Новости за 01.02.2018

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead, dateline; UPDATES with pool reports throughout) By Kim Soo-yeon and Joint Press Corps SEOUL/MASIKRYONG, North Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korean skiers conducted joint training at a ski resort in the North

(ATTN: ADDS details; CHANGES photos) By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Olympic athletes checked in to their living quarters for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games amid tight security on Thursday. Pyongyang's

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed strong concerns over trade remedies on its goods during the second round of talks to amend the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, while the U.S. side sought ways to reduce

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Olympic athletes checked in to their living quarters for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games amid tight security on Thursday. Pyongyang's vice sports minister Won Kil-u led a

(ATTN: CHANGES photos; ADDS details) YANGYANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Olympic athletes arrived in South Korea on Thursday for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games. A delegation of 32, including 10 athletes, arrived at Yangya

By Yoo Jee-ho GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Several South Korean athletes in ice sports will be sleeping with their enemies during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. South Korea and Sweden will be housed in the same apartment building a

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science and technology capabilities ranked seventh among the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2017, a state-run think tank said Thursday. The Korea Insti

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The governor of South Korea's Gangwon Province said Thursday he wants to expand exchanges with North Korea through the Winter Olympic Games. North Korea sent 22 athletes south of the

YANGYANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Olympic athletes arrived in South Korea on Thursday for the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games. A delegation of 32, including 10 athletes, arrived at Yangyang International Airport on a South Ko

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Ryu Seung-min, head of the athletes' village in PyeongChang during the upcoming Winter Olympics, said Thursday that athletes will

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's five carmakers said Thursday their combined sales rose 0.4 percent last month from a year earlier, helped by new models and a base effect. The five automakers -- Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., GM Korea

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with separate order won by SK E&C) SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- POSCO Engineering & Construction Co. said Thursday it has received a 750 billion-won (US$700 million) order to build a petrochemical complex in Vietnam. In Ho

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- An opposition lawmaker said Thursday he asked for a police investigation into an email containing malicious code circulated under his name with the words "virtual currency" in the subject, raising suspicions that North Korea w

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- The operator of South Korea's first baby hatch said Thursday it is pushing ahead with a project to have a law enacted to allow women to give birth secretly or anonymously in cases of unwanted pregnancy, a measure to keep them

(ATTN: ADDS lecture in last 3 paras) BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said Thursday he will raise the issue of difficulties facing South Korean firms doing businesses in China, which have been attributed to Beijing's actions

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will introduce intensive security checks for rail transportation during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and provide extra trains for the convenience of Olympic visitors, the transport ministry said Thursday. Th

SEJONG, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to sell a combined 7.5 trillion won (US$6.99 billion) in state bonds this month, the finance ministry said Thursday. The government will issue 1.65 trillion won in bonds, with a maturity of three years,

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ----------------- (Olympics) IOC chief congratulates S. Korea for providing 'extraordinary villages' for athletes PYEONGCHANG -- International Oly

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military official traveled to Thailand on Thursday in a bid to promote bilateral defense industry cooperation, with the contracted deliveries of T-50 supersonic trainer jets under way. In talks with his T

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net profit plunged 80 percent on the reduced value of assets in its trading business. Net profit for the three months that ended D

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Lee Hee-beom, the chief organizer for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, called for "emergency measures" to boost ticket sales for the quadrennial event on Thursday. With only eight

By Joo Kyung-don PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Thursday welcomed the official opening of the athletes' living quarters for the PyeongChang Olympics, calling them "extraordin

(ATTN: ADDS remarks, details in last 4 paras) BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said Thursday he will raise the issue of difficulties facing South Korean firms doing businesses in China, which have been attributed to Beijing'

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks rose slightly Thursday as retail investors were net buyers of local stocks. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Ind

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