Новости за 08.01.2018

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 5 paras) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will announce Tuesday its stance on and follow-up measures to a controversial deal with Japan to settle the grievances of Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery for

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with foreign ministry's announcement plan) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will announce its measures on Tuesday to deal with a controversial deal with Japan to settle the grievances of Korean women forced into wartim

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SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean figure skater Cha Jun-hwan will skip an international competition later this month as he looks to recover from nagging injuries ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics, a source close to the athlete said Monday.

(ATTN: ADDS more info in para 9) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will seek to discuss ways to ease military tensions and reunite divided families during this week's high-level talks with North Korea, Seoul's chief delegate said Monday. Unifi

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co.'s vice chairman confirmed that a business partnership with two U.S. companies is "under way" in the area of autonomous driving technology, the carmaker said Monday. After attending U.S. chipmaker Nvidia'

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- U.S. tech giant Google Inc. came under fire Monday for describing a victim of Japan's sexual slavery during World War II as a "prostitute" in its Korean-based search engine, which the firm claims was caused by an "error" in it

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will announce its measures Tuesday to deal with what it sees as a "defective" 2015 deal with Japan to settle Tokyo's wartime sexual slavery, an informed source here said Monday. President Moon Jae-in criticize

By Chang Dong-woo SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- INFINITE returned with its third studio album, "Top Seed", on Monday, marking the first major K-pop boy band release of 2018 as well as the group's first record after being downsized into a six-member act.

By Kim Eun-jung SEJONG, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade minister on Monday said he expected growing pressure from the United States in the upcoming free trade agreement (FTA) talks, as President Donald Trump could ratchet up his rhetoric ahead

(ATTN: CHANGES photo; RECASTS lead; UPDATES with new info in para 8) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- A high-ranking United Arab Emirates official began a two-day visit to Seoul on Monday, raising expectations that he may address growing speculation that Seo

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will take on Moldova, Jamaica and Latvia in pre-World Cup football friendly matches starting later this month. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced these three countries as South Korea's opponents dur

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Officials from South Korea and Japan held their first talks Monday since Seoul last month found fault with their 2015 deal on Japan's wartime sexual slavery. The ministry said Kim Yong-kil, director-general of Northeast A

ULSAN, South Korea, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- A Russian crewman of a car carrier has been arrested on charges of forcibly hugging and kissing a South Korean female welfare center worker, the maritime police in Ulsan said Monday. The 44-year-old, identifi

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Samsung C&T Corp., the construction-to-trading arm of Samsung Group, said Monday it will pay higher dividends for three years ending in 2019 to enhance shareholders' value. Samsung C&T plans to give 2,000 won (US$1.90) pe

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Monday as investors scooped up market heavyweights, such as banking and chemical shares, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. T

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Drugmaker Celltrion Inc.'s stock has made significant gains in recent days, surpassing Hyundai Motor Co. in terms of market value, data showed Monday. Celltrion shares jumped 55.12 percent over the past 7 trading sessions

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in renewed his pledge to raise the minimum wage Monday, calling it an indispensable policy for addressing worsening income inequality and guaranteeing a decent living for low-income workers. Moon made th

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(ATTN: RECASTS lead; ADDS details throughout) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its earnings are estimated to have turned to the black in the fourth quarter of 2017 fueled by robust sales of home appliances

(ATTN: ADDS photo, more info in paras 7-9, 15-17) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Stark differences between two minor parties over how to address the escalating nuclear standoff with North Korea resurfaced Monday as a key hurdle to their proposed merger.

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Monday as investors scooped up market heavyweights, such as banking and chemical shares, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock P

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday continued its harsh rhetoric aimed at the United States, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's recent conciliatory remarks that alluded to dialogue with the North. On Saturday, Trump said that he is

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, South Korea's leading steelmaker, said Monday it will seek partnerships with U.S. companies in adopting smart solutions to its businesses, at a major consumer technology show in Las Vegas this week. At the Consumer

(ATTN: RECASTS headline and lead; UPDATES paras 2, 6-7 with more details about Park's assets; RESTRUCTURES) SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors requested a court order on Monday to freeze some 6 billion won (US$5.62 million) in assets held by forme