Новости за 24.12.2017

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 11-12) SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid his respects on Sunday to the victims of a fitness center fire in the central city of Jecheon which left 29 people dead and scores injured. Lee visit

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest information in para 2) SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Foggy conditions on Christmas Eve have forced several cancellations and delays at South Korea's main gateway. As of 6 p.m. on Sunday, 239 outbound and 309 inbound flights

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details, latest figures; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Foggy conditions on Christmas Eve have forced several cancellations and delays at South Korea's main gateway. As of 2 p.m. on Sunday, 221 outbound and 1

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon paid his respects on Sunday to the victims of a fitness center fire in the central city of Jecheon which left 29 people dead and scores injured. Lee visited the gutted eight-story building and

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS has come in at No. 13 with "Mic Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow" on Japan's annual Oricon single ranking, according to Oricon. It marked the highest ranking by a South Korean band, said the Japanese music statist

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean blockbuster films surpassed 3 million in attendance on Sunday. Figures from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) showed that "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" and "Steel Rain" have each sold more than 3 mi

(ATTN: UPDATES with comments by agriculture minister; MINOR EDITS in 2nd para) SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean quarantine officials have slaughtered 201,000 birds in the country's southwestern areas to contain the spread of avian influenza, an

Dec. 25 1971 -- A fire at Seoul's Daeyeongak Hotel kills 166 people and injures 88 others. 1978 -- Football player Cha Bum-kun becomes the first South Korean to join the Bundesliga in Germany. 1997 -- President-elect Kim Dae-jung na

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean quarantine officials have slaughtered 201,000 birds in the country's southwestern areas to contain the spread of avian influenza, an official said Sunday. Quarantine workers culled the ducks from Nov. 19 to S

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Long jump world record holder Mike Powell gave lectures to South Korean coaches over the weekend, the national track and field association said Sunday. The Korea Association of Athletics Federations (KAAF) said Powell, 54

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has asked the United States to exclude South Korean washers from any remedy measure, noting that U.S. public interest will be hurt by the imposition of safeguard measures. "The Korean government would like to

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday rejected the latest U.N. sanctions resolution on its intercontinental ballistic missile launch, threatening to further strengthen its "self-defensive" nuclear deterrence. The U.N. Security Council o

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SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Foggy conditions on Christmas Eve have forced several cancellations and delays at South Korea's main gateway. As of 10 a.m. on Sunday, 34 outbound and nine inbound flights at Incheon International Airport have been delaye

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for a fight to root out "non-socialist" elements in the society, its media reported Sunday, as he strives to tighten the ideological discipline amid international sanctions over its

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Growth of South Korean households' financial assets reached an all-time low this year amid prolonged low interest rates, government data showed Sunday. The average financial assets of local households stood at 97.8 millio

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's benchmark stock index is widely expected to stage a rally at the start of the new year following a recent downturn sparked by massive foreign selling, sources said Sunday. Foreign investors have been dumping

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed the role of the ruling party's rank-and-file organizations in building a powerful socialist country in his closing address at a conference of party cell leaders, its media reported

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- Ticket sales for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics have surpassed 60 percent, the event's organizers said Sunday. There are 47 days left until the Feb. 9 opening ceremony of the first Winter Games in South Korea. And a

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- The chiefs of South Korea's major commercial banks expect the economy to expand around 3 percent on-year in 2018 on brisk exports and a recovery in consumer spending, a poll showed Sunday. In written interviews with Yonha

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football club Pohang Steelers announced Sunday they've acquired a Paraguayan-born Korean midfielder Kim Hyun-sol. The K League Classic team said Kim will join the squad after undergoing his physical Jan. 4.

SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (%)