Новости за 18.10.2016

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 4,6,10-11) SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A ranking North Korean official arrived in Beijing on Tuesday before possibly traveling to Malaysia for informal talks with former U.S. officials or experts, a Japanese news report s

By Park Boram SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- Danish fine art painter June Jin Engelharth spent her childhood ashamed of her past, as she grew up in a majority-white society as an adoptee from South Korea. A chance trip to her place of birth in 2011, howev

By Lee Haye-ah SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- The upcoming SBS medical series "Dr. Romantic" will be a classic tale of doctors searching for meaning in their lives, its director said Tuesday, inviting viewers to join the quest. "It won't be difficult.

(ATTN: CHANGES dateline; REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with more details; ADDS photo) By Song Sang-ho, Kang Yoon-seung PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday pledged "active support

(ATTN: ADDS further background info in paras 6-9) SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering leasing a reconnaissance satellite possibly from Israel to independently obtain information on North Korea's military activities, military officia

SUWON, South Korea, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- New manager of South Korean baseball club KT Wiz Kim Jin-wook said Tuesday he will make the players' personality a priority. Kim was officially introduced as the Wiz's new manager at the club's home ground,

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A translated version of South Korean writer Song Sokze's popular novel "The Majestic" will be published in Germany, a state-run literature translation agency said Tuesday. Translated by Lee Ki-hyang, the German translator

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is presumed to be capable of building up to 79 nuclear devices by the end of 2020, as it has made strides in its weapons and missile programs, a South Korean expert said Tue

INCHEON, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- Rescuers have removed an inebriated woman from a claw crane game for dolls after she crawled into the game machine's exit following frustration over her failure to get any dolls from it, firefighters said Tuesday. The w

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A group of Saenuri lawmakers supporting South Korea's development of its own nuclear weapons urged the government on Tuesday to make an official announcement that it will strike Pyongyang if the North carries out a nuclear pr

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A ranking North Korean official arrived in Beijing on Tuesday before possibly traveling to Malaysia for informal talks with former U.S. officials or experts, a Japanese news report said. North Korea's deputy foreign minis

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- Three Chinese artists eat meals with gallerygoers in a expansive, airy hall with a three-story ceiling. Using the left-over food, they write calligraphy. In another case, they sit down around a large round te

(ATTN: UPDATES with CEO comments from press conference in paras 4-5; ADDS photo) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- Poland's flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines has launched a direct flight between the Eastern European nation and South Korea, ho

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors head coach Choi Kang-hee said Tuesday his team will not let down its guard, although they are in a favorable position to reach the final stage of the premier Asian football club compe

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and Japanese regional governments across a sea passage between the two neighboring countries are set to hold a three-day conference this week on South Korea's largest island of Jeju to discuss

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ---------------- (3rd LD) Parties continue to wrangle over former FM memoir SEOUL -- South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday cont

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock exchange held an IR session in Hong Kong on Tuesday for companies listed on the secondary KOSDAQ market. The KOSDAQ Global Investors Conference, the 8th of its kind, came as part of the Korea Exchange

(ATTN: ADDS rate of Note 7 exchange, details in South Korea in last 5 paras) SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will pay full compensation to suppliers of Galaxy Note 7 components. The move is a part of its efforts

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's top chemicals firm, said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit sank 13 percent from a year earlier on seasonal factors and the local currency's increase compared to the U.S. dollar. Net pro

(ATTN: ADDS Moon's remark in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday continued to engage in a fierce battle over the content of a memoir written by a former foreign minister that hinted an opposi

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering leasing a reconnaissance satellite possibly from Israel to independently obtain information on North Korea's military activities, military officials said Tuesday. South Korea has heavily relied

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- The state prosecutors' office said Tuesday that it will indict family members who control Lotte Group without detention later this week, wrapping up its four month-long probe into the retail conglomerate's irregularities.

SEOUL, Oct. 18 -- Actor Park Bo-gum's fans have carried out an act of kindness to celebrate the end of "Love in the Moonlight," a popular South Korean TV series featuring the actor, which airs its final episode on Tuesday night. Under Park's name,

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is closely watching developments in North Korea and maintaining close cooperation with the United States in preparation for more provocations down the line, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. "Our government i

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Yonhap) -- A senior Chinese foreign ministry official will visit South Korea this week to discuss bilateral relations, latest developments on the peninsula and other issues of mutual concern, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Kong