Новости за 18.01.2018

By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Former Wonder Girls member Sunmi established herself as one of the top female solo artists through the success of her single "Gashina" last year. Dropping her first single after "Gashina" on Thursday, Sunm

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea started the new year as the world's 59th placed football team in the FIFA rankings. According to the January men's rankings table released by FIFA on Thursday, South Korea moved up one spot to No. 59 with 569

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Kia Motors Corp. have approved a wage deal for 2017 in a vote held Thursday, the company said. On Tuesday, Kia Motors and its 28,803-member union reached a tentative wage deal after 27 rounds of nego

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Kumho Tire Co. said Thursday that raising outside capital would be the best option to normalize the financially troubled company. Creditors of Kumho Tire reached a consensus that inviting outside capital wil

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Thursday turned down the claim by the eldest son of the founder of South Korean retail giant Lotte Group that he was unfairly removed from the boards of two Lotte hotel units. Shin Dong-joo, former vice

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A senior executive of LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that South Korea is dumping washing machines into the United States. Dan Song, president of LG Electronics' home appliance

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's nuclear operator said Thursday that its chief will step down this week, an abrupt resignation that has raised speculation that his criticism of the government's anti-nuclear policy may have cost him his job.

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- With a number of child abuse cases rattling South Korea in the last few months, a new TV series delves into the subject by exploring mother-daughter relationships, which, according to director Kim Chul-kyu, ca

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at the bottom) SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed mildly higher Thursday as investors scooped up large-cap tech shares following overnight gains on Wall Street, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the

(ATTN: RECASTS with updates on suspect arrest and other details throughout) ULSAN, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday they arrested the suspect in an armed robbery at a local branch of a community credit cooperative earlier in the day. Uls

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SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, next week to discuss security issues on the Korean Peninsula as well as the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the foreign minis

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Despite facing some unexpected distractions, South Korean women's hockey team has enough talent to keep its focus on the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Sarah Murray, former Canadian star and daughter of

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- A former senior secretary to President Moon Jae-in was indicted without detention on Thursday for suspected bribery and other corruption charges, prosecutors said. Jun Byung-hun, an ex-presidential aide for political af

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed mildly higher Thursday as investors scooped up large-cap tech shares following overnight gains on Wall Street, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Com

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea's agreement to conduct joint training at a ski resort in the North reflects Seoul's wish to make the PyeongChang Winter Olympics a "peace" event, a government o

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SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Thursday's closing prices of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. ORION Holdings 28,150 UP 900 KISWire 33,050 DN 200 LotteFood 546,000 DN 3,000 NEXENTIRE

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean mobile games were among the top 10 grossing apps in the world last year, an industry report showed Thursday. According to the report by the app analytics company App Annie, Netmarble's "Lineage 2: Revolut

SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday unveiled dozens of air conditioners equipped with its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Whisen ThinQ air conditioners can learn customers' language patterns while also sensing temper

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