Новости за 02.04.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES with details from 4th para; ADDS photo) SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party won another primary Sunday, bringing him one step closer to clinching his party's nomination for the presidential election in May.

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party won another primary Sunday, bringing him one step closer to clinching his party's nomination for the presidential election in May. Ahn, a former leader of the party, won the sixth prima

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Sunday they will question former President Park Geun-hye this week for the first time since her arrest over a corruption scandal that led to her removal from office. Park was taken into custody on Friday

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice defense minister has returned home after paying official visits to two African nations to expand defense cooperation, his ministry said Sunday. Hwang In-moo visited Egypt and Angola last week as part of

HANOI, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Vietnam's decision to slap anti-dumping duties on galvanized steel products from South Korea could hurt efforts to expand market presence in the key Southeast Asian country, industry sources in Hanoi said Sunday. Accordin

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- India has approved the procurement of 100 self-propelled howitzers made by South Korean Hanwha Techwin, a British media report said Sunday. According to IHS Jane's 360, India's Cabinet Committee on Security approved the p

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- More than a million South Koreans are expected to go abroad in early May when a string of holidays could allow people to take upwards of nine days off from work, travel industry sources said Sunday. Many South Korean empl

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details at bottom) MOKPO, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to conduct a massive search at the site of the Sewol ferry accident that occurred three years ago, which claimed more than 300 lives, officials said

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday expressed its intent to take part in next year's Olympics in South Korea on the sidelines of the women's hockey world championships. PyeongChang, some 180 kilometers e

(ATTN: CORRECTS figure in paras 2-3; ADDS more details in last para) SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean retail giant Lotte Group's Chinese retail operations may face protracted business suspension as Chinese authorities are set to extend such a m

(ATTN: ADDS details at bottom) By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea dropped to Australia 2-1 to open the women's hockey world championships south of the border Sunday. Despite getting cheered on by hundreds of Sou

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea thanked South Korean fans for their raucous support of the team at the women's hockey world championships Sunday. North Korea lost to Australia 2-1 to begin the International Ic

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea began a wide-spread crackdown on illegal use of drugs last month, while establishing a new detention facility dedicated toward narcotics offenders, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported Sunday. RFA, citing Japan's As

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 5 paras) SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The average earnings forecast for Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world's largest makers of smartphones and computer chips, rose 20 percent in the past three months on st

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Despite its saber-rattling, North Korea is reportedly seeing a construction boom, with a large number of new skyscrapers and apartment buildings being constructed in its capital, according to a source Sunday. "North Korea

April 3 1906 -- A railway opens, linking Seoul, now in South Korea, and Sinuiju, now in North Korea. The 518.5-kilometer multi-rail line carried the largest traffic volume on the Korean Peninsula until the country was divided in 1948. South

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean retail giant Lotte Group's Chinese retail operations may face protracted business suspension as Chinese authorities are set to extend such a measure by one month in an apparent retaliation against Seoul's decisio

INCHEON, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean women's national football coach Yoon Duk-yeo said Sunday his side will return home with a victory against North Korea when the two neighbors collide in a qualifying match for a regional tournament across the bo

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of South Korean supporters were on hand to root for North Korean players at the start of the women's hockey world championships on Sunday. North Korea fell to Australia 2-1 at the

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's commerce ministry said Sunday that it has raised trade concerns at a WTO committee over China's apparent retaliatory steps against Seoul's decision to deploy a U.S. missile defense system within the year. Th

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea dropped to Australia 2-1 to open the women's hockey world championships south of the border Sunday. Despite getting cheered on by hundreds of South Korean supporters, North Kore

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance and smartphone maker, said Sunday that it has launched 25,000 hands-on events across the United States to promote its latest G6 flagship smartphone. The company that launched th

(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 5 paras) SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of cash-hungry Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. are ratcheting up pressure on commercial lenders to accept a massive debt-for-equity swap, a three-year grace pe

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday that it has kicked off an all-out promotional drive to allow as many consumers as possible to check out its newest Galaxy S8 smartphone. The world's leading smartphone manufacturer said

SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans spent a record high overseas last year as more people opted to go on overseas trips, data from the central bank showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by the Bank of Korea (BOK), South Koreans spent 2