Новости за 16.11.2017

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Lee Byong-hyun, the South Korean ambassador to UNESCO, has been elected the new chairperson of the international body's executive board, the ministry of foreign affairs said Thursday. Lee won the position by winning 32 vo

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A series of quakes as big as 5.4 magnitude that hit the southeastern city of Pohang on Wednesday has damaged some historic buildings and artifacts in the region, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Thursday. T

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) members attending an international anti-doping meeting here on Thursday said they expect to see North Korea at the PyeongChang Winter Games in South Korea next year.

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Craig Reedie said Thursday he believes anti-doping programs at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games will run "well." Reedie was in South Korea to chair the

(ATTN: UPDATES with more results in paras 7-11) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Koreans cruised through the heats on the first day of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating on home ice on Thursday.

SEJONG, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade commission said Thursday it held a public hearing on an anti-dumping case on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film imported from Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to collect opinions fro

(ATTN: RECTIFIES time element in 4th para; ADDS more comments) BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- China reiterated on Thursday that the most reasonable way to resolve North Korea's nuclear stalemate is to push for a stop to joint military exercises between

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions announced Thursday they've re-signed the reigning league RBI champion Darin Ruf for another season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team retained Ruf on a US$1.5 million deal

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks sapped a five-day losing streak to rebound on Thursday as strong foreign buying boosted the overall market. The South Korean won hit a 13-month high against the U.S. dol

By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The head of Element AI said Thursday that South Korea is a unique artificial intelligence (AI) market with huge potential, as the Canada-based startup joins hands with three local conglomerates to invest in in

BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- China reiterated on Thursday that the most reasonable way to resolve North Korea's nuclear stalemate is to push for a stop to joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S. in exchange for freezing Pyongyang's nu

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.804 1.797 +0.7 3-year TB 2.171 2.177 -0.6 10-year TB 2.564 2.571 -0.7 2-ye

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, the leader of the minor opposition People's Party, doubled down on his middle-of-the-road drive to carve out a stronger parliamentary presence despite blowback from his colleagues. In a script written for a

TOKYO, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Japan sent back home three North Korean sailors on Thursday after rescuing them from a vessel that capsized in the East Sea, a senior Japanese official said. A Japanese Coast Guard patrol ship found the capsized North Kor

By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations Command (UNC) reversed a plan Thursday to make public footage of a North Korean soldier making a desperate defection dash to South Korea earlier this week. It cited concern over unneces

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Bereaved families of five missing victims of a 2014 ferry disaster said Thursday they will no longer seek to recover the remains of their loved ones, as months of search operations in the wreckage are nearing an end. The

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is willing to wait until the last minute before North Korea makes a decision on whether to participate in next year's Winter Olympics south of the border, Seoul's sports minister said Thursday. In an interview

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks sapped a five-day losing streak to rebound on Thursday as strong foreign buying boosted the overall market. The South Korean won hit a 13-month high against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composi

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BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Culture Center here said Thursday that it will hold events to promote South Korea's "haenyeo" later this week on the occasion of the first anniversary of its addition to the UNESCO heritage list. Haenyeo, th

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Iran will co-host a special exhibition featuring Iranian handicrafts in Seoul next week to commemorate a year of cultural exchanges between the two countries, the Iranian embassy and South Korean foreign minis

(ATTN: UPDATES with more quakes) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A series of aftershocks occurred in the southeastern city of Pohang Thursday, sparking fears that yet another more powerful earthquake could come, after the city was struck by South Korea's s

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Bae Suzy, better known by her stage name Suzy, and Lee Min-ho have put an end to their romantic relationship, the actress' agency confirmed Thursday. JYP Entertainment said the celebrity couple recently split after three

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade commission said Thursday it will call on the government to levy anti-dumping duties on coated printing paper from Japan, China and Finland to protect the local industry from being hurt by