Новости за 19.08.2017

(ATTN: ADDS agriculture ministry's decision to conduct additional probe into farms in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Saturday said local authorities should deal strictly with egg producers who are n

(ATTN: CORRECTS typo in 3rd para; CLARIFIES 4th para) TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the United States armed forces responsible for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region will visit South Korea to discuss various security issues surrounding the area, a

(ATTN: CORRECTS time element in headline, lead) SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities said Saturday they will likely announce the outcome of the inspection into eggs tainted with the insecticide fipronil early next week amid an u

(ATTN: UPDATES with Pyongyang's criticism of UN chief in last two paras) SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday condemned the United States for asking some Latin American countries to sever diplomatic and trade ties with the North, calling

TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the United States armed forces responsible for the Indo-Asia-Pacific region will visit South Korea to discuss various security issues surrounding the area, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday. Japan's Asa

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities said Saturday they will announce the outcome of the inspection into eggs tainted with the insecticide fipronil later this week amid an unfolding egg contamination scandal in Europe. Details

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Saturday that its archaeologists have discovered a royal tomb of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) in its border city of Kaesong. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the mausoleum of Suk Jong,

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Saturday said local authorities should deal strictly with egg producers who are not complying with the government's food safety standards as he conducted on-site inspections to handl

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday condemned the United States for asking some Latin American countries to sever diplomatic and trade ties with the North, calling the request a violation of international law. U.S. Vice President Mik

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals has earned a save for the first time in 41 days as he escaped a bases-loaded jam to preserve his club's victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oh gave up an unearned run in the

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Saturday that any countries in the world will not come under threat of its nuclear attack, as long as they don't side with the United States' military action against the North. The Rodong Sinmun, the offi

(ATTN: ADDS defense ministry's statement in last 2 paras) CHEORWON, South Korea, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean soldier injured in an explosion during an artillery firing drill in Cheorwon on Friday has died, South Korea's military said Saturday,

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Discharged from his military duty, Choi Si-won of the South Korean boy band Super Junior will visit Vietnam next week for a campaign by the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF), his Seoul-based agency said Saturday.

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Pyongyang on Saturday said that the United States is now left with only one option: abandon its hostile policy toward North Korea. A researcher from the North Korean Academy of Science claimed in an online post that North

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in has called for "radical" measures to reform South Korea's livestock industry amid a tainted egg crisis here that is causing a health scare, an official at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Satur

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- More than 24,000 cyberattacks have occurred against key agencies under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy over the past decade, data showed Saturday. According to the ministry data submitted to Choi Yeon-hye of th

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares are likely to remain in a tight range next week, amid geopolitical risks as Seoul and Washington are set to launch their annual military drills, analysts here said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Compos

SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's entertainment industry was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the diplomatic normalization with China in 1992. Its pop songs, dramas and movies flooded into the once banned communist country, which has become t

CHEORWON, South Korea, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean soldier injured in an explosion during an artillery firing drill in Cheorwon on Friday has died, South Korea's military said Saturday, raising the death toll to two. Military officials said

Worrying currents in Washington Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist whose comments are often as provocative as President Donald Trump's, told a small liberal magazine, the American Prospect, that the United States was entering into an e

Ban Ki-moon card The nation is in diplomatic turmoil. The worst part of it is the so-called Korea passing _ Seoul being bypassed in international efforts to handle North Korea's missile and nuclear provocations. Now, it is degenerating into the "

Time to show performance President Moon Jae-in said Thursday he has tried to right wrongs and re-establish the roles of government. "I have tried to carry out the reforms the people demand. They are my biggest power in running state affairs,"

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Aug. 19. Korean-language dailies -- Now or forever abandoned: MBC workers to go on strike (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Eggs with pesticides from 49 farms

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (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, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean retail giant Lotte Group has sold the most debt so far this year with other major business groups also offering massive corporate debt amid low market rates, data showed on Saturday. According to the data com