Новости за 29.04.2016

(ATTN: UPDATES with minor edits) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn called on officials Friday to come up with measures to reduce fine dust emissions in the latest move to tackle growing health concerns in South Korea. Fine d

(ATTN: RECASTS paras 6-7; ADDS experts' comments, other details in last 9 paras; MODIFIES headline) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- A senior official of South Korea's central bank expressed his reservations on Friday over quantitative easing efforts recen

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with comments by Park; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye called Friday for efforts to open an era of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and unification of the two Koreas. South Ko

By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- A prominent U.S. human rights activist claimed Friday that North Korea hacked into his computer last week which contained a document on cooperation between North Korea and Syria. Greg Scarlatoiu, executi

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send a warship and a maritime helicopter along with military personnel to join a regional anti-terrorism exercise to be held in waters near Brunei and Singapore early next month, the defense ministry said Fr

(ATTN: ADDS byline, last para) By Park Boram SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The territorial dispute involving China's claim to the South China Sea should be resolved in a way that helps preserve freedom of navigation, although India takes no particular

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's second-largest flag carrier, said Friday that it decided to sell non-core assets worth about 400 billion won (US$351.1 million) as part of its efforts to strengthen its financial health.

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn called on officials Friday to come up with measures to reduce fine dust emissions in the latest move to tackle growing health concerns in South Korea. Fine dust -- particles smaller than 10 m

(ATTN: ADDS photo, byline) By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The nuclear disasters of Chernobyl and Fukushima should be viewed objectively in light of their actual impact on health and safety, without exaggerating the extent of the damage, a

(ATTN: ADDS production company's statement in paras 9-10) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Producers of the South Korean hit TV series "Descendants of the Sun" said Friday there have been hundreds of violations of their rights to control the commercial use

BEIJING, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Former senior officials from South Korea, China and Japan held their first three-way forum on public diplomacy on Friday, during which they discussed how to promote cooperation and resolve sensitive issues among the three

(ATTN: UPDATES with reaction of former police officer in para 7) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appeals court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a former presidential official accused of leaking presidential documents. The Seoul High Court fou

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The territorial dispute involving China's claim to the South China Sea should be resolved in a way that helps preserve freedom of navigation, although India takes no particular position with any of the countries in the row,

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The nuclear disasters of Chernobyl and Fukushima should be viewed objectively in light of their actual impact on health and safety, without exaggerating the extent of the damage, ambassadors from the two regions said Friday.

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ---------------- (2nd LD) N.K. sentences Korean-American to 10 years hard labor for 'spying' SEOUL -- North Korea said Friday its highest court has

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul appeals court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a former presidential official accused of leaking presidential documents. The Seoul High Court found Cho Eung-cheon, who handled the discipline of senior public off

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- An exhibition will open this week in Seoul to showcase the intriguing process of animated filmmaking by one of the world's biggest animation houses, a museum said Friday. "DreamWorks Animation: The Exhi

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; ADDS more details throughout) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday its highest court has sentenced a detained Korean-American to 10 years of hard labor on charges of espionage and subversion, following a

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., a shipbuilding affiliate of Samsung Group, said Friday that its first quarter net profit surged 45.9 percent on-year to 15.9 billion won (US$13.94 million), though its quarterly operating profit

(ATTN: ADDS more details from 2nd para) SEJONG, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Friday that it will issue four additional licenses to operate duty-free shops in Seoul in a bid to meet rising demand from Chinese tourists for non-t

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- The Foreign Ministry denied speculation Friday that the heads of two South Korea-based international organizations battling climate change have offered to resign due in part to Seoul's lack of attention to an environmental a

By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's No. 1 newswire Yonhap News Agency and top representatives from Mongolia's media agreed Friday to enhance media content for global readers by strengthing cooperative ties. A Mongolian deleg

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- A senior official of South Korea's central bank expressed his reservations on Friday over quantitative easing efforts recently proposed by President Park Geun-hye, saying that they require public consensus. "If the cent

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower on Friday as investors unloaded tech, auto and large caps following the overnight bearish run in U.S. markets. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.

SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Two ice sports venues that had been slated for destruction after the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics will now remain in place afterward, the government announced Friday. In a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Hwan