Новости за 14.06.2016

(ATTN: RECASAT headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military seized two Chinese fishing boats operating illegally in the neutral waters of the Han River estuary between two Koreas, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS

TOKYO, June 14 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man admitted Tuesday to his involvement in the suspected bombing last year of a public restroom at a Tokyo war shrine in his first court hearing at the Tokyo District Court, news reports said. The 28-year-o

By Kim Deok-hyun SHENYANG, China, June 14 (Yonhap) -- A total of 45 South Korean small and medium-sized companies will show off their new products at an international trade fair in northeastern China this week, according to a South Korean trade body o

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean artists, who have left indelible footprints in the country's art world and beyond, are being honored through major retrospectives, a local museum said Tuesday. Seoul Museum of Art (SEMA) op

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The government is pushing to revise defense industry-related rules in a way to allow researchers to focus on the development of key weapons systems, without worrying about failure, a defense ministry official said Tuesday.

(ATTN: ADDS comments at the bottom) SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Park Yu-chun, a member of the popular K-pop boy band JYJ, is under investigation after a woman in her 20s filed a complaint claiming she was sexually assaulted by Park at a local bar earli

(ATTN: ADDS more comments, more info in 5th para, last 5 paras) By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. nuclear expert on Tuesday voiced concerns that sanctions alone might not be effective enough to persuade North Korea to give up its nu

(ATTN: ADDS byline, more remarks from Park in paras 10-11) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called for continued effort to revamp the public sector, reiterating that it is the "starting point" for inducing

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean finance minister said Tuesday that the government will announce a package of fiscal policies that would sufficiently stimulate the economy in the second half amid growing concerns over further economic downtu

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's advertising expenditure for 2015 was the sixth largest among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a report showed Tuesday. Advertising expenses in the country reache

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ---------------- Park calls for national unity on N.K. denuclearization, unification SEOUL -- President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called for natio

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Major U.S. firms operating here on Tuesday joined the South Korean government's efforts to help local startups globalize. Members of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Korea held a ceremony in Seoul to launch th

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. on Tuesday pressed the embattled shipbuilder's workers to refrain from going on strike, saying that a potential walkout would deter the ongoing efforts to salvage the

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 4-6; ADDS background in last 5 paras; CHANGES photo; Minor edits) SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors launched a second round of raids on affiliates of South Korea's retail giant Lotte Group on Tuesday, as th

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military resumed its crackdown operation against Chinese fishing boats operating in the neutral waters of the Han River estuary between South and North Korea on Tuesday, t

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The ratio of female workers in South Korea's 600 largest companies by revenue has been on the rise in recent years, data showed Tuesday, as South Korea is pushing to bring more women into the nation's workforce. The numbe

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's leader has ordered the dismantling of a folklore theme park in Pyongyang in a bid to erase the remaining legacy of his uncle Jang Song-thaek who was executed in 2013 for treason, a source familiar with the reclu

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. nuclear expert on Tuesday voiced concerns that sanctions alone might not be effective enough to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program, saying that diplomatic efforts should be pursued at the same

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. will implement a massive recall of their vehicles in South Korea and the United States, the companies and U.S. regulators said Tuesd

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, 2nd para to correct national assets gained 5.7 percent on-year in 2015 instead of 6.7 percent as previously sent) SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's total assets continued to grow from a year earlier in 2015 on a large i

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is preparing for terrorist cyberattacks on South Korea from an African location in yet another attempt to launch acts of cyberterrorism, a former North Korean diplomat claimed Tuesday. Koh Young-hwan, vice c

SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is using various poster art to incite anti-U.S., South Korean and Japanese sentiment among preschool-aged children, pictures taken within the reclusive country earlier this year showed Tuesday. Photos acquired

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- Real estate transactions involving Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho and the conglomerate's affiliates have come under the spotlight as prosecutors are looking into whether some deals were used as a way to cre

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(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell for four consecutive sessions on Tuesday as investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's meeting amid jitters over the rising odds of Britain's exit from the Europe