Новости за 11.08.2016

(ATTN: CORRECTS price in 4th para) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A consortium of South Korea's Samsung Group subsidiaries has won the bid to acquire Commerzbank Tower, the tallest building in Germany, industry officials here said Thursday. Commerzban

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A consortium of South Korea's Samsung Group subsidiaries has won the bid to acquire Commerzbank Tower, the tallest building in Germany, industry officials here said Thursday. Commerzbank has picked the consortium, led by

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United Nations' air navigation regulator, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), discussed Thursday ways to cope with North Korea's ballistic missile launches that are being carried out with

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government will select a candidate relocation site for an airport currently in the southeastern city of Daegu by the end of this year, Seoul officials said Thursday. The decision was made at a session of a g

(ATTN: ADDS further MDA Director Syring's comments throughout, background) By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The United States will carry out an interception test against Musudan-type intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) next yea

SUWON, South Korea, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A local court has sentenced a 22-year-old defector to a year in prison on charges of attempting to enter North Korea to learn how to produce illegal drugs, court records showed Thursday. The Suwon District C

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The country's telecoms and broadcasting watchdog said Thursday that it has imposed a fine of 180 million won (US$164,000) on Lotte Homeshopping, the TV home shopping affiliate of retail giant Lotte Group, for illegally sellin

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government said Thursday it has approved the district unit planning on establishing a global cultural and business complex in the southeastern region of the capital. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said t

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday disclosed information on hundreds of its official development assistance (ODA) projects to an international aid transparency agency, the Seoul government said. The d

(ATTN: UPDATES with statement from DJ's legal representative in last 5 paras; CLARIFIES para 4) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Police on Thursday said they have arrested a British DJ, 52, on charges of smuggling in drugs to South Korea and handing them ov

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Seoul is to host a festival for young writers from inside and outside of the country next month in an effort to create a venue for them to exchange and share their thoughts on literature, the organizers said Thursday. "Se

(ATTN: UPDATES with new records in paras 2-3) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's electricity use hit a new record high again on Thursday as the country has been simmering in a weeks-long heat wave, the authorities said. The maximum electrici

(ATTN: ADDS more comments) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will "very soon" unveil details on the follow-up measures for a recently launched foundation that aims to help Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery during the Japanese colon

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The international community's joint efforts to tighten the screws on North Korea will not be weakened by China's objection to the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, the foreign ministry's sp

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ---------------- Xi Jinping loses ground in popularity poll among S. Koreans amid THAAD row SEOUL -- Fewer South Koreans said they think positively

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Fewer South Koreans said they think positively of Chinese President Xi Jinping this month compared to early July, a local public opinion poll showed Thursday. The result has been attributed to the growing diplomatic row betwe

DAEJEON, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A man killed himself with a hunting rifle when he visited a gun shop in the central South Korean city of Daejeon on Thursday in an apparent suicide case, police said. Around 11:25 a.m., the 50-year-old man, one of the s

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A dispute between Kumho Petrochemical and Kumho Asiana Group that also placed strain on the two brothers that run the companies has apparently come to an end after the former withdrew its legal complaint against the latter, t

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals only needed five pitches to finish off his 10th save of the season. Oh shut down the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth inning to preserve the Cardinals' 3-2 victory at Busch Stadium in

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's electricity use hit a new record high again on Thursday as the country has been simmering in a weeks-long heat wave, the authorities said. The maximum electricity load soared to 84.49 million kilowatts as of

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonahp) -- South Korean stocks rose slightly on Thursday on the back of gains in tech stocks, extending its winning streak for a sixth consecutive session and hitting fresh yearly highs, despite a ren

(ATTN: REWRITES lead; paras 2-4,10; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean businessmen on Thursday asked the government again to approve their move to visit the now-shuttered joint industrial park in North Korea, company offici

SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonahp) -- South Korean stocks rose slightly on Thursday on the back of gains in tech stocks, extending its winning streak for a sixth consecutive session and hitting fresh yearly highs, despite a renewed slump in global oil prices.

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