Новости за 04.04.2017

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said on Tuesday a U.S. move to impose additional sanctions against it is nothing new and will surely fail. "The U.S. House of Representatives is mulling passing a 'bill on escalating sanctions with respect to

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Tuesday she will discuss with Malaysia the murder case of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half brother. Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi made the remark during a pre

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to stress the importance of increasing corporate profits, an indication of a shift in its economic policies from centralized planning, according to a North Korean university's newspaper obtained Tuesday by

(ATTN: UPDATES with defense minister's remarks in paras 7-9; ADDS photo) SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Army and Navy staged a large-scale joint live-fire exercise Tuesday, responding to North Korea's war threats and signs of preparations fo

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ---------------- S. Korea in close consultation with U.S. on N. Korea ahead of Trump-Xi summit SEOUL -- South Korea is closely communicating with

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details at bottom) By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- In South Korean culture, the number four is often considered bad luck. For example, it's very common to find the Arabic numeral "4" replaced with the letter "F"

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Army and Navy staged a large-scale joint live-fire exercise Tuesday, responding to North Korea's war threats and signs of preparations for additional nuclear or missile tests. The artillery drills, held just

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- Popular actor Lee Joon-gi, who also has a large following in other Asian countries, is dating actress Jeon Hye-bin, their talent agency confirmed Tuesday. "Lee and Jeon developed into a couple in the first half of last ye

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is closely communicating with the United States on North Korea and other major issues ahead of the upcoming summit talks to be held between the U.S. and China this week, the foreign ministry here said Tuesday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest information in lead, para 4; AMENDS headline) SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first Internet-only bank, K-Bank, has attracted more than 60,000 accounts in just two days since launching operations, the lender said T

(ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS more info in para 7) SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The race for South Korea's May 9 presidential election is largely expected to be a five-way competition, with all major political parties set to complete their candidate no

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The heads of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have sent a letter to North Korea, issuing a warning over the regime's use of a prohibited chemical weapon in the recent assa

By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- A top U.S. naval commander said Tuesday that North Korea appears to still be years away from fully developing the technology needed for submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). "To launch those miss

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended slightly lower Tuesday on increased selling by foreigners and institutions. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pr

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top portal operator Naver Corp. said Tuesday that foreigners can shop for goods at local convenience stores through the company's mobile translation application Papago. Under the agreement with GS Retail Co.

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended slightly lower Tuesday on increased selling by foreigners and institutions. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 6.41 points, or 0.30

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS more details throughout) By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government and Facebook Inc. joined forces on Tuesday to assist promising local startups in the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reali

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- The financial regulator said Tuesday it will allow mutual savings banks to extend policy loans to people with mid-level creditworthiness and those who have difficulty borrowing money from banks. Starting in June, mutual

SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is planning to reduce the number of traffic fatalities to under 4,000 this year by applying stricter rules and improving infrastructure, the transport ministry said Tuesday. The government will strengthen tra

By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean scientists have developed a new lithium-oxygen battery that can be charged faster and last longer, the science ministry said Tuesday, in what could bring about meaningful changes for el

By Woo Jae-yeon, Lim Su-jung, Ryu Soo-hyun SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean soprano Yeo Ji-won, known to the outside world as Vittoria Yeo, had remained largely unknown even to her native countrymen. That was until renowned Italian conductor Ric

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