Новости за 19.02.2017

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors on Sunday requested an arrest warrant against a former senior presidential secretary involved in an influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante. Woo Byung-woo, for

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court to delay her impeachment trial by postponing the final hearing to early March, sources said Sunday. The lawyers made the request in a written statement

(ATTN: REWRITES lead; UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry said Sunday that it views Pyongyang as being behind the killing of the half brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un, given that fi

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry said Sunday that it views Pyongyang as being behind the killing of the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Seoul's reaction came as Malaysian police arrested Ri Jong-cho

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Veteran U.S. snowboarder Kelly Clark won the women's halfpipe title at an International Ski Federation (FIS) competition here on Sunday. Clark, the 2002 Olympic champion and the bronze medalists at the

(ATTN: ADDS more info throughout) KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Malaysian police said Sunday that they have identified four more North Koreans as suspects in the recent killing of Kim Jong-nam, a half brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un.

(ATTN: ADDS comments, details throughout, captions) GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Nathan Chen of the United States won the men's singles title at an International Skating Union (ISU) competition in Gangneung with a personal best score Su

(ATTN: ADDS manager's comments, details from paras 10-16) NAHA, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean national baseball team lost to the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 in an exhibition game ahead of the World Baseball Classic (WBC). South Korean starter Cha

By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Asia's largest multisport competition for winter opened here in Japan on Sunday with a celebration of building connections on the continent. Under the slogan, "Beyond Your Ambitions," Sapporo in the

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Malaysian police said Sunday that they have identified four more North Koreans as suspects at large in the recent killing of Kim Jong-nam, a half-brother of the North's leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-nam, the eldest

NAHA, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean national baseball team lost to the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 in an exhibition game ahead of the World Baseball Classic (WBC). South Korean starter Chang Won-jun threw three perfect innings, but the bats were c

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SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Jang Ha-na captured her fourth career LPGA Tour victory in Australia on Sunday. Jang fired a four-under 69 in the final round, with three birdies and an eagle on the back nine alone, to capture the ISPS Handa

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Nathan Chen of the United States won the men's singles title at an International Skating Union (ISU) competition in Gangneung with a personal best score Sunday. Chen received a total score of 307.46 poin

OBIHIRO, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Injured South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon said Sunday he has committed to three of the four races he's qualified for at the Asian Winter Games. Lee, who recently injured his right leg, said he will enter th

By Joo Kyung-don GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean male figure skaters said Sunday their experience at an International Skating Union (ISU) event in Gangneung will help them make improvements ahead of upcoming big competitions

Feb. 20 1920 -- The Korean Aviation School opens in Willows, Calif. Established by a group of Korean independence activists, the school produced pilots who fought against the Japanese colonial regime that ruled the country from 1910 to 1945.

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's opposition parties on Sunday intensified pressure on Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn to extend the ongoing special probe into the high-profile scandal that led to the impeachment of President P

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments from para 5, photo) By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho won South Korea's first gold medal at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, on Sunday. Lee claimed the men's gi

By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Emerging South Korean alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho snatched a key continental victory in Sapporo, Japan, on Sunday, reaffirming his status as the country's best medal hopeful at next year's Winter Ol

By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho won South Korea's first gold medal at the Asian Winter Games here Sunday. Lee claimed the men's giant slalom race at Sapporo Teine, with the combined time of 1:35.76

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By Kim Han-joo PYEONGCHANG/GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- With the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea's eastern alpine city of PyeongChang just one year away, game organizers and local tech companies are putting the final touches on thei