Новости за 01.04.2018

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Pope Francis on Sunday expressed hope over prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula, as Seoul and Pyongyang recently launched efforts for a possible reconciliation. "We implore fruits of dialogue for the Korean peninsu

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last three paras) SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, a former opposition leader and presidential candidate, will announce his intention this week to run in the June Seoul mayoral election, an aide said Sunday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with time change in first two paras) PYONGYANG/SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singers' concert in Pyongyang will start at 6:30 p.m. (Seoul time), according to a pool report. The rare performance was scheduled to begin at 5:

(ATTN: UPDATES with new info in paras 2-3, ADDS image) SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean authorities said China's defunct space station is likely to plunge to Earth on Monday (Korean time). The state-run Korea Astronomy and Space Science Ins

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's elite naval troops are on their way to waters off Ghana aboard a 4,400-ton destroyer on a rescue mission, the defense authorities said Sunday. Three South Koreans were kidnapped in the area on March 26 by un

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, a former opposition leader and presidential candidate, will announce his intention this week to run in the June Seoul mayoral election, an aide said Sunday. "Chairman Ahn's declaration of his candidacy for

PYONGYANG/SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- A rare concert by South Korean singers in Pyongyang has been delayed two hours Sunday at North Korea's request, according to a pool report. It was scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. (Seoul time) at the East Pyongya

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- POSCO said Sunday it will diversify its business portfolio to include infrastructure, biotechnology and new materials as South Korea's No. 1 steelmaker marked the 50th anniversary of its foundation. Laying out its long-t

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in last 5 paras; ADDS photo) PYONGYANG, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Leading South Korea's delegation for a concert in Pyongyang, the country's Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan expressed hope for the resumption of suspended inter-Korea

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- A senior Chinese official's promise last week to lift its economic restrictions on South Korean firms over a missile defense dispute has raised cautious hopes among local retail, tourism and other businesses. During a mee

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government threw its weight behind the U.N. Security Council's additional pressure on North Korea despite a mood of inter-Korean reconciliation. Last week, the council blacklisted 21 firms and 27 vessels

PYONGYANG, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Leading South Korea's delegation for a concert in Pyongyang, the country's Culture Minister Do Jong-hwan expressed hope for the resumption of suspended inter-Korean projects, such as the publication of a unified Korean di

(ATTN: ADDS voting results in 3rd para, details in paras 8-17) SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Kumho Tire Co. on Sunday voted to accept creditors' plan to sell the debt-ridden tiremaker to China's Qingdao Doublestar Co. to avoid being

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Kumho Tire Co. on Sunday voted to accept creditors' plan to sell the debt-ridden tiremaker to China's Qingdao Doublestar Co. to avoid being placed under court receivership. The 3,100-member union back

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SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean authorities said China's defunct space station is likely to plunge to Earth on Monday (Korean time). The state-run Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute said Sunday the Tiangong-1 will fall to Earth bet

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SEJONG, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Three online game makers were fined for providing misleading information of their games and ordered to take correction measures, the country's corporate watchdog said Sunday. Nexon Korea Co. and two other game makers wer

SEJONG, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Domestic sales of soju, a distilled Korean liquor, rose slightly last year, while those of "makgeolli," a traditional rice-based alcoholic beverage, contracted for the sixth year in a row, government data showed Sunday.

By Song Sang-ho JEJU/SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Kim Sun-yeo, 72, vividly remembers her tragic birthday 70 years ago. On a winter day in 1948, government forces ran berserk in her mountainous village on the southern island of Jeju. One fired a gun at h

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Local banks reduced their workforces and branch offices last year by the greatest number since 2000, with digitalization-driven downsizing accelerating, data from the financial regulator showed Sunday. The number of emplo

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics has overtaken IBM as the holder of the most U.S. patents as of the start of this year, data showed Sunday. The South Korean tech firm owned 75,596 U.S. patents, outdoing the No. 2 IBM by nearly 1.6 tim

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korean listed companies valued at over 1 trillion won (US$940.7 million) have increased about 20 percent over the past year, largely driven by a recent boom in bio shares, data showed Sunday. According to the data b

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info from 6th para; ADDS photo) SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports rose 6.1 percent last month from a year earlier to mark the largest monthly tally for March, government data showed Sunday. Outbound shipment

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- A combined field training of South Korean and U.S. troops got under way Sunday as scheduled, defense officials said amid a nascent peace mood on the divided peninsula. More than 11,500 service members, including thousands