Новости за 28.05.2016

(ATTN: UPDATES with Park's departure in last para; ADDS new photo) By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 28 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye launched South Korea's aid program for Ethiopia on Saturday as part of Seoul's new development cooperation wit

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has held a series of meetings with retired politicians in Seoul, including former prime ministers, amid growing speculation that the native South Korean may run in next year's presidential el

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 6-7) SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea again claimed the South Korean Navy's firing of warning shots at its vessels that trespassed into the de facto western maritime border was "a premeditated plot" to heighten i

By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean businessmen who are accompanying President Park Geun-hye on her African visit signed deals worth US$24 million with Ethiopian partners, Seoul's presidential office said Saturday. The ti

By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 28 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye launched South Korea's aid program for Ethiopia on Saturday as part of Seoul's new development cooperation with Africa. South Korea is pushing for comprehensive cooperation w

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- A vessel operated by the cash-strapped Hanjin Shipping Co. was released three days after being impounded in South Africa for unpaid charter fees to its unspecified ship owner, the South Korean shipper said Saturday. The b

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer-actor Rain has topped a Chinese music chart for his 2014 song after appearing on a Chinese TV show, his agency said Saturday. "'La Song,' a track on Rain's sixth full-length album out that same year, ra

May 29 1960 -- Syngman Rhee, who resigned as South Korea's first president in April, goes into exile in Hawaii. 1968 -- Archbishop Stephen Kim Soo-hwan is appointed as head of Seoul's Catholic Archdiocese. 1972 -- The United Nations

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- A growing number of listed South Korean firms have split their stocks in a bid to boost turnover and attract individual investors, the main bourse operator said Saturday. A total of 27 companies listed on the KOSPI and KO

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea again claimed the South Korean Navy's firing of warning shots at its vessels that trespassed into the de facto western maritime border as "a premeditated plot" to heighten inter-Korean tension on Saturday. The

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The ratio of South Korea's household debt borrowed by local banks dipped to the lowest-ever level as stricter screening regulations prompted more people to take out loans from nonbanking lenders, data showed Saturday. The

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks will likely remain in a tight range next week on lingering uncertainties over the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision and Britain's possible exit from the eurozone, analysts said Saturday. The benchma

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The net asset value of funds that invest in local bonds hit a record high as more investors poured money into safe assets amid the dull stock market, data showed Saturday. The net asset of local bond funds stood at 100.17

A headstrong veto President Park Geun-hye exercised an executive branch veto against a bill revising the National Assembly law that allowed lawmakers to hold hearings whenever they deem necessary. Under the bill, a hearing could take place upon th

Diesel price hike : More handicap is improper amid rising oil prices International crude prices have reached nearly $50 a barrel, gaining about 100 percent in about four months. Though the prices may shift downward again amid the supply glut, few

A trip too soon : Hiroshima visit opens old wounds anew By some accounts, laudable was the purpose of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima, one of two Japanese cities where tens of thousands of people perished in the August 1945 nucle

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on May 28. Korean-language dailies -- Park vetoes Assembly hearing bill (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Park vetoes Assembly hearing bill (Kookmin Daily) -- Pa

SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain

(ATTN: UPDATES with Ethiopia's plan to set up Korea Desk) By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye said Friday that South Korea will offer education and training for thousands of young people in Africa over the next fi

By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has received no formal request from Tokyo to participate in this week’s G7 summit that was held in Japan, a South Korean official said Friday. Presidential spokesman Jeong Yeon-guk made

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park; ADDS background) By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye said Friday that South Korea will offer education and training for thousands of young people in Africa over the next five

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Yonhap) -- Top North Korean generals began bowing to current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un since he was only 8 years old, the leader's aunt, living in the United States, was quoted as saying in an interview published Friday. K

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Park) By Kim Kwang-tae ADDIS ABABA, May 27 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye met with more than a dozen South Korean troops on Friday to boost their morale on the third day of her state visit to Ethiopia. The com

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea continues to show signs suggesting it could be reprocessing spent nuclear fuel to harvest plutonium for nuclear weapons, a U.S. research institute said Friday, citing recent satellite imagery. The May 22 i

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of Japan as he made a landmark visit to Hiroshima for the first time as a sitting American president since the bombings. "Why do we come