Новости за 15.07.2017

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- An Asiana Airlines jet with 176 passengers on board has landed safely after the plane's nose cone was damaged by a hailstorm in South Korea, airline officials said Saturday. Asiana Airlines flight 8234 was en route from t

PAJU, South Korea, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new Defense Minister, Song Young-moo, on Saturday called for strong and overwhelming military readiness when he met soldiers guarding the heavily armed Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). A day aft

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Police on Saturday apprehended a drunken man who injured more than 10 people with a broken bottle after engaging in a pre-dawn argument at a Seoul night club. Officials at the Mapo Police Station said that the 23-year-old

(ATTN: TRIMS headline; ADDS more info in paras 10-11) SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a huge trade deficit with the United States on agricultural products and livestock last year as their price competitiveness has attracted consumers, go

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice foreign minister has asked for Sweden's cooperation in tackling North Korea's nuclear issue during a bilateral policy consultation meeting, the foreign ministry here said Saturday. Lim Sung-nam held the

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The number of unemployed college graduates in South Korea hit a record in the second quarter amid tightened job markets for young adults, government data showed Saturday. The number of jobless people with a bachelor's deg

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks, details in paras 5-10) SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The parliamentary budget committee on Saturday referred an extra budget bill to its subcommittee for fine-tuning, accelerating its deliberations with the end of the current

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, first 3 paras; UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday issued a guarded response to President Moon Jae-in's latest proposal for cross-border rapprochement, calling it "sophistry" w

(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 2 paras) SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are expected to trade higher in the coming week on an improved economic outlook and solid second-half earnings of listed companies, analysts said Saturday. Th

By Kim Soo-yeon and Park Boram SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- An elder brother of a South Korean detained in North Korea on Saturday expressed hope for his safe return calling for Pyongyang to at least grant consular access on humanitarian grounds. Ki

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea posted a huge trade deficit with the United States on agricultural products and livestock last year as their price competitiveness has attracted consumers, government data showed Saturday. South Korea's agricu

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Saturday questioned a former key election campaigner of the People's Party as part of its probe into a fake tipoff scandal involving some members of the minor opposition party. The Seoul Southern District P

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday criticized South Korean President Moon Jae-in's initiative for cross-border rapprochement as "sophistry" in its first response to the proposal made last week. The Rodong Sinmun, the North's main ne

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are expected to trade higher in the coming week on an improved economic outlook and solid second-half earnings of listed companies, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Ind

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The parliamentary budget committee on Saturday referred an extra budget bill to its subcommittee for fine-tuning, accelerating its deliberations with the end of the current legislative session just three days away. The Na

Song's challenges Despite all the controversies at a hearing over hefty pay after his retirement, drunken driving and alleged involvement in military corruption, Song Young-moo, former navy chief of staff, took the office of the nation's defense m

Take US on squarely : Seoul should not be evasive about US demand on FTA The official US request for a meeting on the Korea-US free trade agreement should convince President Moon Jae-in and his aides that the time has come for them to stop be

Normalizing Assembly : Parties should focus on passing urgent bills swiftly President Moon Jae-in's 11.2 trillion won ($9.74 billion) supplementary budget plan has gained momentum after being held back by the National Assembly. The Assembly'

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on July 15. Korean-language dailies -- Park gov't documents on its support for Samsung managerial rights succession discovered (Kyunghyang Shinmun) --

SEOUL, July 15 (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 Rain

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shipyards are expected to clinch a decent number of new orders during the second half of the year, with a slew of contracts to be signed soon, industry sources said Saturday. Earlier data showed that local sh

SEOUL, July 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank is expected to maintain its key interest rate at a record low until mid-2018, according to an economist at Goldman Sachs on Saturday, after the Bank of Korea (BOK) hinted that it may keep a dovish t

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in last 2 paras; ADDS photo) By Lee Haye-ah WASHINGTON, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a defense bill calling for increased spending on missile defense programs amid North Korea's ev

By Lee Haye-ah WASHINGTON, July 14 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a defense bill calling for increased spending on missile defense programs amid North Korea's evolving threats. The National Defense Authorization Act

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has likely produced an undetermined amount of additional plutonium for nuclear weapons since September, an analysis of thermal imagery showed Friday. 38 North, a U.S. website specializing in North Korea a