Новости за 12.12.2016

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with decision to punish Park; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party said Monday it will punish President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal involving her and her confidante regar

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's safety minister on Monday signed an agreement with his Japanese counterpart to beef up cooperation in disaster control, the government said. Safety Minister Park In-yong and Japanese Minister for Disaster Ma

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's cultural ministry held a ceremony on Monday to officially bring down the curtain on the cultural exchange programs with France that started last year. In September last year, the two countri

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Olympic body said Monday its English name has been changed to the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC). The nation's top sports body was previously called the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC). The new tit

SEJONG, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- The ratio of South Koreans' over-reliance on smartphones nearly doubled in 2015 from 2011, data showed Monday, underscoring the growing addiction to the high-tech devices. Statistics Korea said in the Korean Social Trend

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- (2nd LD) Acting President Hwang decides to retain deputy PM for policy consistency: source SEOUL -- Acting President and Prime Min

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea voiced deep concerns Monday over a deadly bomb attack on a church in Egypt that left dozens of people dead or injured, vowing to continue global cooperation to root out terrorism. A bomb went off at a Coptic C

SEOUL, Dec. 12, (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential national security advisor on Monday called for "airtight" readiness against North Korea's growing cyberthreats in the wake of a suspected hacking by Pyongyang of Seoul's cyber command intranet.

By Joo Kyung-don PAJU, South Korea, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- For South Korean football coaches, December is a time to think about next year for their respective clubs, but for some of them, it's just time to study football again. Twenty-four South Kor

CHEONGJU, South Korea, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- The platform of a crane truck overturned at a reinforcement construction work site in the central city of Cheongju on Monday, killing two workers and seriously injuring two others, police said. Around 1:29

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout) SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- The floor leader and policy chief of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party resigned Monday taking responsible for the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Their departure came amid escalat

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with new info; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn decided to retain the deputy prime minister for economic affairs to ensure policy consistency, a government source said M

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Monday it has requested the United States to send more surveillance and reconnaissance assets to counter growing threats from North Korea. In a parliamentary report, the ministry said

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae was picked as the top South Korean athlete of 2016, a national survey showed Monday. In the poll by Gallup Korea from Nov. 4 to 25 on 1,700 South Koreans at least 13 years of age, Son receive

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator on Monday stressed the importance of beefing up the security of the nation's finance-related cyber networks amid speculation that North Korea may launch cyberattacks on the South's key st

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party started its review on the scope of punishment for President Park Geun-hye on Monday, with the president requesting that the party delay its deliberation. The review comes as Park faces h

By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Officials from South Korea's ruling party and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team have come to a consensus on the importance of the two countries' alliance during their meetings in Washingt

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended higher Monday as investors took a wait-and-see attitude ahead of this week's rate decision in Seoul and Washington. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar

Donga ST 84,000 UP 2,200 POSCO DAEWOO 28,800 UP 1,350 CJ CheilJedang 384,000 UP 1,000 DongwonF&B 194,500 DN 2,000 KEPCO KPS 58,600 UP 2,400 LGH&H 851,000 UP 5,000 LGCHEM

Hanchem 87,100 UP 400 DWS 64,100 DN 500 UNID 47,100 UP 300 KEPCO 45,250 DN 650 SamsungSecu 32,950 UP 450 SKTelecom 230,500 DN 500 S&T MOT

S-Oil 83,400 UP 300 SamsungElec 1,752,000 DN 28,000 NHIS 9,940 UP 90 SKChem 67,800 UP 4,200 LS 63,800 UP 200 GC Corp 147,000 UP 4,000 SAMSUN

ORION 688,000 UP 20,000 KISWire 44,100 DN 250 LotteFood 670,000 UP 1,000 Daesang 27,800 UP 200 KAL 29,050 DN 450 YungjinPharm 7,700 UP 60 LG Corp

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Monday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. TONGYANG 2,915 0 Hanwha 35,950 UP 550 SBC 26,450 DN 550 Hyunda

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with updates) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean parties on Monday agreed to establish a three-way policy consultative body involving government, and ruling and opposition parties, in line with effort

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended higher Monday as investors took a wait-and-see attitude ahead of this week's rate decision in Seoul and Washington. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite