Новости за 08.06.2017

By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL/WONJU, South Korea, June 8 (Yonhap) -- It's safe to say Kia Motors Corp. has added a premium touch to its ever expanding lineup with its first ever sports sedan, the Stinger, which went on sale last month in South Korea. O

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The vice chief of the presidential committee on job creation said Thursday improving working conditions for low-income laborers should not take place in a way that would burden small businesses. Lee Yong-sup, vice chairman

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Shopping Co., the retail unit of Lotte Group, said Thursday its cinema department will be hived off later this year, a move it says will boost each unit's business competitiveness. During a regular board meeting Thur

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top sports body decided on Thursday to begin the process for naming a candidate for International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership. At its board of directors meeting, the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (K

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES with more details in paras 5-6; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- T.O.P, a member of boy band BIGBANG, has shown improvement after being hospitalized for an apparent drug overdose, but is still in need of ps

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 2 paras) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The head coach of the reigning South Korean professional football champions will lead the All-Star squad in mid-season festivities, the league office said Thursday. The K League, opera

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of meeting in last 4 paras; ADDS photo) TOKYO, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced hope Thursday for a new and future-oriented relationship with South Korea under new President Moon Jae-in. The

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's pro football players need to have a voice and they deserve to have a representative organization here, a high-ranking official at the international pro footballers' union said Thursday. Theo

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday dispatched a delegation to a United Nations meeting on the rights of the disabled to be held in New York next week, the country's state-run news agency said. "A DPRK delegation led by Ri Hung-sik, a

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with nominee's remarks; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Constitution leaves no room for pro-North Korea ideologies, the nominee for Constitutional Court chief said Thursday, amid controversy over his

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Three victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery came forward on Thursday in support of the beleaguered nominee for foreign minister who faces objections from opposition parties. The three women in their 90s held a press

By Yoo Cheong-mo SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Nearly a month has passed since the inauguration of President Moon Jae-in on May 10. Among the many adjectives used by the media to define Moon's personality, "unauthoritarian" stands out. Moon's departur

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks, additional details in paras 6-7, 15; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in launched a strong warning against North Korea Thursday, saying the communist state will only get further is

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with latest stats) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Player A: 115 home runs in 1,184 games in South Korea. Zero 30-homer seasons. Two .300 seasons. Player B: 210 home runs in 868 games in South Korea. Four 30-home

BEIJING, June 8 (Yonhap) -- China urged North Korea not to escalate tensions after the country launched what are believed to be several cruise missiles. "Under the current environment, the countries concerned should not provoke each other or take an

(ATTN: ADDS more details, photo throughout) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Two North Korean fishermen recently rescued in the East Sea have expressed a willingness to defect to the South, Seoul's unification ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Unif

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- The head of South Korea's presidential policy advisory panel said Thursday that he will put the highest priority on tackling the country's chronic low birthrate in order to bolster growth potential. "Solving the sluggish b

By Woo Jae-yeon BUSAN, June 8 (Yonhap) -- A short, stocky man with close-cropped hair and a protruding pot belly stares into the air. Behind the mask of his gruffness and brash attitude, he seems to hide sensitivity or even timidity. In fact, he i

(ATTN: UPDATES with additional remarks from President Moon, more details, additional information in paras 6-12) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in launched a strong warning against North Korea Thursday, saying the communist s

(ATTN: UPDATES with expert's view, other details in paras 5-6, 11, 13-21) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea launched a salvo of anti-ship cruise missiles from its east coast Thursday, South Korea's military said, adding that they

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed slightly higher Thursday after trading nearly flat throughout the session as investors took to the sidelines amid a series of global events, analysts said. The Kore

SEOUL, June 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in launched a strong warning against North Korea Thursday, saying the communist state will only get further isolation and international sanctions from its missile provocations. The remarks c

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TOKYO, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voiced hope Thursday for a new and future-oriented relationship with South Korea under new President Moon Jae-in. The premier made the remark during a meeting with South Korea's National

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