Новости за 15.01.2017

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- More than 60 percent of Koreans believe the Korea-U.S. relations will turn frosty after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a recent survey showed Sunday. The survey on 1,000 Korean adults showed 64 percent of

PARIS, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The French equivalent to the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) has added Korean as one of its formal foreign language subjects, the Korean Embassy to France said Sunday. Korean became the 23rd foreign language

(ATTN: ADDS comments, more info in para 3-5 and photo) SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Park Jie-won, former floor leader and interim chief of the minor opposition People's Party, was elected as the new chairman with an overwhelming majority at the party's

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Park Jie-won, former floor leader and interim chief of the minor opposition People's Party, was elected as the new chairman with an overwhelming majority at the party's general convention on Sunday. The four-term lawmaker

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Constitutional Court President Park Han-chul has pointed out both positive and negative aspects of a 2015 deal between Seoul and Tokyo over the issue of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement of women, in a rare pub

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is intentionally not rebuilding flood-ravaged areas nears its border with China to stem the flow of defectors, a U.S. based media outlet claimed Sunday. According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), commercial satellite

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. announced Sunday its new flagship smartphone will be equipped with "heat pipes" for better cooling as part of its efforts to strengthen product safety. The South Korean consumer tech giant plans to unv

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 3-4, 8-9) SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her friend said Sunday that they are close to deciding whether to seek an arrest wa

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 12, 18-19) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon revved up what is seen as a preliminary presidential campaign over the weekend, moving to appeal to both conservatives a

(ATTN: UPDATES with view on economic impact in last 4 paras; ADDS photo, byline) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial authorities are increasingly concerned about the debt risk of self-employed people, striving to addres

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Free agent slugger Hwang Jae-gyun has turned down an offer from his original South Korean club, and will continue his pursuit of a major league career. The Lotte Giants in the Korea Baseball Organization (K

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her friend said Sunday that they are close to deciding whether to seek an arrest warrant against the de facto leader of Samsung Grou

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 2, 4-5) SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will convene a meeting of key ambassadors this week to discuss security challenges facing the country, the foreign ministry said Sunday. According to the Mini

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Rhee In-je of the ruling Saenuri Party on Sunday declared his presidential bid for the fourth time since 1997, unveiling his plans for a constitutional revision and state governance. The former six-term lawmaker said that

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in last 7 paras; MODIFIES lead; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's job market is under strain from not only a rising unemployment rate but also an increasing number of people who have been jobless for a lo

(ATTN: RECASTS para 2; ADDS photo, more info in paras 6-11) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon revved up what is seen as a preliminary presidential campaign over the weekend, moving to appeal to both

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering a move to disclose how much it spends on national defense to deflect calls by the incoming U.S. administration for greater security burden sharing, sources here said Sunday. The move comes as Pr

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean financial regulator will attend an international forum in Hong Kong this week to discuss ways to deal with external uncertainties, his office said Sunday. Jeong Eun-bo, vice chairman of the Financial Se

Jan. 16 1948 -- Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" is performed in South Korea for the first time. 1951 -- China rejects a United Nations proposal for a cease-fire in the Korean War. 1990 -- South Korea's Hyundai Group obtains fo

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will continue to launch rockets capable of placing satellites into orbit despite objections raised by the international community, the country's largest newspaper said Sunday. In an article carried by the Rodo

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial authorities are increasingly concerned about the debt risk of self-employed people, striving to address the chronic household debt problem, officials said Sunday. Household credit in the major Asia

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- Bank loans extended to self-employed people in South Korea have grown sharply amid an economic slump and weak demand for workers in the corporate sector, data showed Sunday. Outstanding loans for self-employed people by t

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministers of South Korea and Iraq will hold talks this week to discuss bilateral economic cooperation and other issues of mutual concern, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday. Seoul's Foreign Minister Yun Byun

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man, who was abducted near Malaysian waters last year by a radical Islamic group, and released after nearly three months in captivity returned home, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday. The Philippines-bas

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. has developed a virtual reality (VR) program on road safety in partnership with Austria's automobile association, company officials said Sunday. The Samsung Drive is designed to provi