defectors who used to work at a restaurant in China entered South Korea last week via Thailand, a source familiar to North Korean affairs said Monday.

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A local hospital on Monday started treatment on a former Korean sex slave who had suffered serious injuries due to an accident. Chung-Ang University Hospital in Seoul said it started conducting a thorough medical checkup

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Monday praised "Descendants of the Sun," a popular South Korean soap opera, as an exemplary case of the positive effects of cultural content on the manufactur

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- New release "Insane," a domestic film based on the true story of a woman kidnapped and held in a mental hospital against her will, landed on the top of the South Korean box office, data showed Monday. Released on Thursda

(ATTN: RECASTS info in para 16) SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- A ranking North Korean military officer in charge of conducting intelligence operations defected to South Korea last year, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, as the North's leader is tight

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- China confirms mass defection of North Koreans BEIJING -- China confirmed Monday that the 13 North Koreans who used to work at a

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn and a top Chinese official from Heilongjiang Province agreed Monday to work closely together on a memorial hall in China honoring a prominent Korean independence fighter. The hal

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Monday they cleared Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin of the charges that he obstructed business, the latest in a series of developments related to the long, drawn-out family feud within South Korea's large

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- China confirms mass defection of North Koreans BEIJING -- China confirmed Monday that the 13 North Koreans who used to work at a

SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Monday they cleared Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin of the charges that he obstructed business, the latest in a series of developments related to the long, drawn-out family feud within South Korea's large

BEIJING, April 11 (Yonhap) -- China confirmed Monday that the 13 North Koreans who used to work at a state-run restaurant in the country and have defected to South Korea left the country with "legitimate" passports last week. China's Foreign Minist