Новости за 14.05.2018

(ATTN: CHANGES photo; RECASTS lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and opposition parties agreed Monday to normalize parliament in a dramatic deal that ended more than 40 days of legislative impasse over a set of disputed bil

By Park Boram SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Since its launch in 2006, the annual Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music has provided a rare venue to bring together pianists, string and wind instrument players both young and old from across the world to tu

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with new info; TRIMS) SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and opposition parties agreed Monday to normalize parliament in a dramatic deal that ended 42 days of legislative impasse over a set of disput

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministers of South Korea and Singapore vowed Monday to work together to support the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea in the Southeast Asian country, Seoul's ministry said. South Korean

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's ultimate goal is to become a nuclear weapons state, a former North Korean diplomat said Monday, expressing skepticism over the possibility of the North eventually abandoning its nuclear weapons. Thae Yong-ho,

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- U.S. investment firm BlackRock Inc. acquired additional stakes in SK hynix Inc. with its holdings passing the 5-percent mark, the country's No. 2 chipmaker said Monday. BlackRock, which previously held 4.99 percent in SK

SEJONG, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government will hold an annual consultation with Standard & Poor's this week on the country's credit valuation, the finance ministry said Monday. Led by Kim Eng Tan, senior director of Asia-Pacific sovere

(ATTN: UPDATES with China's foreign ministry response in paras 3-5) BEIJING, May 14 (Yonhap) -- A delegation of North Korean officials visited China on Monday in what appears to be a trip aimed at discussing follow-up measures to a recent summit betwe

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Another one bites the dust -- or two. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club Nexen Heroes, already without two injured former MVPs, announced Monday that two more All-Star players have been sidelined with injuries.

(ATTN: CHANGES photo; ADDS photos, byline, more info in paras 8-10) By Lee Chi-dong and Song Sang-ho SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new 14,500-ton amphibious assault ship made its public debut Monday, boasting improved combat and radar syste

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- For the Hanwha Eagles veteran Kim Tae-kyun, a stint in the minor league last month was the shot in the arm he'd needed. The perennial Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) All-Star spent 18 days in the Futures League while rec

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments, background; CHANGES photo) INCHEON, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and North Korea may only be able to field a limited number of unified teams at this year's Asian Games, the head of Seoul's Olympic body said Monday, dam

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea may choose to overlook the stationing of United States troops in South Korea in exchange for establishing diplomatic ties with Washington, a former South Korean unification minister said Monday. Jeong Se-hyun,

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(ATTN: AMENDS lead) SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), a state-run overseas aid agency, said Monday that it recently completed the construction of a nursing school as an aid project in the capital of Banglad

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at last para) SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock market closed nearly flat Monday mainly due to losses from technology and pharmaceutical shares, with the rising hope over the reconciliation between two Koreas limiti

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The top two clubs in the South Korean pro football league will try to produce a turnaround in the second leg of their round of 16 matches at the continental tournament. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, currently leaders in the K Le

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), a state-run overseas aid agency, said Monday that it recently completed the construction of a graduate school that provides free nursing education in the capital of Banglades

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun has decided to return his salary for April as a mark of his responsibility for failing to normalize the idling parliament, officials said Monday. Chung said last week that he would

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un spoke favorably of the Kaesong Industrial Complex and ordered the construction of 14 more such industrial parks across the North, a high-profile defector said in his autobiography published on M

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with defense minister's remarks) SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new 14,500-ton amphibious assault ship made its public debut Monday, boasting improved combat and radar systems using the countr

INCHEON, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and North Korea may only be able to field a limited number of unified teams at this year's Asian Games, the head of Seoul's Olympic body said Monday. Lee Kee-heung, president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Com

(ATTN: UPDATES in 1-8 paras with parties failing to find compromise; CHANGES headline) SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- The ruling and opposition parties failed Monday to find a compromise on a proposed independent counsel probe into an opinion rigging scand

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the United States' safeguard tariffs on its washing machines and solar energy products, Seoul's trade ministry said Monday. The

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock market closed nearly flat Monday mainly due to losses from technology and pharmaceutical shares, with the rising hope over the reconciliation between two Koreas limiting the fall, analysts said. The Korean