Новости за 09.12.2016

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will develop its southwestern coastal region into an environment-friendly zone, the communist regime's mouthpiece reported on Friday. The North Korean government completed a draft of the master development plan

(ATTN: UPDATES with details throughout; ADDS photo) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn became the acting president of South Korea as of 7:03 p.m., after parliament passed the impeachment motion against President

By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is striving to minimize the impact of a widely expected impeachment against President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal that has rocked Asia's fourth-largest economy. The Bank of Korea s

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court hastened its review of the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye Friday, demanding she make her case by Dec. 16. Earlier in the day, the National Assembly overwhelmingly passed the motion by 234

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead throughout with Mark Lippert's remarks) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The U.S.' top envoy in South Korea reaffirmed on Friday that the alliance between the two countries continues to be "strong" and he expects "policy consis

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with new info) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The passage of an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye over alleged corruption Friday will herald another period of political turbulence with intraparty

By Choi Soo-hyang SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Eyes are now on the Constitutional Court which has the final say on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, after parliament on Friday voted to oust the chief executive over her alleged involvement in an

(ATTN: ADDS photo, defense minister's comment in 3rd para) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense chief ordered the military to tighten vigilance against a possible North Korean provocation after parliament voted to impeach President Park Geu

(ATTN: ADDS ambassadors' visit to ministry in para 4-5) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister ordered diplomats in overseas missions to stay focused on their duties and not be swayed by instability from the impeachment of the presi

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean prosecutor-turned-lawyer on Friday raised a new theory to resolve a long-running dispute over the location of a county established by China following the fall of Korea's first kingdom. Yoo Chang-jong, who be

(ATTN: ADDS reaction from unification minister in paras 4-6) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign minister ordered diplomats in overseas missions to stay focused on their duties and not be swayed by instability from the impeachment of the p

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- Whenever he is lonely, sad or happy, he feels the wave of emotions transmitted to the chair he is sitting on. The piece of furniture is directly affected by the user's feelings, he thinks. Furniture design

(ATTN: ADDS prime minister's comments and defense ministry's response in paras 3-7) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense chief ordered the military to tighten vigilance against a possible North Korean provocation after parliament voted to i

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy group Bangtan Boys (BTS) has been listed on four year-end Billboard charts for 2016, according to the charts released on Thursday (U.S. EST). The group took the No. 5 spot on Billboard's year-end "World Al

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ---------------- (3rd LD) Parliament passes President Park's impeachment over corruption scandal SEOUL -- South Korea's parliament on Friday passe

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major business organizations and large companies urged the government to restore political stability on Friday and keep policies to support economic activities, shortly after President Park Geun-hye was impeached

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense chief ordered the military to tighten vigilance against a possible North Korean provocation Friday after parliament voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye, the ministry said. Defense Minister Han M

By Byun Duk-kun SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to undermine the country's long-term growth, but for now, the vote to impeach the president may help remove uncertainties at least for the st

(ATTN: RECASTS 2nd para) By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The leadership vacuum created by the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye is expected to darken the already bleak diplomatic landscape for South Korea, making it tougher to get ov

By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- The leadership vacuum created by the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye is expected to darken the already bleak diplomatic landscape for South Korea, making it tougher to get over growing challenges it fa

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares edged down on Friday, snapping a three-day winning streak, amid growing political uncertainties here. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark K

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SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea quarantine officials have slaughtered more than 6.54 million poultry as part of efforts to contain a bird flu that has ravaged chicken farms across the country, an official said Friday. They also plan to kill a

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actress Park Shin-hye has donated 50 million won (US$42,881) to the merchants of a fire-ravaged conventional market in the provincial city of Daegu, her agency said Friday. "We belatedly became aware of the do

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold trilateral security talks with the United States and Japan next week in Seoul, the defense ministry said Friday, in the first such meeting after Seoul and Tokyo signed a landmark deal on sharing defense i