Новости за 18.03.2017

(ATTN: ADDS more details last 4 paras) SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said if the weather permits, it will attempt on Sunday morning to recover a ferry that sank in 2014, leaving more than 300 people dead. The passenger fe

By Koh Byung-joon SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to China on Saturday showed that they shared concerns over North Korea's ever-growing nuclear and missile threats but also demonstrated a marked difference in

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The conservative Liberty Korea Party on Saturday narrowed down its presidential contenders to six in the first round of its in-house competition to name its

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, March 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea fell to Russia 4-3 in their men's hockey friendly game here on Saturday, its furious late charge coming up just short on home ice. The 23rd-ranked South Korea gave world No. 2

(ATTN: ADDS more details) SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said if the weather permits, it will attempt on Sunday morning to recover a ferry that sank in 2014, leaving more than 300 people dead in one of the nation's worst marit

(ATTN: CORRECTS family name into Yun throughout; ADDS photo) SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. envoy on North Korea was in China Saturday on his weeklong trip to Asia to discuss cooperation in reining in a provocative Pyongyang, a diplomatic so

(ATTN: REWRITES lead; CHANGES photo; UPDATES with more info throughout) BEIJING, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The United States will work with China to make North Korea choose a better path, as tensions from North Korea's nuclear and missile development have

(ATTN ADDS more details) SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said if the weather permits, it will attempt on Sunday morning to recover a ferry that sank in 2014, leaving more than 300 people dead. The passenger ferry Sewol cap

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said if the weather permits, it will attempt on Sunday to recover a ferry that sank in 2014 killing more than 300 people. (END)

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout) BEIJING, March 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Saturday that the United States and China agreed to cooperate to make North Korea choose a better path to resolve

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, March 18 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean women's bobsleigh teams finished well out of contention in the season finale at home on Saturday. Kim Yoo-ran and Kim Min-seong finished 18th among 20 finalists at 1:45.79 at the Inter

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- Three candidates competing to become the presidential nominee of the liberal People's Party clashed over political alliances, North Korea, and the deployment of a U.S. missile shield during their first TV debate on Saturday.

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. lawmaker's move to introduce legislation calling for redesignating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism reflects the U.S. legislature's "bipartisan" stance against a provocative North Korea, a Seoul official sa

INCHEON, March 18 (Yonhap) -- Police said Saturday that a fire that gutted some 220 street stalls of a traditional fish market in the western port city of Incheon started from a stall in a vinyl-wrapped makeshift building. The fire broke out at 1:3

(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES with reports of the SK chairman appearing for questioning, minor changes throughout; REPLACES photo) SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The chairman of South Korea's third largest conglomerate SK Group was questioned again by the

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. envoy on North Korea was in China Saturday on his weeklong trip to Asia to discuss cooperation in reining in a provocative Pyongyang, a diplomatic source here said. Joseph Yoon began his trip to Beijing and

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- Each and every one of 400 Bolt EV cars set to be delivered here next month was sold in just the first few hours of taking orders, GM Korea Co. said Saturday, reflecting an apparently high interest by local consumers in the n

March 19 1921 -- Na Hye-seok becomes the first female Korean painter to hold an exhibition in Korea. The exhibition was held at the headquarters of the Gyeongseong Ilbo newspaper in Seoul. 1971 -- The government begins construction on the

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with new info in paras 3, 4; minor edits) BEIJING, March 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Beijing Saturday for talks with top Chinese officials after a two-day visit to South Korea where

BEIJING, March 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is set to hold talks with top Chinese officials in Beijing Saturday after a two-day visit to South Korea where he signaled a tougher U.S. policy toward North Korea. The top U.S. di

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's only international airport in Pyongyang has been named one of the world's worst airports in a British customer satisfaction survey released this week. In Skytrax's review of over 500 airports around the wor

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Finance Minister Yoo Il-ho dismissed the possibility of his country manipulating foreign exchange rates while meeting with his U.S. counterpart, the Seoul government said Saturday. In the meeting held in Bad

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- SK Engineering & Construction (SK E&C) has teamed up with a Turkish firm for a multi-billion-dollar project to build and operate new power plants in Iraq, the South Korean firm said Saturday. Officials from the South Kor

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- The investigation into an influence-peddling scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye will likely take a new turn as prosecutors plan to question the impeached president next week, observers here said Saturday. P

SEOUL, March 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares are expected to come under selling pressure next week as investors attempt to cash in recent gains to take a breather, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) c