Новости за 02.02.2017

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Nordic combined skier Park Je-un said Thursday he will compete with a pioneer mindset, as he is set to face top-class athletes in an upcoming international competition. Par

TOKYO, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Japanese public broadcaster NHK was accused by local civic groups on Thursday of selectively airing misinformed opinions that were in favor of an agreement between Seoul and Tokyo on the "comfort women" issue. The groups -

(ATTN: ADDS photo, more remarks and details in paras 6-15) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday highlighted Washington's security commitment to Seoul under growing security threats from Pyongyang, saying his countr

(ATTN: ADDS Mattis' meetings in 4th para, USFK Commander Gen. Vincent Brooks comment in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday began his two-day visit to South Korea in his first overseas trip aimed at un

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- QR codes, a kind of matrix bar code, are becoming commonly used in Pyongyang as they have shown up in all kinds of ways in the last six months to mark exhibition items at a science complex, in inventory systems at supermarkets

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday highlighted Washington's security commitment to Seoul under growing security threats from Pyongyang, saying his country will be "shoulder to shoulder" with its Asian ally. Du

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's presidential office said Thursday it will not allow a search and seizure by special investigators who are looking into an influence-peddling scandal centered on President Park Geun-hye. In a text message sent

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice foreign minister will travel to Indonesia and East Timor next week to discuss bilateral cooperation, the foreign ministry here said Thursday. Lim Sung-nam will meet with Indonesian Vice Foreign Minister

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 4-8) By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's birthday a year ago was filled with an air of festivity with her secretaries and Cabinet ministers attending celebratory events at her offi

(ATTN: UPDATES with reaction of Park's lawyers, request to summon Samsung heir in last 7 paras) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers added allegations of an artists blacklist to the charge sheet for the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on Thursda

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Top security officials of South Korea and the United States on Thursday reaffirmed that the allies would push ahead with the plan to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system to the Korean Peninsula to counter growing mil

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Park Ji-eun, screenwriter of SBS TV's "Legend of the Blue Sea," said Thursday she will take legal action against accusations her mermaid show copied an unmade-film scenario. In a joint statement released with the show's pr

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon fired a broadside at local political circles, denouncing their exclusiveness, division and backbiting, which he has cited as part of the reason for his decision to drop out of the presidential rac

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES lead, paras 2-3 with updated info) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Hyosung Corp., a leading South Korean synthetic fiber manufacturer, said Thursday that its operating income topped 1 trillion won (US$864 million) in 2016, a

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors looking into corruption cases involving President Park Geun-hye on Thursday questioned Vice Trade Minister Jeong Marn-ki over his alleged involvement in government subsidies giv

(ATTN: ADDS photos, details throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday began his two-day visit to South Korea in his first overseas trip aimed at underscoring the U.S. security commitment to the Asian ally am

[https://youtu.be/-6foaOQYKXw] SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean hip-hop/R&B singer Zion.T's hit track "Complex" from his latest album "OO" frankly talks about the singer's inferiority complex and insecurities. A short video clip uploaded

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean court said Thursday that it has decided to end a rehabilitation plan for embattled Hanjin Shipping Co., heralding the liquidation of the country's one-time top shipping line. The Seoul Central District Court

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Chemical Corp., a major chemicals firm here, said Thursday that its earnings surged 81 percent last year from a year earlier as margin spreads on its key products widened thanks to stable demand. Net profit reached 1

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday that it sees growing talks in the U.S. about a possible preemptive strike against North Korea as a reflection of the sense of urgency in Washington. During the Senate Foreign Re

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- The online-to-offline (O2O) service by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's leading newswire, will add six more startups and two more topics beginning in the middle of February, officials said Thursday. Yonhap launched the se

By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- Lucid dreaming is an elusive state in which you consciously know you are dreaming. Unlike a regular dream where there is no control over what you experience, a lucid dream offers you the possibility to control

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's well-to-dos spend three times more than an average family but work much less, and have more than triple the amount of time to spend with family and friends, a survey said Thursday. When Hana Institute of Fina

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Thursday welcomed the inauguration of United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and said Seoul is in talks with Washington to arrange an early phone dialogue between him and South Korea's top diplomat.

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished lower Thursday as investors dumped auto and some tech stocks to lock in recent gains, bucking overnight gains in Wall Street. The Korean won sharply rose against