Новости за 04.09.2016

By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Boy band SHINee were one. They were also five. In their first home concert in 16 months, the five-member K-pop group were perfectly in sync as they sang and danced to the numerous songs that have won them

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The nation's top baseball league surpassed 7 million in attendance for the ongoing season on Sunday, despite the cloud of match fixing. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said its 2016 attendance reached 7.03 million S

(ATTN: ADDS photo) By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Sunday called for greater business cooperation with Egypt, particularly in the Middle East nation's infrastructure development field, her office Cheong

(LEAD) Park calls for enhanced business cooperation with Egypt (ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with summit result) By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Sunday called for greater business c

By Choi Soo-hyang SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The first in a four-part series of a guided tour program along the ancient fortress wall in Seoul kicked off Sunday, with a local professor giving a detailed explanation on the history engraved in the surro

By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye officially approved the appointment of two Cabinet ministers and a Supreme Court justice through an electronic endorsement system on Sunday, her office Cheong Wa Dae said.

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The number of Galaxy Note 7 phablet users visiting customer service centers doubled on the first weekend since Samsung Electronics Co. announced its global recall, but there was almost no one who opted to return their devices

(ATTN: ADDS more info in 6th para) By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye will hold a summit with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Hangzhou, China, on Monday amid tensions over the planned deployment of an a

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday called on its young citizens to pledge allegiance to the country's leader amid signs that international sanctions are starting to affect the reclusive country's social cohesion. The country's main da

(ATTN: ADDS more details in 8-10 paras) SEJONG, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government on Sunday said it will expand a task force to ensure there are no delays to the flow of cargo after the country's No. 1 container carrier Hanjin Shipping Co. went under

By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- During the summit of the Group of 20 (G-20) leading economies, President Park Geun-hye will call for collective efforts to forestall trade protectionism and promote her "creative economy" initiative

SEJONG, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The government on Sunday said it will expand a task force to ensure there are no delays to the flow of cargo after the country's No. 1 container carrier Hanjin Shipping Co. went under court receivership. On Friday, the w

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- A public foundation on Sunday said a booklet of the yearly schedules of preschools and primary schools and terminology used in them are currently available for parents of multicultural families. The Korean Institute for H

(ATTN: CORRECTS mistake in lead; ADDS more details in para 4) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea mobilized some 100,000 people to mark the successful launch of its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in August, its main media outlet said S

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Bookings for Seoul hotels have jumped ahead of the Chuseok holiday on the back of an increased number of locals preferring "staycations," the hotels said Sunday. In an effort to cater to customers preferring to stay in Se

(ATTN: ADDS photo) By Park Boram SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Wave, or the popularity of Korean culture, is the best tool for South Korea in reaching American people and bringing the two countries' closer together, said a United States diplo

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 3-4, 7-8; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is pushing for a new law that will allow government support to be given to people living near military bases as a way to overcome public aversion to

By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- The "power of communication" between Samsung Electronics Co.'s management and young engineers greatly influenced the company's decision to order a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 phablet for faulty batterie

By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- A South Korea-led consortium has signed a US$5.1 billion deal to construct a massive fertilizer production factory in Russia's eastern port city of Nakhodka, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Da

By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye will hold a summit with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Hangzhou, China, on Monday amid tensions over the planned deployment of an advanced U.S. antimissile system to S

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea mobilized some 100,000 people to mark the successful launch of its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in August, its main media outlet said Sunday. The daily Rodong Sinmun, an organ of the ruling Worke

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s unprecedented decision to recall all of its latest Galaxy Note 7 phablets stems from the tech firm's commitment to quality dating back some 20 years, industry observers said Sunday. On Friday, th

By Song Sang-ho HANGZHOU, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye will hold a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in business, security and other are

HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye received a surprise gift from her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during her visit to Russia's eastern port city of Vladivostok last week, her office Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday Followin

SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's revised constitution has omitted referring to the country's founder and his son as "supreme leaders," observers in Seoul said Sunday. According to North Korean watchers, the country's web-based propaganda po