Новости за 23.02.2017

By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Figure skater Choi Da-bin won the women's short program at the Asian Winter Games here Thursday. Choi scored 61.30 points to lead the pack of 24 skaters at Makomanai Indoor Skating Rink. Rika Hongo

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group appears to be planning to abolish the group's key future strategy office as early as next month, a group official said Thursday, after the special prosecution team concludes its probe into a presidential influen

INCHEON, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Kim Sun-tae, head coach of the South Korean short track speed skating team, said Thursday unity is its biggest achievement from the Asian Winter Games. The national team returned home to the heroes' welcome after grabb

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean scientists has discovered a new type of electrolyte that enhances the efficiency of fuel cells by 10-fold, a state-run science laboratory said Thursday. The team led by Sohn Ji-won successfully ma

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's state media on Thursday made a rare criticism against China over Beijing's condemnation of Pyongyang's launch of a new ballistic missile and its decision to halt imports of North Korean coal. The Korean Cent

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Yoon Jong-won, South Korea's ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has been elected to chair the board in charge of managing the organization's pension fund, the foreign ministry said

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- KG Group, a South Korean conglomerate, is set to acquire the KFC franchise in South Korea from CVC Capital Partners, an industry source said Thursday. KG Allat, a payment subsidiary of KG Group, is due to sign a contract

(ATTN: CORRECTS date in para 12) SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye is set to mark the fourth anniversary of her inauguration on a gloomy note this weekend amid speculations that she could become South Korea's first impeached leader to

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last two paras) SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office on Thursday dismissed growing rumors that President Park Geun-hye may opt to step down before the Constitutional Court rules on her impeachment in an apparent

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye's lawyers again ignored a deadline set by the Constitutional Court reviewing her impeachment, saying they won't submit a summary of their arguments Thursday. The court had asked both the lawyers an

By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- With the two titles from speed skating on Thursday, a new record has been set for the number of gold medals won at a single Asian Winter Games by South Korea at 14. Speed skater Lee Seung-hoon won

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, throughout with questioning of Lee scheduled for Friday) SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- An incumbent presidential aide will be questioned by investigators this week in connection to allegations President Park Geun-hye receive

OBIHIRO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea collected six gold medals in speed skating at the Asian Winter Games this week, with a former Olympic champion punctuating the strong performance with a monumental title on Thursday. Lee Seung-hoon, th

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Kim Jang-gyeom, chief of public broadcaster MBC's news room, was nominated to be the company's president on Thursday. Kim, 57, was chosen with a majority vote from the nine-member board of the Foundation for Broadcast Cul

(ATTN: EXPANDS dateline; UPDATES with reaction from China, Malaysia in last 2 paras) SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Malaysia will send its police officers to Macao Thursday to collect DNA samples of the son of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader

(ATTN: ADDS photo) SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Choe Ryong-hae, a senior North Korean party official, has returned to public view after a three-week hiatus, Pyongyang's media report showed Thursday, amid rumors that he may have visited China over the co

INCHEON, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean national baseball team returned home Thursday from Japan after finishing its training for the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Manager Kim In-sik and 27 players from its 28-man roster came back to homeland

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office on Thursday dismissed growing rumors that President Park Geun-hye may opt to step down before the Constitutional Court rules on her impeachment in an apparent bid to shun the prosecution over a corrupt

(ATTN: ADDS more details, quotes in paras 9-12) SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Actress Ko So-young said Thursday she wanted to get closer with the public by trying out the role of an ordinary middle-aged wife in her new television show "Ms. Perfect."

OBIHIRO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skating prospect Kim Min-seok, after grabbing two gold medals at the Asian Winter Games here, has set a high bar for himself. The 17-year-old won the 1,500m gold medal at Obihiro Forest Speed S

OBIHIRO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon, already a three-time Olympic medalist, added four Asian Winter Games titles here to his growing legacy this week. The 28-year-old capped off a remarkable stretch with a m

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- Actress Ko So-young said Thursday she wanted to get closer with the public by trying out the role of an ordinary middle-aged wife in her new television show "Ms. Perfect." "It was regrettable that people had a preconceive

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ---------------- 74 pct of S. Koreans want Park's impeachment ruling by March 13: poll SEOUL -- Three-quarters of South Koreans want the Constit

(ATTN: RECASTS and ADDS more info in last two paras) By Kim Seung-yeon SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The market for frozen dishes is growing fast in South Korea on the back of a new social trend in which more people are choosing to live and eat alone,

By Yoo Jee-ho SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean women's hockey goalie Shin So-jung was so nervous during the shootout against China at the Asian Winter Games Thursday that she couldn't stand to watch her teammates take shots. Instea