Новости за 18.05.2016

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it has decided not to allow officials from the country's two umbrella labor groups to meet their North Korean counterparts in China for talks over potential friendly football matches. The Korean

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Financially ailing Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. and the owners of ships that it leases on Wednesday failed to reach an agreement over a cut in charter rates as

By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean hip hop boy band MONSTA X returned to the K-pop scene with its third and latest EP on Wednesday, heralding a fiery competition among K-pop idols in the upcoming summer season. MONSTA X relea

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weather service said Wednesday that its employee mistakenly sent to local media outlets a fax message saying that a 6.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Hoengseong, Gangwon Province. The Korea Meteorological

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye voiced hope Wednesday that a series of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) over bilateral cooperation with Iran would yield "concrete results" to benefit the people of both countries. Park made the

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions said Wednesday they've acquired Mexican pitcher Arnold Leon. The Daegu-based club said it signed the 27-year-old right-hander to a one-year deal worth US$500,000, a figure that inclu

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- A recent fake bomb incident during an English football match has raised stadium security issues in South Korea as the country's major sports leagues are moving to check their guidelines for stadium security and evacuation plan

DONGDUCHEON, South Korea, May 18 (Yonhap) -- An unarmed U.S. soldier awaiting trial has deserted an American Army base in a city near the border with North Korea, police said Wednesday. The whereabouts of a 27-year-old serviceman, whose identity is

(ATTN: ADDS Park's remarks in paras 6-8) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday said it will move to lift a series of regulations covering drones, the biotech industry, autonomous vehicles and other areas with good growth potential, as par

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's point man on unification said Wednesday that now is the time to focus on punishing North Korea with sanctions for its nuclear and missile provocations amid the possibility of the North's fifth nuclear test. U

BEIJING, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Cultural Center in Beijing hosted a range of cultural and tourism events on Wednesday to mark the 9th anniversary of its foundation, center officials said. About 700 guests from South Korea and China, includin

(ATTN: ADDS quote in paras 2-4, details in last 2 paras) By Kim Deok-hyun BEIJING, May 18 (Yonhap) -- China on Wednesday expressed its support for direct talks between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, respo

DAEJEON, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) expressed concern Wednesday over the defense ministry's plan to gradually abolish the military service exemption rule that allows its students to not be called u

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will select a foreign jet engine maker to power the country's first indigenously-developed combat aircraft by next month, the defense procurement agency said Wednesday. European jet engine giant Eurojet Turbo G

(ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline; UPDATES with minor changes throughout) SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial authorities said on Wednesday they will ask prosecutors to investigate the chief of the finance-to-electronics conglomerate Dongbu

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ---------------- China expresses support for direct talks between U.S., N. Korea BEIJING -- China on Wednesday expressed its support for direct

By Kim Su-jin, Song Sang-ho ADDIS ABABA/SEOUL, May 18, (Yonhap) -- An association of Ethiopia's Korean War veterans seeks to establish a special square, symbolizing the longstanding friendship between South Korea and the African nation, in the capital

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court handed down a 42-month jail term to the chief of a local steelmaker Wednesday for gambling abroad with millions of dollars he embezzled. The Seoul High Court also ordered Chang Sae-joo, chairman of Dongkuk

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Renault Samsung Motors Co., the local unit of French automaker Renault SA, said Wednesday that it will introduce its popular Twizy ultra-small electric vehicle in South Korea later this year. The move comes as South Korea

BUSAN, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Gimhae International Airport is likely to extend its hours of flight operations by two hours possibly from October to meet the rising passenger traffic, the Busan Metropolitan Government said Wednesday. The city administra

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn will make a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia later this week to hold talks with counterparts on expanding mutual ties, his office said Wednesday. Hwang is scheduled to leave for Uzb

By Kim Deok-hyun BEIJING, May 18 (Yonhap) -- China on Wednesday expressed its support for direct talks between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, responding to remarks by U.S. Republican presidential candidate

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial authorities are planning to ask prosecutors to investigate the chief of the finance-to-electronics conglomerate Dongbu Group over his alleged unfair trading of stocks of group affiliates in late 2014, i

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho appears to be relatively open-minded, and his appointment could signal the communist country's willingness to open dialogue with the United States, a news report and ex

SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The SPC Group, a leading South Korean food company, is working to register the genome of its newly-developed yeast for bread with a U.S. database, company officials said Wednesday. Last year, the bakery giant, which runs b