Новости за 26.07.2017

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in plans to hold talks with all major economic players here, including laborers and small or medium-sized firms, an official from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday. The president is s

(ATTN: ADDS details and stock price throughout; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday its second-quarter net profit plunged 48 percent, as lower sales in China deeply cut into its bottom

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Gearing up for its Winter Olympic debut on home ice, the South Korean men's national hockey team will depart for Russia Thursday to kick off a three-week training camp. The Korea Ice Hockey Association (KIHA) said Wednesd

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- A former head of a British consumer product maker's Seoul unit was sentenced to six years in jail Wednesday in an appellate trial after being convicted of overlooking sales of a harmful disinfectant that led to some 70 deaths

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Wednesday as foreign investors offloaded local stock on profit-taking. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slid 5.39 po

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SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean midfielder Song Jin-hyung has rejoined his original club, FC Seoul, after a season in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The K League Classic outfit said Wednesday they've reacquired the 29-year-old midfielder 1

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Nearly seven out of 10 of South Korea's top 500 companies were found to have zero women at the executive level, according to the government Wednesday. Among the country's top 500 firms in terms sales as of last year, 336

(ATTN: UPDATES with meeting with minister in last 3 paras; ADDS photos) SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- The top military officers of South Korea and New Zealand agreed Wednesday to bolster bilateral cooperation against North Korea's unrelenting saber-ratt

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo on Wednesday emphasized the need for closer cooperation with the United States to handle security risks on the peninsula. During an introductory meeting with Marc Knapper, the

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band EXO's latest album rose to the top of Billboard's World Albums chart, according to the music publication Wednesday "The War," EXO's fourth full-length studio album, was ranked No. 1 on the chart, becoming t

July 27 1953 -- Representatives of North Korea, China and the United States sign an armistice agreement to end the Korean War. The war broke out on June 25, 1950, when North Korea started bombarding northern South Korea early in the morning.

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors are intensifying their probe into alleged corruption at South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, as they raided its headquarters once again Wednesday to obtain evidence for suspected price manipulation. The

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonahp) -- A little over a week into the second half of the season, five clubs find themselves bunched up in the middle of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) standings. At the top, the Kia Tigers and the NC Dinos have put some di

(ATTN: REWRITES headline; ADDS more details in last 3 paras) SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Servicemen from North Korea's military have vowed their firm readiness to fight with the United States ahead of the 64th anniversary of the armistice that ended th

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- The national Olympic trials in figure skating will get under way this week, kicking off a series of three competitions that will determine who will represent the host nation at next year's PyeongChang Winter Games. The Ko

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- The top military officers of South Korea and New Zealand agreed Wednesday to bolster bilateral cooperation against North Korea's unrelenting saber-rattling. Army Gen. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JC

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- "The Battleship Island," a new South Korean World War II blockbuster film, is set to make an opening day splash on Wednesday, with nearly 600,000 tickets having been reserved on the release date. According to the computer

By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Chung Wang-ok, 78, never thought that he would not be able to see his eldest brother again when his sibling was forcibly enlisted and taken by North Korea's army during the 1950-53 Korean War. It was not

SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- Servicemen from North Korea's military have vowed their firm readiness to fight with the United States ahead of the 64th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, Pyongyang's state media said Wednesday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with White House's reaction in last 2 paras) WASHINGTON, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a package of sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, in a possible blow to President Donald Trump.

(ATTN: UPDATES with details of N.K., Iran sanctions in paras 5-9) WASHINGTON, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a package of sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, in a possible blow to President Donald T

'Healing' Olympics The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games will open in less than 200 days. This is Korea's first time to host the Olympics since 1988. But the national excitement that had preceded Korea's first Summer Olympics is nowhere to be

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a package of sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, in a possible blow to President Donald Trump. The House voted 419-3 in support of the controversial bil