Новости за 26.04.2016

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Graceful works by Korea's ancient and contemporary potters will be displayed in Paris, the National Museum of Korea said Tuesday, hailing local visitors to explore the rich heritage of Korean ceramics. Dubbed "The Earth,

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- An annual music festival taking place in South Korea's palaces has been expanded in size and will come with more distinctive features, organizers said Tuesday. The 8th annual music event, "Listening to K

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will have talks this week on boosting their cooperation in space exploration, a government ministry said Tuesday, as South Korea is pushing for a lunar exploration project. The two sides

(ATTN: UPDATES share prices in 5th para; ADDS more info, remarks from conference call in last 5 paras) SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's top automaker, said Tuesday that its first-quarter net profit dropped 10.8 percent from

SEJONG, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-funded corporations saw their debt ratio decline to a five-year low last year on the back of the government-led efforts to improve their balance sheets, the finance ministry said Tuesday. The debt ra

(ATTN: ADDS Hyundai Motor's share price in 11th para, bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher on Tuesday as investors snapped up major tech shares, helped by shipbuilders rebounding from deep losses on hope

(ATTN: REWRITES throughout, ADDS share prices and chairman's comments) SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will make a stronger push in restructuring debt-ridden shipping and shipbuilding companies, but the restructuring drive itself should be sp

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SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher on Tuesday as investors snapped up major tech shares, helped by shipbuilders rebounding from deep losses on hopes for restructuring measures. The local currency weakened against the U.S. dol

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- The government said Tuesday that it will launch a massive crackdown on illegal private lending and other crimes that threaten the livelihoods and safety of ordinary people. The crackdown is part of a government drive to

(ATTN: UPDATES with closing share price) SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean chipmaking giant SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday its first-quarter profit plunged 65.4 percent from a year earlier due to falling demand for its memory chips and other major

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SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- Tuesday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. Woori Bank 10,650 UP 50 HANAFINANCIALGR 27,400 UP 200 Kyungbang 174,500 DN 2,500 SAMY

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SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host an international football tournament in the lead-up to the Olympics, an official with the sport's national federation said Tuesday. According to the Korea Football Association (KFA) official, South

BANGKOK, April 26 (Yonhap) - There appears to be no sense of crisis in Pyongyang according to a foreign participant in a North Korean marathon. "I did not find any sense of crisis and uneasiness in North Korea despite the ongoing international sanc

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 7th para) SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be readying to test-launch another intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) after the country botched its first attempt earlier in the month, government

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 7 paras) By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will play every match at the 2016 Olympic men's football tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, like it is their final one, the team's head coach said Tue

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be readying to test-launch another intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) after the country botched its first attempt earlier in the month, government sources said Tuesday. North Korea was ini

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will play every match at the 2016 Olympic men's football tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, like it is their final one, the team's head coach said Tuesday. At a press conference in Seoul

SEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has celebrated the 84th anniversary of the Korean People's Army's (KPA) founding without a major military event, the North's media reports showed Tuesday, amid tougher international sanctions. The North marke

LOS ANGELES, April 25 (Yonhap) -- A Korean-born American filmmaker who won an award at this year's Los Angeles Web Series Festival was confident in the success of homegrown Internet-based series. "As Psy's 'Gangnam Style' created a boom that has le