Новости за 10.08.2016

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Students who defected from North Korea will participate in a program that will take them to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo ahead of the 71st anniversary of Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule (1910-45)

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ---------------- (LEAD) China's THAAD objection thwarts UNSC's push to denounce N. Korea's missile launches SEOUL/NEW YORK -- The United Natio

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean soldiers suffering from malnutrition are beginning to channel their grievances against the repressive regime, even blaming the inability of the military's top political official, U.S.-based Radio Free Asia (RFA)

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Elderly South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery held a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy on Wednesday to mark their memorial day. Some 2,300 people, including activists and politicians, joined the vict

By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming TV drama "Cinderella and Four Knights" will be a story of love and family building as an orphaned girl meets four very different but equally handsome men, its producer said Wednesday. The new

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- A ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday that he would propose a revision to a set of taxation laws to levy taxes on multinational companies with no official business entities in South Korea for their earnings here. Saenuri

(ATTN: REVISES dateline; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL/NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations Security Council's push to adopt a statement to denounce North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches has fizzled out because China demanded the sta

UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- A former national baseball team pitcher who has been rumored to be involved in a match-fixing scandal denied all the allegations against him, police said Wednesday. The Gyeonggi Bukbu Provincial Police Ag

(ATTN: ADDS remarks by Seoul's pointman on unification in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday said it is nonsense to talk about reopening the now-shuttered joint industrial park with North Korea, as the communist country

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday congratulated an epee fencer for winning a gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Tuesday, saying his come-from-behind victory "deeply touched" the hearts of South Koreans. Epee

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 3-5) SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted two lawmakers of a minor opposition party over a high-profile corruption scandal that led to the resignation of its leaders. The Seoul West

CHEONAN, South Korea, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Two workers were killed and one other seriously injured at a building construction site in central South Korea on Wednesday when they fell from an aerial ladder, police said. At 1:34 p.m., the three workers

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's constitutional court said Wednesday the members of an association of Asian constitutional courts unanimously decided to establish its permanent secretariat in Seoul. The decision was made during the 3rd Cong

SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- A Korean film festival opened in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, its organizer said. The Korean Cultural Center of the city said the annual "K-Action" event will run until Friday, with special meanings this year

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean civic group is carrying out an indirect search to find the burial sites of victims of North Korea's gross human rights violations, a U.S.-based media report said Wednesday. According to Voice of America (VO

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- China has resumed its project of transporting cargo to Shanghai via the North Korean port city of Rajin about five months after the U.N. Security Council slapped sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear and missile tests, a U.S

By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Following the Saenuri Party's leadership election, a debate is heating up over how its results will affect those mentioned as the ruling party's potential standard-bearers for next year's presidential vote, p

(ATTN: ADDS remarks by science minister, photo) SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said on Tuesday it will push to nurture artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned vehicle technologies and seven other key IT fields as new growth engines. The ann

(ATTN: UPDATES with photo) SEJONG, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will seek wider cooperation with a development bank in Central America to help its companies tap into the sectors of infrastructure building and energy developing in the region, the tr

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 6 million Chinese travelers visited South Korea last year, creating an economic ripple effect worth 27.66 trillion won (US$25.28 billion), up three times over the past four years, a report said Wednesday. A total o

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose on Wednesday, hitting fresh yearly highs on the back of foreign buying, despite the Korean currency's sharp rise against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea C

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Wednesday indicted two lawmakers of a minor opposition party over a high-profile corruption scandal that led to the resignation of its leaders. The Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office said Reps. Park

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 10-15 and 18th para; ADDS photo, byline) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator on Wednesday said the country's largest shipping line, reeling from huge debts, should stan

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- The director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will visit South Korea this week to discuss follow-up measures for the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-missile system, the defense ministry said Wednesday.

SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose on Wednesday, hitting fresh yearly highs on the back of foreign buying, despite the Korean currency's sharp rise against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) r