Новости за 24.02.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES with condemnation from S. Korea in paras 5-8) KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was killed with a banned chemical weapons agent, Malaysian police said Friday. Traces of the l

(ATTN: UPDATES with extension of Samsung heir's arrest in paras 11-12; Minor edits) SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors on Friday arrested a presidential aide to investigate his involvement in inappropriate medical treatments President Park

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's committee for defense procurement approved Friday a package of defense plans worth nearly 600 billion (US$530 million) that will help strengthen the country's defense fortifications against North Korea's increas

CHANGWON, South Korea, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean woman was confirmed Friday to have contracted cholera after traveling to the Philippines, the South Gyeongsang provincial government said. The 40-year-old resident of Changwon, 398 kilometer

(ATTN: ADDS photo, new info in paras 8-10) SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Friday pledged to build more public rental homes across the country to help young adults and senior citizens struggling with hig

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS photos, more info throughout) KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was killed with a banned chemical weapons agent, Malaysian police said Friday. Traces of the l

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- New

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- KB Financial Group said Friday that it has nominated an American insurance expert as one of its outside directors. Stuart B. Solomon, former head of MetLife Korea, is set to be formally appointed as an outside director al

SEJONG, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to sell 7.5 trillion won (US$6.9 billion) worth of state bonds next month, the finance ministry said Friday. The government will issue 1.76 trillion won worth of bonds with a maturity of three years and

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ---------------- (2nd LD) VX nerve agent found on Kim Jong-nam's face: Malaysian police KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL -- The half-brother of North Korean lead

(ATTN: UPDATES details in paras 3-4) ULSAN, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. launched an all-out strike for a second day on Friday demanding better working conditions and opposing the firm'

(FIXES info in 4th para) SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles said Friday they've signed former big league pitcher Carlos Villanueva. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it inked the right-hander to a one-year

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Top executives of SK Group, South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, have been granted stock options, the business group said Friday, a move seen as part of efforts to reinforce its corporate responsibility. Park Sung-wo

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top-three life insurers - Samsung, Hanwha and Kyobo - are bracing for a heavy blow to their business operations, hit by a heavy punishment for their refusal to pay proper benefits for suicide claims, industry wa

(ATTN: ADDS similar move by SK Group companies in last 4 paras) SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The board of Samsung Electronics Co. approved a new clause on Friday that aims to make donations more transparent, after Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was arreste

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed reports that a new justice will be named to the bench next week, saying President Park Geun-hye's impeachment trial will move forward within the set time frame. The court has s

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday held the first hearing on a compensation suit filed by hundreds of South Korean customers against German carmaker Volkswagen over vehicles with manipulated emissions data. During the hearing held a

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A potential presidential candidate of the ruling Liberty Korea Party on Friday joined a growing crowd of right-wingers who warn of consequences if the Constitutional Court makes a "populist" decision to permanently remove Pr

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, throughout based on execution of warrant; UPDATES with press briefing) SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Special prosecutors on Friday questioned and arrested a presidential aide in connection to allegations that President Par

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles said Friday they've signed former big league pitcher Carlos Villanueva. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it inked the right-hander to a one-year deal worth US$1.5 million

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended lower Friday as investors sold tech stocks for profit-taking. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 13.51 points, or 0.64 percent, to 2,094.12.

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Friday that they will showcase a new line of green cars at an annual motor show to be held in Switzerland early next month, as

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