Новости за 05.01.2017

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell slightly Thursday as institutional investors remained net sellers. The Korean won jumped against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 3.69 points, or 0.18

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.496 1.514 -1.8 3-year TB 1.619 1.630 -1.1 10-year TB 2.074 2.096

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band BIGBANG has been named one of the world's 30 most popular celebrities under the age 30 for this year by Forbes magazine. The members were the only Koreans on the U.S. economic magazine's "30 Under 30:

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is mobilizing even residents in a security-sensitive border province to earn badly needed foreign currency abroad, a U.S. broadcaster, monitored in the South, said Thursday. The North Korean authorities have b

Donga ST 104,000 UP 1,000 POSCO DAEWOO 27,400 0 CJ CheilJedang 360,000 UP 9,500 DongwonF&B 199,000 UP 1,500 KEPCO KPS 56,300 UP 200 LGH&H 838,000 DN 13,000 LGCHEM

Hyundai Dvp Co 47,250 DN 600 S-1 90,100 UP 1,500 Hanchem 83,100 DN 100 DWS 58,800 DN 800 UNID 44,350 UP 500 KEPCO 44,250 UP 350 Samsung

CrownConf 29,000 UP 950 S-Oil 86,200 DN 700 SamsungElec 1,778,000 DN 30,000 NHIS 10,000 UP 50 SKChem 67,500 DN 500 LS 61,100 UP 1,700 GC Cor

LGInt 30,350 UP 300 DongkukStlMill 11,900 UP 100 SeAhStl 91,700 DN 200 IlshinSpng 121,500 DN 500 TaekwangInd 979,000 UP 19,000 HanilCement 73,900 0 DongbuI

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Thursday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. SBC 24,600 DN 700 Daesang 26,950 UP 400 KCC 372,500 DN 500 KISWi

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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's state financial watchdog said Thursday he will explore ways to support smaller exporters, as they are susceptible to uncertainty over foreign exchange rates. Zhin Woong-seob, governor of the Fina

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Orion Corp. said Thursday it achieved record sales for its popular chocolate-coated snack cake, Choco Pies, across the world last year, with nearly half sold in China. The confectionery manufacturer sold 2.3 billion units

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Seoul hit a new record high last year, helped by the capital city's aggressive efforts to attract investment from abroad, a city official said Thursday. As of the end of last year, the F

By Shim Sun-ah, Cho Jae-young SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The crime-action film "Master" has become a box-office sensation surpassing the 5 million viewer mark early this week. But its director Cho Ui-seok was so afraid of the audience's response that h

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to launch a full-fledged investigation into North Korea's human rights abuses starting next week by holding one-on-one interviews with incoming defectors, a government official said Thursday. A new agency

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Former major league pitcher Ryu Jae-kuk on Thursday ruled himself out of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), citing health issues. At the first meeting of the new year with his Seoul-based Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) c

(ATTN: UPDATES with prosecution's reaction in paras 6-7) INCHEON, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- A 54-year-old employee at GM Korea Co. was found dead in an apparent suicide Thursday, police said, amid an ongoing investigation by state prosecutors into allegation

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball's highest-paid pitcher said Thursday he'd like to face his former team to open his 2017 campaign. After spending his first 11 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) seasons with the Samsung Lions, Cha Woo-

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese animation "Your Name" directed by Japan's genius animator Makoto Shinkai has snatched the top spot of local box offices on its opening day, pushing aside the previous No. 1 "Master," data showed Thursday. Stat

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ---------------- Park absent again from impeachment trial SEOUL -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye was again absent from her impeachment tria

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- Former South Korean league ace Rick van den Hurk will pitch for the Netherlands at this year's World Baseball Classic (WBC), the Dutch baseball governing body said Thursday. The Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Fede

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly built bag factory, Pyongyang's media said Thursday, marking his first inspection of this year, apparently aimed at showing that he cares about people's livelihoods. Kim g

(ATTN: UPGRADES attribution in para 6) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- Talk is growing in the United States of the possibility of using military strikes to take out North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities after the North's lead