Новости за 27.03.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES with departure; ADDS background; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice defense minister left for Egypt on Monday in the latest move to boost cooperation with the African country. The trip by Vice Defense M

(ATTN: UPDATES with S. Korea's reaction) SHANGHAI, March 27 (Yonhap) -- China's commerce ministry said Monday it has launched an anti-dumping probe into South Korean exports of a chemical product amid Chinese economic retaliation against South Korea.

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Syria's national football team head coach Ayman Hakeem said Monday his team is tactically prepared against South Korea in the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifier in Seoul. South Korea and Syria will go

SHANGHAI, March 27 (Yonhap) -- China's commerce ministry said Monday it has launched an anti-dumping probe into South Korean exports of a chemical product amid Chinese economic retaliation against South Korea. China also said methyl isobutyl ketone

(ATTN: UPDATES with additional information; ADDS photo; COMBINES with a previous story sent under the same slug) SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in on Monday secured his first victory in a four-round battle to win the lib

(ATTN: UPDATES with additional details in paras 4-8) SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in on Monday secured his first victory in a four-round battle to win the liberal Democratic Party's nomination for the upcoming presiden

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in on Monday secured his first victory in a four-round battle to win the liberal Democratic Party's nomination for the upcoming presidential election. The former chief of the largest pol

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(ATTN: ADDS word "Hungarian" in 4th para) JEONJU, South Korea, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Screenings of the largest-ever number of films and a number of experimental and socially critical films are among the highlights in the line-up of this year's Jeonju I

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday called for a stern crackdown on fake news and other election crimes with the presidential election 43 days away. During a meeting of related ministers on prepar

(ATTN: CHANGES photo) By Joo Kyung-don PAJU, South Korea, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea football coach Uli Stielike said Monday that the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Syria is a must-win match. South Korea, ranked 40th in the latest FI

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- An Indian national has been indicted on charges of stealing classified marine plant documents and technologies from two South Korean companies, prosecutors said Monday. The 48-year-old suspect has been arrested for siphon

JEONJU, South Korea, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Screenings of the largest-ever number of films and a number of experimental and socially critical films are among the highlights in the line-up of this year's Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), organize

By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Transparency will be the key goal sought by South Korea's troubled business lobby group to restore public confidence after its involvement in a massive corruption scandal that has engulfed the country in re

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group Girl's Day, in celebration of its eighth year, came out with its fifth EP album on Monday, promising to remain together for the time being. "We renewed our contracts with about a year left for eac

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday criticized that the Trump administration is following its predecessor's failed "strategic patience" policy toward Pyongyang. "No big differences are found between Obama's ruptured 'strategic patienc

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Changmu Art Center led by South Korea's creative dance pioneer Kim Mae-ja will perform in Warsaw, Poland next month. The performance, "Shining Light," is part of a cultural exchange program run by the Korea Arts Manageme

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Hong Joon-pyo, a leading presidential contender of the conservative Liberty Korea Party, ramped up his incendiary rhetoric against his powerful liberal rival Monday. Observers said that his

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- Park faces prospect of becoming S. Korea's third president to be arrested SEOUL -- Former President Park Geun-hye faces the prospect of

(ATTN: UPDATES with maritime minister's comments in paras 7-11, 15) By Kim Boram SEJONG, March 27 (Yonhap) -- The Sewol ferry that was raised from the bottom of the sea last week will head to port in the next few days after salvage crews complete drain

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- A state-funded chemical institute said Monday that it has developed a new anti-counterfeit film that changes color when it comes in contact with a person's breath, a finding that can be applied to various products like cigar

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Former President Park Geun-hye is suspected of involvement in 13 different cases of bribery, coercion and abuse of power, according to prosecution officials. Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for Park on Monday but wi

By Joo Kyung-don PAJU, South Korea, March 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea football coach Uli Stielike said Monday that the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Syria is a must-win match. South Korea, ranked 40th in the latest FIFA rankings, will face 95

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- The new chairman of Shinhan Financial Group, a holding company of Shinhan Bank, said Monday he wants to "lay the groundwork" to make the group into "Asia's leading" financial institution by 2020. Cho Yong-byoung, formerly

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Former big league manager Trey Hillman, now at the helm of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club SK Wyverns, said Monday he will demand professionalism from his new team. Hillman, who signed with the Wy