Новости за 15.02.2017

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- Ssangyong Motor Co., a local unit of Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said Wednesday that it swung to the black last year, posting a net profit for the first time in nine years. Net profit came to 58.1 billion wo

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Wednesday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's upbeat comments on the U.S. economy. The Korean won slipped against the U.S. doll

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.462 1.459 +0.3 3-year TB 1.661 1.653 +0.8 10-year TB 2.153 2.135

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- A virtual reality (VR) cafe opened Wednesday in western Seoul in partnership between a PC manufacturer and VR content provider who are collaborating on a joint project for business expansion. The cafe, named VRIZ, opened

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Wednesday as investors cheered the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's upbeat comments on the U.S. economy. The Korean won slipped against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composit

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Suwon Samsung Bluewings said Wednesday they've signed Croatian midfielder Damir Sovsic after a trial run. The K League Classic club said they've signed to Sovsic to a one-year contract with club

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- A state-funded research institute said Wednesday that it has developed new anti-counterfeit technology to create unforgeable laser-induced patterns that can be applied to various products such as watches and checks. The K

Donga ST 96,200 UP 4,900 POSCO DAEWOO 26,300 DN 350 CJ CheilJedang 357,500 DN 5,500 DongwonF&B 217,000 UP 1,500 KEPCO KPS 54,600 UP 700 LGH&H 844,000 UP 17,000 LGCHEM

Hyundai Dvp Co 42,150 DN 1,300 S-1 87,300 DN 1,400 Hanchem 79,800 UP 700 DWS 67,800 0 UNID 43,950 DN 250 KEPCO 40,900 DN 250 Samsung

CrownConf 33,800 UP 250 S-Oil 87,100 UP 800 SamsungElec 1,886,000 UP 7,000 NHIS 11,650 UP 50 SKChem 61,300 UP 1,800 LS 71,000 UP 1,100 GC Cor

LGInt 34,500 DN 550 DongkukStlMill 12,900 UP 50 HankookShellOil 423,500 DN 3,000 BukwangPharm 24,050 UP 1,250 ILJIN MATERIALS 14,600 DN 200 SeAhStl 109,500 DN 2,500 IlshinS

(ATTN: ADDS more info, comments in last 3 paras) SEJONG, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's jobless rate rose slightly in January from a year earlier as the backbone manufacturing sector remained in a deep slump, government data showed Wednesday. T

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- Wednesday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. Woori Bank 13,700 0 HANAFINANCIALGR 36,000 0 Kyungbang 14,400 DN 50 SAMYA

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(ATTN: ADDS comments, photo) By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean athletes competing at this month's Asian Winter Games arrived in the Japanese host city of Sapporo on Wednesday. South Korea will be represented in five s

(ATTN: CORRECTS typo in para 2, ADDS details in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's spy agency on Wednesday confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother was murdered with poison in Malaysia. Nationa

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military plans to use loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border to inform people in the reclusive country of the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother, sources said Wednesday. The move a

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean ski jumper Park Guy-lim said Wednesday she wants to enjoy her first major International Ski Federation (FIS) competition here. Park is the only South Korean woman to compete at the FIS Ski

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- China has recently rejected a large amount of coal shipment from North Korea one day after it test-fired a ballistic missile in violation of international sanctions, sources said Wednesday. Around 16,295 tons of North

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean researchers have discovered a bioactive compound that has a negative effect on the growth of the Zika virus that's been breaking out in Latin America over the last two years, a state-run university sai

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat said Wednesday that he will work to raise the awareness of the gravity and urgency of North Korea's nuclear threats during international events to be held in Germany this week. Foreign Minister

Feb. 16 1942 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is born. He took power after his father Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country, died in 1994. 1945 -- Poet Yoon Dong-ju dies in a prison in Japan at the age of 29. Born in Manchuria,

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ---------------- Spy agency confirms murder of N.K. leader's half brother SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's spy agency on We

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's spy agency on Wednesday confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother was murdered with poison in Malaysia. National Intelligence Service (NIS) D