Новости за 09.06.2016

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Seoul prosecutors said Thursday Volkswagen, faced with an emissions cheating scandal, appears to have sold thousands of vehicles with unauthorized exhaust pipes. Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Audi Volkswa

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling and opposition party officials gathered on Thursday to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the first summit between Seoul and Pyongyang, amid the prolonged deadlock in the inter-Korean relationship followi

PANMUNJOM, June 9 (Yonhap) -- The Switzerland-Sweden commission in charge of monitoring the six decades-long inter-Korean armistice on the southern side of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday said it is determined to fulfill its duty to safeguard the ceas

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A new TV series starring A-listers Lee Young-ae and Song Seung-heon will go on air in October under a slightly modified title, its production company said Thursday. The company, Group8, said it has changed the Korean title

HOENGSEONG, South Korea, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A local farmers' cooperative in Hoengseong, northeast of Seoul, signed a pact on Thursday with Hong Kong beef importer Wilson Group to export one of South Korea's best known delicacies, Hoengseong beef, to H

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean sides alive at the Asian football club competition will both run into Chinese opponents on the road to the championship. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will face Shanghai SIPG in the two-legged quar

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 3 paras) SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, co-chairman of the minor opposition People's Party, said Thursday South Korean lawmakers should make efforts to have less privilege, adding that the new National Assembly sp

SEOUL, June 9 (Rossiya Segodnya-Yonhap) -- A team of scientists at Russia's National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) developed a wheelchair that can be controlled not only by voice or gestures but also by the power of thought. It will be

(ATTN: UPDATES with travel bans on senior officials in last para; Minor edits in paras 2-3) SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Police raided the headquarters of a Seoul subway operator Thursday as part of their probe into the cause of the accident that killed

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans and the Japanese regard North Korea as the biggest potential source of conflict, while the Chinese view Japan as the greatest threat, a survey showed Thursday. About 51 percent of South Koreans said North Kor

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery launched a private foundation Thursday, denouncing the landmark agreement reached by Seoul and Tokyo last year. The Foundation for Justice and Remembrance for the Issu

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, co-chairman of the minor opposition People's Party, said Thursday South Korean lawmakers should make efforts to have less privilege, adding that the new National Assembly speaker should take the lead in respondi

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a South Korean shipbuilder, said Thursday that it has clinched a US$580 million order to build four carriers for a Greek shipper. Under the agreement with Maran Tankers Manage

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world's third-biggest shipbuilder by order backlog, is considering issuing shares to raise funds amid an extended industry slump, the company said Thursday. "We are mulling over a capital

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ---------------- Gen. Brooks: Massive sacrifices during, after Korean War tells real nature of my mission SEOUL -- Gen. Vincent Brooks, the new c

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ICT and transport ministries agreed Thursday to step up cooperation in developing drones, self-driving cars and smart cities. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the Ministry of Land, Infrast

By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean tech firm LG Electronics Inc.'s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV has received the top grade from a U.S. consumer review magazine, the publication showed Wednesday. In a recent review by C

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Asiana Group Chairman Park Sam-koo met with a high-profile Chinese woman in charge of promoting friendship with foreign countries and they discussed ways to boost exchanges between the two sides, a Kumho Asiana official

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- He wasn't particularly interested in creating art with stones in the beginning. He'd been collecting colorful, unique stones from all around the world and he had to do something with them. They were simply too

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's No. 2 flag carrier, said Thursday it has sold a 50 percent stake in Kumho Asiana Plaza, a Vietnamese landmark building, to Saigon Boulevard Holdings Pte. Ltd as part of its efforts to improv

(ATTN: RECAST headline; ADDS photo, details throughout) SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly picked six-term main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea lawmaker Chung Sye-kyun as its new speaker Thursday after parties reached a deal on

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean golfer Park In-bee hinted on Thursday that she may withdraw from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics if her condition isn't fully recovered. Park is now in Sammamish, Washington, for her title defense at the KPMG Wome

DAEJEON, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A state-funded research institute said Thursday that it has developed a new technology that helps diesel cars reduce soot emissions by nearly 95 percent and improves air quality. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Mate

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has succeeded in a ground combustion test for the first- and second-stage engines of its domestic space rocket, a related agency said Thursday. The 75-ton thrust engine test was conducted "smoothly" as planned a

By Kim Eun-jung SONGDO, South Korea, June 9 (Yonhap) -- A growing number of foreigners have visited South Korea for travels related to meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) over the past year, having a ripple effect across the natio