Новости за 01.12.2017

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has agreed to strike a deal with other countries to refrain from fishing in the rapidly warming Arctic Ocean until they have a better understanding of the marine life in the area, Seoul's foreign ministry said Frid

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's five carmakers said Friday their combined sales fell 12 percent last month from a year earlier mainly due to weak overseas demand. The five automakers -- Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., GM Korea Co., Re

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ----------------- (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. not discussing naval blockade against N. Korea: Cheong Wa Dae SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly passed an amendment on Friday that would allow chemical castration as punishment for people found guilty of attempted rape, expanding the scope of a law punishing sex offenders. The bill also stipulat

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors asked a former senior secretary to President Moon Jae-in to appear for questioning next week over bribery suspicions, officials said Friday, as they consider seeking another arrest warrant for him after an earlier

(ATTN: ADDS bond prices at bottom) SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended lower Friday on foreign selling. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 0.96 point, or 0.04 percent,

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Friday passed a set of motions to extend the deployment of South Korean troops in Lebanon, South Sudan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and off the coast of Somali by a year each. Two of the motions

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Female shoppers in their 30's have been spending the most at a local online shopping mall this fall, industry data showed Friday. South Korea's major online shopping operator and ticketing company Interpark Corp. said 21 p

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Friday it has won orders to build 17 out of 27 very large ore carriers placed by South Korean shipping lines, while Chinese shipbuilders have secured or are in the process of getting contracts

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Singer-actor Rain said Friday his newborn daughter has opened a new chapter in his life. "For me, she is more important than myself. After having my daughter, chapter two of my life opened," Rain said during a press confer

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kia Motors Corp. said Friday its vehicle sales dropped 14.7 percent in November from a year earlier on weaker overseas demand. The country's second-largest carmaker by sales sold 259,643 vehicles in November, down from 30

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday its November sales fell 10.4 percent from a year earlier due to weaker overseas demand. Hyundai Motor sold 422,940 vehicles in November, down from 472,015 units a year earlier, the company sai

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The average daily turnover of the South Korean won-Chinese yuan direct trading market in Seoul moved up in the first 11 months of the year from the same period last year, government data showed Friday. The daily trading v

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with reports of the outcome of the meeting in paras ; RESTRUCTURES; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Friday met with a group of South Korean and U.S. soldiers guarding the border wit

SHANGHAI, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The number of Chinese nationals submitting a visa application to visit South Korea on individual tours increased 12 percent from a year ago to 21,000 last week, according to data made available Friday by South Korean diplom

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended lower Friday on foreign selling. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 0.96 point, or 0.04 percent, to 2,475.41. The main index buck

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Friday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. DaelimInd 82,800 UP 100 Hanwha 40,750 DN 750 SamsungF&MIns 258,500 DN 1,500 HANALL

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The overpass-turned-park Seoullo 7017, Seoul's new landmark, will become an outdoor gallery for the next four months to show a series of public art projects that focus on PyeongChang's nature, weather and cultu

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SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- Kumho Tire Co., South Korea's second-largest tiremaker by sales, said Friday it has appointed a sales veteran as its new chief executive officer (CEO). In an extraordinary shareholders meeting, Kumho Tire named Kim Jong-ho

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SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Canada agreed to work together more closely on reining in North Korea's nuclear and missile development during a phone call on Friday, the foreign ministry in Seoul said. Foreign Minis

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- McDonald's Korea said Friday it has suspended a contract with the supplier of the burger patties that are suspected of having caused consumers to get ill due to undercooking. "We've temporarily stopped receiving burger pat

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS more information in paras 8-10) SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have not discussed any military options, including a naval blockade, against North Korea, an official from South Korea's presiden