Новости за 25.03.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES with rallies' progress throughout; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Supporters and opponents of ousted President Park Geun-hye staged rival mass rallies in central Seoul on Saturday as prosecutors mull over whether to seek to

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, more info from 8th para; CHANGES photo) JINDO, South Korea, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The 6,800-ton Sewol ferry is set to fully emerge from the water on Saturday as it was loaded onto a semisubmersible transport vessel before

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with USFK commander's statement; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Several F-35B stealth fighter jets conducted bombing practice on the Korean Peninsula earlier this week in support of joint training between South Ko

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; ADDS details in paras 3, 5; UPGRADES attribution) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Pittsburgh Pirates' third baseman Kang Jung-ho has been denied a U.S. work visa following a recent DUI conviction, a source clo

SEOGUIPO, South Korea, March 25 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Aegis destroyer visited South Korea's naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju on Saturday, becoming the first foreign warship to visit the base since it opened in February last year, officials

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 2 paras) JINDO, South Korea, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The 6,800-ton Sewol ferry is set to fully emerge from the water on Saturday as it was loaded onto a semisubmersible transport vessel before later heading to shore, official

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state-run think tank on diplomacy on Saturday called for a temporary hike in the nation's defense budget to secure sufficient deterrence against North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Yun Duk-min, chancello

March 26 1910 -- Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean independence fighter who resisted Japanese colonial rule, is executed at a prison in China by Japanese authorities. Ahn was arrested in 1909 for assassinating Ito Hirobumi, the Japanese resident-general

JINDO, South Korea, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The 6,800-ton Sewol ferry is set to fully emerge from the water on Saturday as it was loaded onto a semisubmersible transport vessel before heading to shore, officials said. Salvage crews were stepping up w

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- FC Augsburg forward Ji Dong-won was dropped from the South Korean national football team as he can't play in the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Syria due to yellow card suspension, the national football governing body

JINDO/ANSAN, South Korea, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Families of Sewol ferry victims hugged one another and erupted in bittersweet joy on early Saturday morning, as the sunken ferry was successfully moved onto a giant semisubmersible ship after being pulled

(ATTN: ADDS official's quote, details in last 4 paras; AMENDS dateline) SEJONG/JINDO, South Korea, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The Sewol ferry has been safely placed onto a semisubmersible ship that will be used to transport it to the port of Mokpo on South

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The combined market capitalization of 11 affiliates of LG Group, including LG Electronics Inc., has surpassed 80 trillion won (US$71.3 billion), boosted by their better-than-expected earnings, industry data showed Saturday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in first five paras; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- A group of advanced U.S. stealth fighters conducted a precision bombing drill over the Korean Peninsula earlier this week, U.S. military officials said

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The minor centrist People's Party kicked off its primary Saturday with many expecting the weekend elections to determine its presidential nominee. The primary was being held in Gwangju, 329 kilometers southwest of Seoul,

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Supporters and opponents of ousted President Park Geun-hye are set to stage rival mass rallies in central Seoul on Saturday as prosecutors mull over whether to seek to arrest the country's former leader on multiple corruptio

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 3 paras) SEJONG, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The Sewol ferry has been safely placed onto a semisubmersible ship that will be used to transport it to the port of Mokpo on South Korea's southwestern coast, finishing one of the most

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares are likely to remain in a tight range next week over volatile currency markets and jitters over U.S. President Donald Trump's policies, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pric

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- An advanced U.S. stealth fighter conducted a precision bombing drill over the Korean Peninsula earlier this week, South Korean military officials said Saturday. An F-35B stealth fighter from a U.S. air base in Japan part

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Pittsburgh Pirates' third baseman Kang Jung-ho has been denied a U.S. work visa following a recent DUI conviction, a local news report said, casting further doubt on his status for the 2017 major league season. An unconf

U.S. asks China to stop bullying The bipartisan resolution from the U.S. congress condemning China's retaliatory actions on South Korea over the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) antimissile system provides moral suppor

Overhaul TV debate Current format hampers useful candidate discussions TV debates among presidential hopefuls are in full swing with the May 9 presidential election only weeks away. Because the election date was set only after Park Geun-hye's

Mudslinging Democratic Party nomination race marred by negative campaigning, leak of voting results Negative campaigning is as universal as elections, and Korea is no exception. Almost every election -- big and small -- has been tainted by candid

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on March 25. Korean-language dailies -- Sewol ferry docked on transport vessel (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Japan revises textbooks that bolster its claim

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rai