Новости за 26.09.2017

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A former Standard & Poor's official said Tuesday South Korea's economy remains stable due to its solid fundamentals, though North Korean provocations have emerged as a major threat. In a Seoul seminar arranged by the Fe

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A senior South Korean diplomat hoped on Tuesday that South Korea and China will maintain close communication and cooperation to peacefully resolve North Korea's nuclear and missile issues. "South Korea and China have be

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Tuesday expressed regret over controversial remarks recently made by a high-ranking senior Japanese government official regarding a possible massive inflow of North Korean refugees into Japan. On Saturday,

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged North Korea to come to the dialogue table Tuesday, saying the communist state still had a chance for a peaceful end to its nuclear ambition. "As I have stressed numerous times, th

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group has opened a big data center in China in a move to expand into one of the world's largest automobile markets, the conglomerate said Tuesday. The first overseas data center in Guizhou Province began op

(ATTN: ADDS U.S. Navy official's comments, other details in paras 4-7) SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A mine countermeasures ship in the U.S. Navy made a port call at a southern port of South Korea on Tuesday, the allies' navies said. The USS Chief (M

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- The final game for retiring South Korean baseball legend Lee Seung-yuop has sold out, his club Samsung Lions said Tuesday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said the 24,000 tickets to the regular season finale o

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A mine countermeasures ship in the U.S. Navy made a port call at a southern port of South Korea on Tuesday, the allies' navies said. The USS Chief (MCM-14), an Avenger-class vessel, pulled into the Jeju Naval Base as part

(ATTN: ADDS details at bottom) SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Players in the nation's top baseball league will be allowed to have agents starting next year. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it will permit player representation beginning in

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea replaced its number two military officer on Tuesday in a shake-up that also promoted 10 two-star Army generals to the rank of lieutenant general. Lt. Gen. Lee Jong-sup, the commanding general of the 7th Army

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition party on Tuesday called for a special probe into a corruption scandal involving former liberal President Roh Moo-hyun, as pushback against a series of ongoing probes targeting preceding conservative admin

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will play at least 10 friendly matches before competing at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the national football governing body said Tuesday. In a 2018 World Cup roadmap set by the Korea Football Association (KFA) t

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- New Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Meong-su said Tuesday he will push for reform in the judiciary to regain the public trust, with a priority on strengthening fairness and transparency in court proceedings. "I will dev

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. ------------------ (LEAD) Moon to meet ruling, opposition leaders over N. Korea late Wednesday SEOUL -- President Moon Jae-in will hold a specia

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished lower Tuesday as investors took a wait-and-see attitude amid heightened geopolitical tensions, analysts said. The Korean won lost ground against the U.S. dolla

DAEJEON, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Genome editing experts from around the globe will get together in Seoul later this week to introduce and share their new genome engineering technologies, organizers said Tuesday. "The IBS-Nature Conference on Frontier

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SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Not a single country has officially decided not to join the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics so far despite tension over North Korea's provocations, the foreign ministry here said Tuesday, vowing to ensure the safety of

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished lower Tuesday as investors took a wait-and-see attitude amid heightened geopolitical tensions, analysts said. The Korean won lost ground against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's plan to install a memorial monument for women sexually enslaved by the imperial Japanese army during World War II does not run counter to the country's 2015 agreement signed with Japan to settle the wartime atr

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it plans to close down its music-streaming app Milk in October, and instead provide the services through its updated Samsung Music player. The South Korean tech giant first kicked off

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Business leaders of South Korea and Japan gathered in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss ways to step up collaboration in the technology and energy sectors, as well as in facilitating multilateral free trade with other Asian nation

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A top U.S. military commander in South Korea on Tuesday stressed the significance of enhancing the integrated air power of the allies against North Korea armed with nuclear weapons. Lt. Gen. Thomas Bergeson, the 7th Air

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- Players in the nation's top baseball league will be allowed to have agents starting next year. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it will permit player representation beginning in 2018, putting into effect a rule

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean duty-free store will shut down this week amid a sharp drop in the number of Chinese tourists following a diplomatic row over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system here, officials said Tuesday. Ha