Новости за 30.11.2017

ULSAN, South Korea, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co. decided Thursday to stage a partial strike next week as talks over a wage deal with the company hit a snag. Union members of South Korea's largest automaker said they pl

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors sought a two-year prison term for two former campaign officials of the minor opposition People's Party over a fake tip-off about President Moon Jae-in's son that was revealed before the May presidential vote.

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, first 2 paras to correct information) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors filed for court warrants Thursday to arrest three officials from a burger patty supplier of the local unit of McDonald's as part of their probe into

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- The board of Woori Bank on Thursday named its acting chief Sohn Tae-seung the new head of South Korea's No. 3 lender, officials said. Sohn, the lender's executive vice president and head of the global business group, was

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with new info) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Rival parties agreed Thursday to delay submitting the government's 2018 spending plan for a parliamentary vote by a day, amid a deadlock in their negotiations

(ATTN: Minor edits) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- GM Korea Co. chief Kaher Kazem vowed Thursday to make every effort to turn the company around, saying its losses over the past two years are not acceptable. In a meeting with Seoul-based journalists,

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS has rocked a crowd of some 1,000 ardent fans at a mini concert in the U.S. while filming its segment for late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," according to the program Thursday. A 20-minute clip o

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government said Thursday it will allocate 2.2 trillion won (US$2 billion) for research and development (R&D) projects throughout 2022 to better prepare for what it calls the fourth industrial revolution. Und

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- PanOcean Co., South Korea's leading bulk carrier, said Thursday that it has secured a deal worth 1.9 trillion won (US$1.8 billion) with Brazil's Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer. The South Korea company said in

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- A chartered South Korean passenger carrier left for Indonesia on Thursday to bring home hundreds of South Koreans stranded after a volcanic eruption in Bali shut down nearby airports

(ATTN: ADDS financial regulator's comments in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank on Thursday raised the key rate by a quarter percentage point for the first time in more than six years amid clear signs of an economic r

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- GM Korea Co. chief Kaher Kazem said Thursday that every effort will be made to turn the company around as the size of its net losses over the past two years is not acceptable. In a press conference held in Seoul, GM Kore

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted three officials from a burger patty supplier of the local unit of McDonald's for selling meat without proper safety checks, after suspicions were raised that the fast food chain's

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions on Thursday announced their signing of former major league pitcher Tim Adleman. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) team inked the 30-year-old right-hander to a US$1.05 milli

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun defended the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system during talks with a senior Chinese official on Thursday, a day after North Korea test-fired an intercontinental b

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- They were both born in the United States, but Min Yu-ra and Alexander Gamelin will get to represent host South Korea as its lone ice dancing tandem at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics next February. And t

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Internet-only Kakao Bank said Thursday it posted a cumulative net loss of 66.8 billion won (US$61.4 million) by the end of September, hit by higher marketing costs. Kakao Bank, which began operations on July 27, reported

CHEONGJU, South Korea, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- The central government has recognized a 2019 international martial arts competition to be hosted by the provincial city of Cheongju as an official event, paving the way for it to receive state financial suppor

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Retired South Korean golf legend Pak Se-ri on Thursday recalled filming popular reality TV show "Law of the Jungle" extremely demanding but also fun. "It was really, really difficult," Pak told reporters at a press confer

(ATTN: ADDS bond prices at bottom) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended lower Thursday on foreign selling in technology stocks. The won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 36.53 points

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Even after taking the lead in the national Olympic qualification, South Korean male figure skater Lee June-hyoung is still fighting self-doubt. Lee won the first qualifying competition for the 2018 PyeongChan

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Even after taking the lead in the national Olympic qualification, South Korean male figure skater Lee June-hyoung is still fighting self-doubt. Lee won the first qualifying competition for the 2018 PyeongCh

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- It is hard to categorize Michael Joo's artwork. Taking into consideration the process of thinking and making art, it more looks like he is engaged in an experiment of chemistry, physics and geology, looking f

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; REWRITES throughout with new info) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- The leader of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party on Thursday urged China to use its "stick" to rein in an increasingly provocative North Korea in the wake

SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Yonhap) -- Seoul and New York will promote each other's tourist attractions via various advertizing methods at major locations in the two cities by the end of the year, a city official here said Thursday. To that end, the Seoul cit