Новости за 31.12.2016

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans came out in droves across the nation Saturday for a rally to call for beleaguered President Park Geun-hye to resign amid a damaging scandal. With some 1,500 civic groups behind, the New Year's Eve rally at S

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Chinese airlines have withdrawn plans to run chartered flights to South Korea for the busy Chinese New Year holiday season next month, the transport ministry said Saturday. Two Chinese air carriers -- China Southern Airli

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's special prosecutors on Saturday grilled a former health minister as part of their probe into an influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her friend. The team of special prosecutors qu

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank will pay close attention to financial stability next year as the country could be exposed to increased financial and foreign exchange volatility due to external factors, its head said Saturday.

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 2 paras) POCHEON, South Korea, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was discovered in two dead cats on Saturday, a provincial government official said, marking the first infection of the virus found

Jan. 1 1883 -- The port of Jemulpo, 40 kilometers west of Seoul, is renamed Incheon Port and its functions are expanded to commercial trade with foreign partners. 1896 -- The Joseon Dynasty begins using the Gregorian calendar instead of

POCHEON, South Korea, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu was discovered in two dead cats on Saturday, a provincial government official said, marking the first infection of the virus found in mammals in two years. The H5N6 st

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- The German-based Allianz officially announced the sale of its South Korean life insurance unit to China's Anbang Insurance Group. The announcement was made on Friday (German time), eights months after Anbang signed a deal

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- The amount of assets and debt interlocked among South Korean financial companies surpassed 450 trillion won (US$373.4 billion) this year, a growth that could increase the sector's vulnerability to a financial crisis, a centra

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- The size of South Korea's hedge fund market grew to nearly 7 trillion won (US$5.81 billion) this year as deep-pocketed investors rushed into the market amid the stagnant stock market performance and low interest rates, data s

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un carried out the fewest public activities this year since he took office in late 2011, data showed Saturday, amid toughened international scrutiny over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests.

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares will likely remain in a tight range next week, while being affected by the direction of the U.S. market amid a lack of any other leads, local analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock

Credibility at stake Moon Hyung-pyo, former minister of health and welfare who currently heads the National Pension Service, became the first target for pretrial detention by the independent counsel investigating the power abuse scandal involving

For people's happiness New Year is all about choosing a capable, caring leader As Korea enters an all-important presidential election year, it is hard to find good news. Many Koreans are reeling from the worst economic woes since the financial c

Next leader Nation cannot afford vetting failure on presidential candidates The allegation that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received money from a businessman should be seen as the start of a vetting war among candidates for the next presiden

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Dec. 31. Korean-language dailies -- 83.5 pct South Koreans predict change of government (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Ruling party interim head told pro-P

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout to raise vetting; CHANGES headline) NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Friday for rooting out the practice of spreading unfounded accusations in the name of vetting, flatly rejecting alleg

(ATTN: UPDATES with judge's remark in para 4) SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors on Saturday formally arrested South Korea's state-run pension fund chief in their investigation into a widening influence-peddling scandal involving President

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he agrees on the need for revising South Korea's Constitution, saying the country's system has outgrown the highest law last revised 30 years ago. Ban, who has recently de

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors on Saturday formally arrested South Korea's state-run pension fund chief in their investigation into a widening influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her friend. Park was imp

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean propaganda outlet on Friday called a high-ranking diplomat who recently defected to South Korea a "top class criminal" after he had a press meeting in Seoul earlier this week to share his thoughts on the Kim Jo

By Chung Joo-won SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Hit 90's girl group S.E.S. called their upcoming special album the cream of their career, eager to present songs that harken back to the beautiful, bygone days. The K-pop trio, which debuted in 1997, em

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday it is "closely monitoring" China's decision to block non-scheduled flight operations by South Korean air carriers next month. According to industry sources, three South Korean air car