Новости за 08.06.2016

ATHENS, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The chief of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. on Wednesday vowed efforts to revitalize the troubled shipbuilder as its creditors have approved its self-rescue plan worth 5.3 trillion won (US$4.6 billion). Sout

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new naval contingency unit is conducting a warfare exercise in the West Sea in its first stand-alone military drill aimed at fending off North Korea's potential aggression, the military said Wednesday. "The

(ATTN: ADDS details in para 9-11, photo) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- After a days-long stalemate, South Korea's ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday on details for the formation of the new National Assembly, after the Saenuri Party announced t

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new vice unification minister said Wednesday that he will do his best to prod North Korea into giving up its nuclear weapons program. Kim Hyung-suk said at his inaugural ceremony that the country should ramp

By Kim Deok-hyun BEIJING, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and China held talks on Wednesday to discuss how the two countries can better enforce U.N. sanctions against North Korea's nuclear weapons program, a Seoul official sai

(ATTN: ADDS details in para 5-8) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- After a days-long stalemate, South Korea's ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday on details for the formation of the new National Assembly, after the Saenuri Party announced that it w

(ATTN: RECAST headline, lead; UPDATES details throughout) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- After a days-long stalemate, South Korea's ruling and opposition parties agreed Wednesday on details of the parliamentary formation, after the Saenuri Party announced

(ATTN: RECASE lead, UPDATES with details in para 3) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- After a days-long stalemate, South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party announced Wednesday that it will allow the main opposition to appoint the new National Assembly speaker, spee

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The creators of the megahit South Korean TV series "Descendants of the Sun" said Wednesday they will produce a South Korean remake of the popular U.S. TV series "Criminal Minds." The production company NEW said it has join

(ATTN: REWRITES throughout; CHANGES photos) By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government and central bank announced Wednesday that they will jointly create a 12 trillion won (US$10.38 billion) recapitalization fund to help cred

By Kim Boram SEJONG, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy faces headwinds both at home and abroad due mainly to rapid aging and faltering exports, with its growth potential slowing down at the same time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sa

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- One North Korean woman was killed and several others injured while working in freezing cold weather on the construction site of a power plant, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday. The North's main newspaper Rodong Sinmu

SEJONG, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Nine more cities overseas will have a state-run Korean language school, the culture ministry said Wednesday. The King Sejong Institute will be up and running in New Zealand's Oakland, Latvia's Riga, Malaysia's Bangi, Myan

By Kim Deok-hyun BEIJING, June 8 (Yonhap) -- China on Wednesday called for the relevant countries to resume dialogue with North Korea as the U.N. nuclear watchdog warned that the North appears to have restarted its main nuclear bomb fuel plant.

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ---------------- (2nd LD) Daewoo Shipbuilding raided over alleged accounting fraud SEOUL -- Prosecutors raided Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engi

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea should capitalize on its evolving robotics technology to cope with future combat operations, a local researcher said Wednesday, noting that ground-based military robots would put the country at an advantage in a po

(ATTN: CHANGES dateline; ADDS Tokyo's response in paras 5-6) SEOUL/TOKYO, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military and coast guard on Wednesday began two-day maritime drills aimed at better safeguarding the country's easternmost islets of Dokdo, amid

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- As many as 1,000 Chinese tourists will visit South Korea's capital city this week to experiences first hand Korea's seasonal customs of "Dano" which falls on Thursday, the Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday. "Dan

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS more info throughout and bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares closed at their highest level of this year on Wednesday on the back of foreign buying, helped by market kingpin Samsung Electro

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major shipbuilders are expected to tread water over the next three years as orders are drying up amid the prolonged industry slump stemming from the oil price plunge, company and government officials said Wednesd

(ATTN: ADDS more details in 2-3 paras) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. rose for the sixth consecutive session Wednesday as local analysts unleashed optimism on the top-cap company's earnings for the second quarter. Sams

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By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's biggest book fair is to open in mid-June for five days, its organizers said Wednesday, aiming to revitalize the country's struggling publishing industry. The 22nd Seoul International Book Fai

JEJU, South Korea, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The state-run Jeju Tourism Organization (JTO) on Wednesday teamed up with the Jeju Olle Foundation, the caretaker of the Olle Trail on South Korea's largest tourist island of Jeju, to jointly develop a walking rout

(ATTN: UPDATES with businessmen's press conference, government's response in paras 2-10; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean businessmen asked the government Wednesday to approve their visit to the now-shuttered joint industr