Новости за 10.02.2017

(ATTN: ADDS details, photos, more results) By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Lee Seung-hoon sustained an apparent leg injury in a fall during the world championships Friday. Lee lost his balance trying to turn

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations' working group on enforced disappearances said Friday that its search list for South Koreans believed to have been abducted by North Korea has been growing. At a press conference in Seoul, the internatio

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Lee Seung-hoon sustained an apparent leg injury in a fall during the world championships Friday. Lee lost his balance trying to turn a corner and fell in the latter stage of th

(ATTN: ADDS comments, photo) By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The secret to South Korean Lee Sang-hwa's success at the speed skating world championships Friday was rather straightforward: sticking to her own race plan. Le

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean male aerial skiers said Friday their first ever International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup has served a good teaching ground ahead of the Winter Olympics next here.

(ATTN: ADDS men's results at bottom) By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa claimed the silver medal in the women's 500m at the world championships here Friday. Lee finis

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The secret to South Korean Lee Sang-hwa's success at the speed skating world championships Friday was rather straightforward: sticking to her own race plan. Lee took the silver medal in the

(ATTN: ADDS photo, comments) By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa claimed the silver medal in the women's 500m at the world championships here Friday. Lee finished seco

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Marine Corps chief was awarded a medal by the United States for his role in strengthening the bilateral alliance, the military said Friday. Lt. Gen. Lee Sang-hoon was awarded the Legion of Merit, the highes

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa claimed the silver medal in the women's 500m at the world championships here Friday. Lee finished second among 24 skaters with a tim

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 4, 11; RECASTS para 1) SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The education minister warned Friday that the government could take legal action against civic groups that try to stop schools from adopting state-authored history

(ATTN: UPDATES headline, lead, throughout with suit filed; ADDS more info throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's special prosecution on Friday asked a court to allow it to search the presidential office as part of a corruption probe of

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The weekly rallies over President Park Geun-hye's impeachment are expected to heat up this weekend as the Constitutional Court is seen to accelerate its review of the landmark case. Park's critics have organized mass rall

TOKYO, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- Yoshiro Mori, head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, on Friday issued a message of congratulations to South Korea over the one-year countdown to the 2018 Winter Olympics. South Korea held a "o

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ---------------- S. Korea's finance minister calls for stronger restructuring SEOUL -- South Korea's finance minister on Friday called for intensiv

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities on Friday decided not to compensate a Seoul hospital for losses incurred by the temporary shutdown due to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2015, citing the hospital's violation of

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister on Friday called for intensive structural reform to regain the growth momentum of Asia's fourth-largest economy. "In order to make a breakthrough for the economy, we have to change the funda

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry said Friday that it will form a special team tasked with monitoring diplomats at overseas missions for any misdeeds in a bid to enforce tougher workplace discipline. The team, in cooperatio

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday refused to clarify his stance on the politically-charged issue of extending special prosecutors' corruption probe into President Park Geun-hye, saying it is not the

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul will open a rare farmer's market Sunday as part of its existing exhibition on urban gastronomy. "Marche@MMCA," one of several participatory progra

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's special prosecution will ask a court to allow it to search the presidential office as part of a corruption probe of President Park Geun-hye after investigators were denied entry by her aides last week, its spoke

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean people want foreign trips more than domestic ones, with Japan picked as the most popular destination, a survey showed Friday. In the poll by Skyscanner, a travel-related website, 92 percent of the respondents

(ATTN: UPDATES with quote in penultimate paragraph) SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- KBS 2TV's "Good Manager" has furthered its lead in the Wednesday-Thursday late night drama race, while "Saimdang, Memoir of Colors" managed to recoup losses, data showed Fr

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- Mobile Appliance Inc., a smart car parts supplier, said Friday that it will be listed on South Korea's stock market later this month. The company, a manufacturer of mobile personal navigation devices (PND) for automobiles

By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The director of the megahit Japanese animation "Your Name." said Friday that he never imagined the film would attract a record-breaking 3.5 million-plus viewers in South Korea and made clear he is very happy w