Новости за 03.10.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES with team's final position at bottom) SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club LG Twins named a new manager on Tuesday, the final day of the regular season. The Seoul-based Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club announce

DAEGU, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Lee Seung-yuop, the greatest slugger in South Korean baseball history, bid adieu to the game on Tuesday in style, launching two home runs to bring an illustrious 23-year career to a spectacular, fairy-tale end. Lee, 41, pl

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The nation's top baseball league broke its single-season attendance record on Tuesday, the final day of the 2017 regular season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it drew a little over 8.4 million fans for the sea

(ATTN: UPDATES with more results) SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers won the South Korean baseball pennant on Tuesday, the final day of the regular season. The Tigers finished first among 10 clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) reg

SUWON, South Korea, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers clinched their first South Korean baseball pennant on Tuesday, but the key members of the regular season champions weren't ready to celebrate much yet. The Tigers defeated the KT Wiz 10-2 at KT

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club LG Twins named a new manager on Tuesday, the final day of the regular season. The Seoul-based Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club announced Ryu Joong-il as their new skipper, moments after los

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Paik Jin-hyun of South Korea has been elected as a president at a U.N. sea tribunal for a three-year tenure, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an intergover

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout, photo) SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers won the South Korean baseball pennant on Tuesday, the final day of the regular season. The Tigers finished first among 10 clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The Kia Tigers won the South Korean baseball pennant on Tuesday, the final day of the regular season. The Tigers finished first among 10 clubs in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season with a record of 87 win

DAEGU, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- About to call it quits after a record-breaking career in South Korean baseball on Tuesday, Samsung Lions slugger Lee Seung-yuop said he felt like his "heart was getting ripped out." Lee was scheduled to play his final Kore

(ATTN: UPDATES the number of Koreans unaccounted for) SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Ten Koreans remain unaccounted for after a tragic shooting rampage shook Las Vegas on Sunday, South Korean foreign ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said as of 3 p.m

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Nine Koreans remain unaccounted for after the tragic shooting rampage shook Las Vegas on Sunday, South Korean foreign ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, it has received no reports of any dea

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- How will technological development influence human life? The question is at the center of the 2017 Gwangju Design Biennale that is currently taking place in the southwestern city. The organizer said the gl

Oct. 4 1935 -- South Korea's first sound film "Chunhyangjeon" premieres at a Seoul theater. 1950 -- The American Forces Korean Network (AFKN) radio starts broadcasting. 2007 -- South Korea and North Korea announce the "Declaration of

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- The foreign and defense ministers of South Korea and Australia will hold talks in Seoul next week to discuss North Korea, bilateral cooperation and regional security issues, officials said Tuesday. The third so-called two

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent his condolences to U.S. President Donald Trump over the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. "Representing the Republic of Korea and the Ko

(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 5 paras) SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Kim Un-yong, former vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), passed away Tuesday. He was 86 years old. Sources close to the deceased said Kim, feeling under th

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actress Lee Young-ae is returning to the small screen with a mystery drama, a PR agency said Tuesday. The script writing for the new series, with the title roughly translated as "Different Dream," has yet to b

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Kim Un-yong, former vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), passed away Tuesday. He was 86 years old. Sources close to the deceased said Kim, feeling under the weather, was admitted to Severance Hospit

Beijing, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korean workers in China are forced to return home amid tougher Chinese sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang's sixth nuclear test last month, sources said. One source in Beijing told Yonhap News Agency that a large

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yong-un, former vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has died of old age, his family said Tuesday. He was 86. Kim was admitted to a hospital in Seoul on Monday and passed away at 2:21 a.m. Tuesd

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By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will start their preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup later this week when they take on the hosts of the top football tournament. South Korea will face Russia at VEB Arena in Moscow on S

SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- A total of 12 North Koreans have settled in the United States in the past year, but none since February, a U.S.-based media report said Tuesday. From Oct. 1, 2016, to Sept. 30 this year, the number of North Korean refugees

Missing the holiday effect The unprecedentedly lengthy Chuseok holiday is unlikely to help much to stimulate domestic demand as ardently hoped for by our authorities and businesses throughout the country. Korea is enjoying one of its longe