Новости за 05.09.2017

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Teen sensation Lee Jung-hoo set a single-season rookie record for hits in South Korean Baseball on Tuesday. The Nexen Heroes outfielder in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) picked up his 158th hit of the season agains

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday called its recent nuclear test and other provocations a "gift package" for the United States. Han Tae-song, the North's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, was addressing the U.N.-sponsored Conference

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Tuesday dismissed local residents' request to temporarily invalidate the government's offering of land to host a U.S. missile defense system. In April, 396 people filed an administrative suit against the

INCHEON, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- SK Wyverns' third baseman Choi Jeong on Tuesday became the fifth player in South Korean baseball to hit 40 home runs in back-to-back seasons. Choi launched his 40th homer of the 2017 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) se

MOSCOW, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday he will not reject any form of talks with North Korea if necessary to resolve the nuclear standoff, but this is not the right time. He made the remarks in a written interv

(ATTN: ADDS CEO's comments in business update in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Workers at GM Korea Co. will stage a partial strike Tuesday to demand higher wages as the company has not offered any satisfactory terms in this year's wage tal

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- The ruling Democratic Party and government on Tuesday agreed on the need for sanctions and pressure to rein in an increasingly provocative North Korea, calling its latest nuclear test a "grave provocation on a level different

By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Tuesday his forces will continue to deploy formidable defense assets to or near the Korean Peninsula in order to show Washington's security commitment here with "a

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Key news agencies from South Korea, China and Japan opened a joint photo exhibition on Tuesday at a history museum in Seoul to support the successful hosting of a series of global sports events in Northeast Asia. The join

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by bank spokesman) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Kakao Bank, South Korea's second Internet-only bank, implemented a 500 billion won (US$441.9 million) capital increase on Tuesday as a part of a refinancing plan to bolster its

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- China appears to have intensified its crackdown on North Kora defectors and detained at least 41 refugees over the past two months, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. "China has detained at least 41 No

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 5 paras, photo) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Kumho Tire Co. said Tuesday they decided to reject a demand by China's Qingdao Doublestar to cut its bid price for a controlling stake in the South Korean tiremaker.

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ---------------- (2nd LD) S. Korea seeks 'powerful' punitive measures over N.K. nuke test SEOUL -- South Korea is pursuing "powerful" punitive mea

(ATTN: UPDATES with creditors rejecting demand by Qingdao Doublestar in first 3 paras; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Kumho Tire Co. said Tuesday they decided to reject a demand by China's Qingdao Doublestar to cut its bid

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders called on the government Tuesday to provide more support in the face of an increased minimum wage and reduced working hours that will impact their businesses.

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(ATTN: ADDS photo, more info in paras 11-14) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) on Tuesday turned up pressure on the government to seek the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear arms to counter escalating North Ko

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.13 percent lower Tuesday on concerns over North Korea's nuclear provocations, but the decline slowed compared to previous sessions as investors engaged in barga

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 2-3) SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- A famed South Korean novelist was found dead in his residence in central Seoul on Tuesday in what appears to be a suicide, police said. Ma Kwang-soo, a former professor of Korean

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.474 1.478 -0.4 3-year TB 1.780 1.782 -0.2 10-year TB 2.306 2.305 +0.1 2-year MSB

SOKCHO, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's eastern port of Sokcho will be the home port for a Bahama-registered cruise liner to carry tourists on domestic and international routes starting late next month, a city official said Tuesday. "The 24,872-

Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is looking into various possibilities with regard to the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, Seoul's trade minister said Tuesday in response to rising pressure from Washington to amend

By Joo Kyung-don TASHKENT, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea football coach Shin Tae-yong and his Uzbekistan counterpart Samvel Babayan will go head-to-head for the first time in nearly 20 months as they will renew their rivalry in a decisive World Cup

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 0.13 percent lower Tuesday on concerns over North Korea's nuclear provocations, but the decline slowed compared to previous sessions as investors engaged in bargain hunting, analysts said. The Korea

SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Yonhap) -- BLACKPINK's first album released in Japan on Tuesday rose to the top of a weekly chart run by Oricon, the country's key music sales tracker. The team's Japanese debut EP album titled "BLACKPINK" stood at No. 1 on Oricon's