Новости за 12.01.2018

(ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline, lead; UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court decided on Friday to freeze around 6 billion won (US$5.62 million) in assets held by former President Park Geun-hye in case of a convictio

(ATTN: ADDS more details from para 4) SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday proposed working-level talks with North Korea next week to discuss details of the North's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Seoul offered to hol

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday proposed working-level talks with North Korea next week to discuss details of the North's participation in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Seoul offered to hold the talks next Monday at the border v

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SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul Central District Court on Friday mistakenly uploaded a statement to its website that it had issued an order to freeze assets of former President Park Geun-hye. It was posted at 6 p.m. but was deleted later. Th

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Park Seung-hi, a former Olympic short track champion who converted to speed skating in 2014, said Friday she aims to reach the pinnacle of her career at the upcoming Winter Games. "I will put all efforts into performing a

JINCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has proposed assembling a joint women's hockey team with North Korea at the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a senior government official said Friday. Vice Sports Minister Roh Tae-kang sai

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Caffe Bene, a local coffee franchise, filed for a court-led restructuring scheme on Friday after suffering from a protracted slump and mounting losses, the company said. Launched in 2008, Caffe Bene expanded to become on

(ATTN: ADDS 1st photo) SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's transport ministry and Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) held an event on Friday to celebrate the opening of a second passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport. T

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) said Friday Shin Kori-3, an advanced nuclear reactor designed for exports, has operated without problems since coming online in December 2016. The ARP-1400 reactor in Ulsan

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- After coming up short of his second Olympic medal in Sochi in 2014, South Korean speed skating star Mo Tae-bum simply let himself go. Frustrated that his personal best times weren't enough for a podium finish in the men's

(ATTN: UPDATES with the FDA's warning on supplements in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The successive deaths of four newborns at a hospital's intensive care unit last month were caused by blood poisoning from a bacterial infection, police sa

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Korean pop music market saw sharp increases in the consumption of digital music through streaming and the sales of physical albums in 2017, a market tracker said Friday. Twelve songs, up from only two in the previous

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Retired baseball slugger Lee Seung-yuop will serve as an honorary ambassador for the nation's top baseball league starting this year. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) introduced Lee, who retired in 2017 after an illu

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for efforts to further upgrade the nation's airport capacity and promote its advanced airport operation systems overseas. He attended a ceremony marking the construction of a second

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Friday. ----------------- Top commander vows full military support for Olympics security SEOUL -- South Korea's highest-ranking military officer inspected

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Friday as institutions bought undervalued stocks following a correction after a Wall Street rally lifted investor sentiment. The won firmed against the U

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SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's highest-ranking military officer inspected the preparedness of the country's troops Friday for the security of the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo, chairman of the Joint Chie

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea contacted North Korea on Friday via the recently reopened border hotline to repatriate the bodies of four people presumed to be North Koreans and found in a boat adrift in the East Sea. On Jan. 7, a South Kore

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) has asked the North Korean government to carry out probes into 27 enforced disappearances, a U.S. broadcaster reported Friday, citing the group's latest

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks finished higher Friday as institutions bought undervalued stocks following a correction after a Wall Street rally lifted investor sentiment. The won firmed against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's transport ministry and Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) held an event on Friday to celebrate the opening of a second passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport. The second terminal at the

(ATTN: UPDATES latest figure in fifth para, ADDS gas usage at bottom) SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ordered local companies to cut their power use to maintain a stable electricity reserve rate as a continuing cold spell caused a spike in heat

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's propaganda outlet called for the total suspension of joint military drills between South Korea and the United States on Friday, in response to the allies' decision to delay them until after the PyeongChang Winte