Новости за 11.07.2016

(ATTN: ADDS response from the North's foreign ministry in para 5-8) SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday warned it will take "physical" actions against South Korea and the United States over the allies' decision to deploy an advanced U.S.

(ATTN: ADDS Volkswagen's response in last para) SEJONG, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government on Monday said it will ban sales and revoke certifications of dozens of Volkswagen models that are suspected to have passed the local authentication p

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; ADDS more info from para 7) SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that it will close down its diplomatic communication channel with the United States in protest of Washington's latest sanctions on the North

(ATTN: ADDS details at bottom) By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group GFriend returned to the K-pop scene on Monday with its first full-length album amid mounting pressure to follow the success of its previous three EPs.

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from para 5) SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that it has decided to close down its communication channel with the United States in protest of Washington's latest sanctions on the North's leader over hum

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 18-21) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Monday mounted a strong defense of the recent decision by South Korea and the U.S. to station an advanced antimissile system here, str

(ATTN: ADDS more remarks in last 2 paras) SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- The recent decision by South Korea and the United States to deploy an advanced missile defense system on the peninsula is part of "self-defense" efforts against evolving nuclear and

By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group GFriend returned to the K-pop scene on Monday with its first full-length album, amid mounting pressure to follow the success of its previous three EPs. The six-member act, with So

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Monday that it has decided to close down its communication channel with the United States in protest of Washington's latest sanctions on the North's leader over human rights violations. Pyongyang notified

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- A global partnership for cybersecurity -- initiated and led by South Korea with 32 other countries as member nations -- was officially launched on Monday, the Seoul government said. The Cybersecurity Alliance for Mutual P

(ATTN: UPDATES with union's decision; CHANGES headline) ULSAN, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of union leaders at Hyundai Motor Co. decided to go on a strike, union officials said Monday, taking one step closer to the walkout that could disrupt South Ko

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- (LEAD) THAAD deployment decided as part of 'self-defense' efforts: foreign minister SEOUL -- The recent decision by South Korea an

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Navy and Marine Corps chiefs on Monday inspected the combat readiness of front-line troops along the western sea border with North Korea as military tensions increased over Seoul's decision to deploy a high-tech

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Defending champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors remain undefeated in South Korea's top-tier football league as the 2016 season reached its halfway mark. Each of the 12 clubs in the K League Classic has played 19 matches so far

(ATTN: ADDS size of public funds injected into Woori Bank since 1997 IMF crisis in 3rd para, Woori Bank's first-quarter earnings results in last para; UPDATES figures in 2nd para from bottom) SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will resume the pr

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Low-credit borrowers sought more loans at savings banks in the first quarter, pushing up the number of lendees at the secondary banks to a four-year on-quarter high, a savings banks' association said Monday. In the Januar

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors indicted the president of South Korea's state-run farmers' cooperative on Monday over allegations he was elected through illegal campaigning. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said Kim Byeong-won

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean universities, which are worried about their futures due to dropping birthrates, are studying ways to make inroads abroad, local school sources said Monday. Ewha Womans University in Seoul recently disclosed

(ATTN: ADDS details in para 18-19, photo) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling and opposition parties remained divided over the latest decision to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in the country, with small

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares sharply increased on Monday as better-than-expected job data from the United States improved investor sentiment here, analysts said. The local currency

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.252 1.253 -0.1 3-year TB 1.213 1.216 -0.3 10-year TB 1.380

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.252 1.253 -0.1 3-year TB 1.213 1.216 -0.3 10-year TB 1.380

ULSAN, South Korea, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. held a meeting on Monday to decide whether to go on a strike, union officials said. No details of the meeting that drew about 500 senior union officials in U

SHENYANG, China, July 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has sent about 800 security agents to areas bordering China in a bid to beef up monitoring on the North's foreign workers and prevent them from fleeing their posts, a source familiar with the move said M

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares sharply increased on Monday as better-than-expected job data from the United States improved investor sentiment here, analysts said. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea