Новости за 05.03.2017

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The new season of the South Korean professional football league started with a record attendance, officials here said Sunday. The K League, the operator of the country's pro football league, said 98,353 fans have visited

(ATTN: ADDS more info) SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Group held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss countermeasures against what appears to be intensifying retaliation by China against its goods and affiliates after its land swap deal with th

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Group held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss countermeasures against what appears to be intensifying retaliation by China against its goods and affiliates after its land swap deal with the government for a plann

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Alpine snowboarder Lee Sang-ho has won South Korea's first ever silver medal at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup. Lee earned silver at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Kayseri, Turkey, on Saturday (local tim

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea accused the North on Sunday of attacking the country's impeached president with "excessive words" and also trying to intervene in its domestic politics. In a statement, the North's Policy Department of the Com

(ATTN: ADDS NIS' response in last 3 paras) SEOUL, March, 5 (Yonhap) -- Liberal presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in called for an investigation on Sunday into allegations that the National Intelligence Service has spied on the Constitutional Court in

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The possibility of the United States redeploying tactical nuclear weapons on South Korean soil to counter North Korea's evolving military threat is expected to fuel a fresh debate on national defense, sources said Sunday.

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat Yun Byung-se is planning to visit Southeast Asian countries this month, a foreign ministry official said Sunday, as Seoul pushes to rally the region's support for its efforts to put pressure on Nort

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group's de facto leader Lee Jae-yong will deny all charges that he gave bribes to President Park Geun-hye and her close friend in return for business favors at the upcoming trials this week, company sources said Sunda

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by Malaysian deputy prime minister in last 3 paras) KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The Malaysian foreign ministry has cited North Korean Ambassador Kang Chol's refusal to accept formal summons as the reason for it

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Former world No. 1 Park In-bee earned her first LPGA Tour victory in 16 months on Sunday in Singapore. With a blistering final round, Park captured the HSBC Women's Champions at Sentosa Golf Club's Tanjong Course by one s

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 4,400-ton destroyer Choe Yeong participated in a European Union-led military operation to combat pirates in the waters around the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, the military here said Sunday. The South Korean de

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Worldwide sales of autonomous cars are forecast to reach 20 million units by the year of 2035 on the back of rapid development of related technologies, a report said Sunday. "The smart car market will expand to a large ex

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The southern city of Gwangju will launch South Korea's first hydrogen car sharing program, the government said Sunday. The environment ministry said the city 329 kilometers south of Seoul has been tapped as a testbed for

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's gambling industry like the lottery, casinos and horse racing grew sharply last year despite a protracted economic slump, market data showed Sunday. The combined sales of such speculative businesses expanded

SEOUL, March, 5 (Yonhap) -- Liberal presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in called for an investigation on Sunday into allegations that the National Intelligence Service has spied on the Constitutional Court in the runup to its ruling on President Park G

JEONGSEON, South Korea, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Sofia Goggia of Italy won the women's super giant slalom (super-G) race at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup here on Sunday. Goggia finished first among 47 alpine skiers at the FIS Ski Worl

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- Israel national baseball manager said Sunday his squad will be taking on a "formidable" South Korea when the World Baseball Classic (WBC) gets underway. The two nations will square off on Monday 6:30 p.m. at Gocheok Sky D

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- On the eve of his team's first World Baseball Classic (WBC) game against Israel, South Korean manager Kim In-sik said Sunday the upcoming opponent is "stronger than we thought." South Korea will take on Israel Monday 6:30

SEJONG, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade minister on Sunday said the government can take international legal action against apparent retaliations by China against the joint Seoul-Washington plan to deploy a high-tech missile defense system on th

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details on independent counsel probe in last 6 paras) SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The Constitutional Court is set to rule as early as this week on whether to oust or reinstate President Park Geun-hye who has been impeached by t

March 6 1883 -- King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) proclaims the "taegukgi" to be the formal national flag. 1958 -- Twenty-six South Koreans return home after being held in North Korea for almost three weeks. They were taken to

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul city government said Sunday that it will inject 10 billion won (US$8.6 million) this year to support the meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition industry (MICE) in 2017. The metropolitan city said in its n

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday attacked the South Korean foreign minister's recent international speech calling on the United Nations to severely penalize North Korea over its use of VX nerve agent. North Korea's propaganda websit

SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Argentina agreed to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector as they resumed committee-level talks for the first time in nine years, the trade ministry said Sunday. Joo Hyung-hwan, minister of trade, in