Новости за 17.12.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in 4th para) SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Four newborns died over a two-hour period at a local university hospital the previous night, and police are investigating, officials said Sunday. The four were in incubators at th

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea marked the sixth anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-il on Sunday, but it has not been confirmed whether incumbent ruler Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum where the embalmed body of his father lies

(ATTN: UPDATES with agreement to resume dozens of dialogue channels in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping "completely overcame the awkwardness" stemming from the deployment of a U.S. missile

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Cheong Wa Dae on Sunday urged China to quickly investigate Chinese security guards' beating of South Korean photojournalists during President Moon Jae-in's visit to Beijing last week, and punish those responsible. "We cal

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is working closely with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to persuade North Korea to participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics in the South's alpine county of PyeongChang, Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday.

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday condemned President Moon Jae-in for "begging" for increased pressure and sanctions against the regime during his visit to China last week. Moon returned home Saturday from his four-day trip for talk

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS' music video surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Sunday, only three months after its release. The boy band's video for "DNA" reached the milestone in the shortest time among K-pop stars, accordi

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade promotion agency expressed regret Sunday over Chinese security guards' beating of two Korean journalists at a business forum and vowed to cooperate with Chinese authorities to get to the bottom of the inci

Dec. 18 1973 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Bangladesh. 1991 -- President Roh Tae-woo says he will make the Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons. 1992 -- Kim Young-sam, a candidate of the ruling Democratic

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A senior presidential official on Sunday rejected opposition allegations that presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok's recent visit to the United Arab Emirates was aimed at preventing the Middle Eastern nation from cutting

SEJONG, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- More than 1 out of 10 South Korean workers were paid below the minimum wage in 2016, with many being teenagers, elderly or female workers, government data showed Sunday. Out of 19.62 million workers, 2.66 million, or 13

BEIJING, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- China has approved the construction of three industrial parks to be jointly operated by South Korean and Chinese firms, its website said Sunday, amid growing signs of improvement in bilateral relations. In a circular re

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in and Chinese President Xi Jinping "completely overcame the awkwardness" stemming from the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system through their summit last week, a senior presidential official said Su

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group's sales in China fell nearly 30 percent in November from a year earlier due to the fallout from political tensions over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, the company said Sund

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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The practice of so-called reverse mortgages in South Korea has increased sharply in the past decade as more homeowners, mostly elderly ones, are supporting themselves financially without their children's help after retirement

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. forces conducted a joint training last week for infiltrating North Korea and removing weapons of mass destruction in case of conflict, military sources said. The "Warrior Strike" exercise was held

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details) SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- Four newborns died over a two-hour period at a local university hospital the previous night, and police are investigating, officials said Sunday. The four were in incubators at the

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The southern resort island of Jeju replaced the Japanese city of Osaka as the most popular tourist destination for South Koreans this year, Skyscanner, a global travel search engine, said Sunday. An analysis of 60 million

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Liberty Korea Party decided Sunday to strip four incumbent lawmakers of the headship of their electoral districts in what could be seen as a move to cleanse the party of those close to ousted former Presid

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's commercial banks are set to raise floating rates for mortgage loans this week in line with a benchmark money market rate hike, industry officials said Sunday. The top five banks -- KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Woori

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of college professors has picked the four character Chinese idiom "Pasahyeonjeong," meaning a fight for right against wrong as the expression that best describes this year's social atmosphere in South Korea, the Kyosu

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- A member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council has submitted a bill calling for programs supporting a growing number of loners who confine themselves at home or other places for extended periods of time in refusal of social inter

SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's overseas investment funds have attracted a record amount of money this year as investors are searching for higher returns abroad amid low interest rates at home, data showed Sunday. The combined net worth of

(ATTN: ADDS more info from 3rd para, photo) SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top diplomat will visit Japan this week to discuss North Korea and pending bilateral issues, the foreign ministry here said Sunday. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wh