Новости за 10.09.2017

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in's approval rating saw a substantial dip from last month as the government faces an increasing security dilemma over North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship, according to a poll released Sunday. According

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 4, 6-7) SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The size of South Korea's restaurant industry stood at 192 trillion won (US$16.9 billion) as of 2015, official data showed Sunday. According to the latest findings by th

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's wage increase rate has been halved after the 2008 global financial crisis that rocked the country, a market report showed Sunday. The findings released in the Bank of Korea's (BOK) latest foreign economic f

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is not considering the redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons into the country, the presidential office said Sunday, in response to a U.S. media report that hinted the Trump government is willing to take it as

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp., South Korea's two biggest carmakers, said Sunday they will promote its subcompact crossovers in the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show amid growing demand for SUVs in the glo

(ATTN: ADDS updates on the playing of a video footage of a warhead presumed to be a hydrogen bomb in paras 6-7) SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hailed the latest nuclear test as "a great victory" at a celebration banquet, a

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest producer of memory chips and smartphones, may beat market expectations and post earnings growth in the third quarter despite earlier predictions of adjustments, market watchers sa

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4, 8) SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will come to South Korea early this week to meet people forced to endure World War II sexual slavery, an organization representing the victi

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The number of workers covered by employment insurance declined sharply in the shipbuilding industry last month from a year earlier, government data showed Sunday, as yards undertake massive restructuring in the face of slugg

INCHEON, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Trade ministers of 16 regional countries, including India and China, will meet in South Korea next month to discuss a regional mega free trade agreement (FTA), the Incheon Metropolitan City said Sunday. The Regional C

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will come to South Korea early this week to meet people forced to endure World War II sexual slavery, an organization representing the victims said Sunday. Schroeder is due to v

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in opted to take a brief respite after returning from Russia as he is tasked with resolving the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's latest nuclear test, his office said Sunda

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The second passenger terminal (T2) at Incheon International Airport will open in January next year, as it has been systematically integrated with the existing terminal, the country's largest air terminal operator said Sunday

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it has introduced a five-door refrigerator that provides easy access to on-the-go items. The H9000 fridge, updated from the more conventional two-door refrigerator, allows users instant

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The size of South Korea's restaurant industry stood at 192 trillion won (US$16.9 billion) as of 2015, official data showed Sunday. According to the latest findings by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has set up a task force to improve the country's livestock farming environment and strengthen the food safety management system, the agriculture ministry said Sunday. The move comes after the country has been

Sept. 11 1899 -- Korea's last kingdom, the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), signs a trade treaty with China's Qing Dynasty. 1945 -- The operation of a railway line linking Seoul and Sinuiju, a border city in what is now North Korea, is s

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES on LKP lawmakers' move to send letter to U.S. President Trump in 4th to last para) SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) is shoring up its push for the redeployment of U.S. ta

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday that preorders for its Galaxy Note 8 are setting new records in the United States. The world's largest manufacturer of smartphones said orders received since Aug. 24 are the highest ta

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Sunday it has asked private money lenders to voluntarily cut their combined volume of television ads by 30 percent during the second-half of this year. The tightened regulation is

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry has seen a sharp rise in attempted hackings from China in 2017 from a year earlier, parliamentary sources said Sunday. A total of 8,263 cases of cyberattacks or attempted hackings were det

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Hotel Lotte Co., the operator of South Korea's biggest hotel chain, has opened a hotel in Yangon, Myanmar, as part of its gradual expansion strategy, the company said Sunday. On Friday, Lotte Hotel Yangon began operatio

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Transitioning to solar power as a source of the country's power will require 20 times more land compared with the country's current nuclear energy policy, an opposition lawmaker said Sunday. Rep. Kim Jung-hoon of the mai

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- Exports of South Korea's agricultural goods to China fell this year as diplomatic rows with its biggest trading partner deepen, a local agricultural agency said Sunday. The value of agricultural exports fell to US$860 m

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LPK) said Sunday it will consider reflecting the costs for the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula in next year's budget review, as it ramps up its p