Новости за 21.06.2016

(ATTN: REMOVES 6th para for clarification; UPDATES with court's response at bottom) SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency has decided not to send a group of 13 North Korean restaurant workers to a state-run resettlement facility as it pl

By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- Director Jang Eun-youn on Tuesday voiced hope that her movie "Boy Meets Girl" can help break down the barriers that people living in the divided Koreas have put up against each other. Jang is among three

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- Director Hong Sang-soo has been cheating on his wife with actress Kim Min-hee for about a year, a local media outlet reported Tuesday. The two met when Kim was playing the lead role in "Right Now, Wrong Then," which Hong

(ATTN: UPDATES with result of court hearing in paras 6, 10-14; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency has decided not to send a group of 13 North Korean restaurant workers to a state-run resettlement facility as it plans to ho

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- Before he goes to sleep, there is one thing South Korean judoka Gwak Dong-han always does. He imagines himself standing on the top of podium at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games. "I always think about myse

(ATTN: COMBINES political parties' responses in last 6 paras) SEJONG, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government said Tuesday that it has scrapped a long-running plan to build a new gateway airport in the southeastern region, choosing instead to pus

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 8-9, 13) SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- FC Seoul head coach Choi Yong-soo is joining Chinese side Jiangsu Suning after all. Choi will leave the K League Classic football squad, barely a year after turning down a lucrative

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 4-7) SEJONG, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government said Tuesday that it has scrapped a long-running plan to build a new gateway airport in the southeastern region, choosing instead to push for the expansion of Busa

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- At 169 centimeters, Kim Won-jin will be the smallest South Korean male judoka at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Games, but he may be carrying the biggest weight on his shoulders for the national team. South K

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has requested Seychelles' cooperation in handling the aftermath of the murders of two South Korean fishermen near the island nation, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday. The South Koreans -- a 43-year-old ca

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be undergoing difficulties in the import of some machinery equipment due to the stringent international sanctions slapped on the country earlier this year. The news was disclosed Tuesday in an arti

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean historians were engaged Tuesday in a heated debate on the location of a river that is believed to form part of the border between an ancient Korean kingdom and a Chinese one, in a wider campaign

By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group Sistar came back to the K-pop scene on Tuesday with a refreshing summer album, breaking a year's hiatus. The four-member act glowed in a red-and-denim beach look as they staged so

(ATTN: ADDS response from a presidential official in paras 11-13) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling and opposition parties said Tuesday the latest decision made by the government to scrap the plan to build a new airpo

(ATTN: UPDATES with U.S. envoy's remarks, details in first 10 paras; CHANGES headline; ADDS photo) By Kim Deok-hyun BEIJING, June 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea should not take actions that violate U.N. Security Council resolutions, a top U.S. diplomat

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ---------------- (LEAD) Biden: 'Denigrating' closest allies 'serious, tragic mistake' WASHINGTON -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- FC Seoul head coach Choi Yong-soo is joining Chinese side Jiangsu Suning after all. Choi will leave the K League Classic football squad, barely a year after turning down a lucrative offer from the Chinese Super League clu

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will face Sweden in a men's football friendly match in Brazil ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, officials said Tuesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea will take on the Swedes at 8 p.

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- Online pawnshops have charged higher-than-required rates for their loans offered to customers in return for high-end information-technology devices, a consumer rights agency said Tuesday. According to a recent survey by t

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday unveiled a list of 130 items that it will closely monitor and prevent from entering North Korea so as to block the reclusive country's effort to develop nuclear weapons and missiles. This is a follo

By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling and opposition parties said Tuesday the latest decision made by the government to scrap the plan to build a new airport in the southeastern part of the country should be respected, add

(ATTN: UPDATES with more quotes, information in paras 3, 11, 15-17; CORRECTS movie title in lead; ADDS photo) By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first zombie-action blockbuster was unveiled to the media on Tuesday amid much antic

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- A prosecutor's house and office were raided Tuesday over allegations he received bribes from the former chief of a local cosmetics brand as part of a snowballing corruption scandal that is rocking the country's legal sector.

(ATTN: ADDS Park's additional comments on economy in paras 10-13) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday instructed her government to "exhaustively" check the country's terror response capabilities, warning that

SEOUL, June 21 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Group has come under suspicion of creating a slush fund in the process of investing in real estate in Vietnam through a paper company, involving several affiliates, sources with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.