Новости за 10.06.2016

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Friday that it sent an open letter to the United States government, urging it to cease its "hostile policy" toward the country. "The participants in the joint conference of the DPRK (North Korea) governme

SEOUL/PYEONGTAEK, June 10 (Yonhap) -- A visiting military delegation from Tanzania, a long-time military partner of North Korea, toured the Navy's 2nd Fleet's headquarters Friday where they were briefed on the sinking of a South Korean warship that pla

SOKCHO, South Korea, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Friday that they plan to indict singer Jo Young-nam early next week on charges that he took credit for hundreds of paintings that were actually created by his assistant. Jo, a legendary Sou

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday condemned a terrorist attack on Tel Aviv, Israel, earlier this week, reiterating that acts of terrorism cannot be justified under any circumstances. Two gunmen killed at least four people and wounded

(ATTN: ADDS Yun's remarks in a separate interview with SBS in paras 13-19) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat said Friday that he described the normalization of relations between Seoul and Havana as winning a new friend rather than

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Britain's Ambassador to South Korea Charles Hay vowed to lend support to the ongoing probe involving a toxic humidifier sterilizer sold by a British firm that caused numerous deaths and illnesses here, a civic group said Frid

(ATTN:UPDATES with details about Lee's visit to parliament in paras 8-10; CHANGES photo; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's chief of staff visited the National Assembly on Friday to meet new parliamentary leaders as part

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- A defective engine component was found to have caused the crash of a South Korean F-16D fighter jet during an air strike exercise in late March, the Air Force said Friday. The single-engine combat airplane plunged into an

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat said Friday that he described the normalization of relations between Seoul and Havana as winning a new friend rather than losing the Caribbean state's longtime ally -- Pyongyang -- during recent tal

(ATTN: FIXES name in 10th para) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea did not stipulate itself as a nuclear-armed state in its recently revised set of ruling party bylaws, an analysis of the document showed Friday, spawning speculation that Pyongyang

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in 3-4 pars; FIXES number of LINE users in 9th para; ADDS Naver's share price, outlook in last 3 paras) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Global messaging app operator LINE Corp. said Friday it will list its shares in Tokyo a

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- For artist Park Sang-mi, plants are herself, others and everyone. Having grown up watching her grandmother growing plants, she has felt a deep sense of connection to all things botanical since childhood.

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ---------------- N. Korea does not stipulate itself as nuclear power in ruling party bylaws SEOUL -- North Korea did not stipulate itself as a nucl

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football chief Chung Mong-gyu will take his second crack at winning a seat on FIFA's main decision-making body. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Friday unveiled the list of eight candi

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Next week, Gangneung will bustle with locals and tourists coming to join the eastern city's annual festival to mark a traditional Korean holiday. The 11th edition of the Gangneung Danoje Festival is set t

(ATTN: UPDATES paras 4-8; TRIMS 20th para; UPDATES photos) By Park Boram SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC) sent in troops Friday to crack down on illegal Chinese fishing boats in neutral waters around the mou

INCHEON, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Longrich Group, a Chinese cosmetics and health food distributor, signed a business pact with the Incheon regional government on Friday to hold an inhouse conference for the Chinese firm's 10,000 executives in the coastal

(ATTN: UPDATES with IPO decision throughout) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Global messaging app operator LINE Corp. said Friday it will list its shares in Tokyo and New York next month, in what could be one of the year's biggest initial public offerings

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea did not stipulate itself as a nuclear-armed state in its recently revised set of ruling party bylaws, an analysis of the document showed Friday, spawning speculation that Pyongyang has left open the possibility of

(ATTN: CORRECTS number of affiliates raided in lead following prosecution's correction; ADDS prosecutor's comment in para 7; Minor edits) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the headquarters of South Korea's retail giant Lotte Group, as well

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Seoul prosecutors said Friday the local unit of Volkswagen is suspected of forging test results to meet local standards when importing the German vehicles to South Korea. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office sai

(ATTN: UPDATES 4th para, last 5 paras with more info; ADDS photos) By Park Boram SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC) sent in troops Friday to crack down on illegal Chinese fishing boats in neutral waters around

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in para 4-5) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The Ministry of National Defense has demanded a 5.3 percent on-year increase in its defense budget for 2017 as it plans to accelerate efforts to bolster the welfare of military c

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's prime minister's office said Friday it has tapped an ex-Army special forces deputy commander to head its new anti-terrorism center, which began operations earlier this month. The official position has been c

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks shed 0.32 percent Friday as investors opted to cash in part of recent gains. The Korean won dropped against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pric