Новости за 18.11.2016

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan won the men's 400m freestyle race at the Asian Swimming Championships in Tokyo on Friday. The South Korean led all swimmers with the time of 3 minutes, 44.68 seconds at Tokyo

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, ADDS paras 1-3) BAKU, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's leading newswire service, was elected the next chair of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), the company said Friday. The Seoul

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's food safety agency on Friday imposed a temporary sales ban on Pringles potato chips imported from Malaysia after the body of a lizard was found in one of the imported products. Nongshim Co., the local import

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES with reports of BOK decision to purchase government bonds in paras 2-3, 8; RESTRUCTURES) SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank plans to buy 1.5 trillion won (US$1.27 billion) worth of national Treasurys nex

(ATTN: RECASTS 15th para; ADDS more info in 18th para) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Friday accelerated her resumption of state affairs despite growing calls for her to step down over a corruption and influence

By Chung Joo-won (ATTN: RECASTS headline, CHANGES photo description; UPDATES with more details in paras 1-5) SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's leading newswire service, held a meeting with China's Xinhua News Agency on Frid

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is the third-most vulnerable country over new policies of the incoming Donald Trump administration, a report has said, in the latest caution on the possible impact of his upset victory on Asia's fourth-largest eco

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Major League Baseball (MLB) has tendered status checks on six South Korean players, officials here said Friday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said MLB inquired about the status of six players -- Kim Kwang-hyun, Ch

[https://youtu.be/Sj2a9FMbKTM?list=PLOam9tPZN4u7sn2sUyKGcFmQUwLLmuRQx] SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean director Song Min-kyu expressed his hope for a brighter future in the Korean film industry at a press conference held in central Seoul f

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- The board of directors of the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) approved a plan to provide 1.8 trillion won (US$1.52 billion) in financial aid to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., paving the way for the embat

(ATTN: ADDS background info in last 3 paras) SEOUL/SUWON, South Korea, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea decided Friday not to allow Google Inc. to take government-supplied map data outside the country, citing possible security breaches. The Ministr

(ATTN: ADDS Al Ain coach, player's comments in last 8 paras) By Joo Kyung-don JEONJU, South Korea, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors head coach Choi Kang-hee said Friday that the first leg of the premier Asian club competition final is a mus

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, ADDS paras 1-7) BAKU, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's leading newswire, has become the first winner of a news innovation award conferred by a world congress of media outlets, in recognition for enhancing

By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Executives of Yonhap News Agency (YNA), South Korea's leading newswire service, held a meeting with their Chinese counterparts from Xinhua News Agency on Friday to discuss measures to increase cooperative ti

By Joo Kyung-don JEONJU, South Korea, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors head coach Choi Kang-hee said Friday that the first leg of the premier Asian club competition final is a must-win match for them. Jeonbuk will face Al Ain in a two-l

By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Friday accelerated her resumption of state affairs despite growing calls for her to step down over a corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime confidante.

(ATTN: RECASTS slug, headline; ADDS arrest of Choi's niece in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- A senior executive at South Korea's largest business group Samsung was questioned Friday as prosecutors accelerated their investigation into local c

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ---------------- (2nd LD) S. Korea rejects Google's request for map data, citing security concerns SEOUL/SUWON, South Korea -- South Korea decided

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea confirmed the outbreak of bird flu cases at two poultry farms on Friday after a three-month absence of the highly pathogenic aviation influenza (AI). The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs said t

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS photo and more info) SEOUL/SUWON, South Korea, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea decided Friday not to allow Google Inc. to take government-supplied map data outside the country, citing possible security breaches. The M

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- A group of liberal lawyers on Friday filed an accusation against Defense Minister Han Min-Koo with the prosecution on charges of abuse of power in relation to a South Korea-Japan military pact. On Monday, Seoul tentative

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility of a U.S. rate hike next month. The Korean won declined against the U.S. dollar. The benc

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.559 1.536 +2.3 3-year TB 1.746 1.713 +3.3 10-year TB 2.146 2.086

BRUSSELS, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- Sales of South Korea's top carmaker, Hyundai Motor Co., and its affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., in the European auto market hit a record high in 2016, industry data showed Friday. Cumulative sales of the two automakers in

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility of a U.S. rate hike next month. The Korean won declined against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price In