Новости за 25.12.2016

(ATTN: UPDATES with businessman's response; RESTRUCTURES throughout; CHANGES headline; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- Ban Ki-moon, the outgoing U.N. chief, on Sunday dismissed a news report that he took cash from a South Korean businessman in

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- The United States and Japan are expected to continue their economic recovery in 2017, while China and the eurozone will likely post slower growth than this year, South Korea's central bank said Sunday. The "Big Four" econ

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- A team of South Korean special prosecutors may soon raid Cheong Wa Dae, the country's presidential office, in an ongoing probe into a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye, an official said Sunday. The inve

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- About 4,300 companies in South Korea failed to generate enough operating profits to pay for their interest expenses last year, a report by the Bank of Korea (BOK) showed Sunday, indicating that such marginal firms are in dang

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 7-8; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp., the operator of South Korea's dominant Internet portal, has come under close scrutiny after it was found to have a rule to remove real-time search word

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- The salary for rank-and-file soldiers will rise by 9.6 percent and that of civil servants will also increase by 3.5 percent starting next year, the Ministry of Personnel Management said Sunday. The set of revisions to the

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- About 1 in 4 South Koreans used mobile payment services in the first six months of the year, a survey by the Bank of Korea showed Sunday, in the latest evidence that people are increasingly embracing mobile devices to pay for

SEJONG, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- Employment data released Sunday showed more college graduates started up their own businesses, worked as freelancers and sought positions overseas last year amid a difficult job market. The set of data, released by the

(ATTN: ADDS response from Ban in paras 4-5) SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- A former chief prosecutor who led an investigation into a high-profile lobbying scandal back in the mid-2000s has told Yonhap News Agency that he doesn't know anything about the re

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- Revenue of South Korea's broadcasting industry rose 3.7 percent on-year to 15.3 trillion won (US$12.7 billion) in 2015, thanks to a rise in sales of terrestrial TV stations and Internet-based TV channels, a government report

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Sunday that it will revise regulations on military attaches serving at overseas diplomatic missions to remove controversial clauses on the collection of North Korea-related intelligence.

SUWON, South Korea, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- The complete relocation of U.S. Army bases to Pyeongtaek has been pushed back by two years to the end of 2018, Gyeonggi Province and Pyeongtaek City said Sunday. The original plan, which started on Jan. 24, 2

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- NHN Corp., the operator of South Korea's dominant Internet portal, has come under close scrutiny after it was found to have a rule to remove real-time search words if the government asks the portal to do so. The rule is

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea doubled its coal exports to China just before the United Nations Security Council adopted tougher economic sanctions last month, a South Korean trade organization said Sunday. The Korea International Trade Ass

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- A former chief prosecutor who led an investigation into a high-profile lobbying scandal back in the mid-2000s has told Yonhap News Agency that he doesn't know anything about the recent allegations raised against U.N. Secretar

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- Recreational vehicles (RVs) accounted for 32 percent of total car sales in South Korea by Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. for the first 11 months of this year, according to company data Sunday. Hyund

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have secured a technology to miniaturize nuclear warheads and load them onto its Scud and Nodong ballistic missiles, a report issued by a Seoul government think tank said Sunday. The Institute f

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government is keeping a close eye on the won's weakness against the U.S. dollar amid fears of capital flight in the face of a gradual rise in U.S. interest rates. The won closed at 1,203 won against the

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (

(ATTN: UPDATES with special prosecutors' plan in paras 7-8) SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- A longtime friend of President Park Geun-hye appeared before special prosecutors on Saturday to face a probe into her alleged involvement in influence peddling and