Новости за 11.11.2016

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The music video of "Like OOH-AHH" by South Korean girl group TWICE has drawn 100 million views on YouTube, its management said Friday. The nine-member K-pop group achieved its first 100 million YouTube hit Friday morning,

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By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Former major league manager Trey Hillman was inaugurated as new manager for South Korean ball club SK Wyverns on Friday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club formally introduced Hillman at a ceremon

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- Gyeonggi Gov. Nam Kyung-pil from the ruling Saenuri Party on Friday cast woes over the party's alleged bid to use the sensational U.S. presidential election result for political gains. "I would like to express concern ove

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Friday that it plans to develop the technology to cut fine dust particle levels in the air by 50 percent by 2023. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning released a plan as dust p

SEJONG, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's overseas direct investment fell for the first time in two years in the third quarter of the year due largely to a drop in demand for foreign financial instruments, government data showed Thursday. The count

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 6-8) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday denied as "groundless" allegations that President Park Geun-hye received plastic surgery during a 2014 ferry disaster.

(ATTN: RECASTS lead, 2-5 paras with statement from deputy prime minister) SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's deputy prime minister on Friday pleaded for a peaceful demonstration as hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join an anti-go

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- A group of hawkish lawmakers gathered Friday to discuss South Korea's development of its own nuclear weapon amid the rising geopolitical uncertainties on the Korean Peninsula following the victory of Republican Donald Trump i

Nov. 12 1961 -- Park Chung-hee, chairman of the Supreme Council of National Reconstruction, stops in Tokyo on his way back from the United States and agrees with leaders there to normalize relations between South Korea and Japan. 1992 --

(ATTN: ADDS background in last para) SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to tentatively sign a bilateral pact with Japan on sharing military intelligence on North Korea as early as next week despite strong objection from opposition parties, a

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by BOK chief in paras 6-8) SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank on Friday held its policy rate steady for November, extending its wait-and-see mode for the fifth consecutive month amid uncertainties follow

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 7th para) SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's approval rating remained at a record low, data showed Friday, indicating continuing public anger over a massive corruption scandal involving her close co

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The Russian government has decided to provide hundreds of tons of food and fuel in aid to North Korean flood victims pertinent to its President Vladimir Putin's instruction, U.S. broadcasters, monitored here, reported Friday.

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected an artillery unit stationed on an island bordering South Korea and ordered a firing drill on the spot, the North's state-run newswire reported Friday. Kim stressed the need t

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state radio station broadcast a new set of mysterious numbers Friday after a five-day break that could be some kind of coded message to its agents operating in South Korea. Radio Pyongyang started broadcast

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to seek a tougher stance not only on North Korea, but also on China and other nations that support the communist nation, a U.S. expert said Thursday. "We know he believes

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. State Department issued a new warning against traveling to North Korea on Thursday, citing the "serious risk of arrest and long-term detention." "North Korea's system of law enforcement ... imposes unduly ha

ISTANBUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Turkey has completed the development of a new battle tank with South Korea's technical support and assistance, media here said Thursday. Otokar, a defense firm affiliated with local conglomerate Koc Holding, has finish

(ATTN: ADDS plan to summon POSCO CEO in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the home of Woo Byung-woo, former presidential aide for civil affairs, on Thursday as part of an investigation into an influence-peddling scandal invol