Новости за 16.05.2018

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Multiracial cross-country skier Kim Magnus on Wednesday defended his decision to swtich allegiance, saying he only wants to become "a better athlete" in the future. Kim, born in South Korea to a Korean mother and a Norwegi

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- STIC Investments, a South Korean private equity firm, said Wednesday it inked a deal with Gold Bricks FMS as its first investment with its multi-million-dollar fund. The pact came after the company developed the "STIC Pan

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ----------------- (3rd LD) S. Korea voices regret over N. Korea's unilateral suspension of talks SEOUL -- South Korea expressed regret over N

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea apparently believes North Korea is still faithful to its commitment to denuclearize despite the communist state's decision to indefinitely suspend its cross-border dialogue with the South, an official from the pres

By Choi Kyong-ae GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Yonhap) -- Renault S.A.'s Clio is not really performance-oriented, but it nevertheless proved to be a sprightly and highly fuel-efficient subcompact during a 160 kilometer-long test drive event in South Korea'

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The head of the nation's top financial regulator on Wednesday expressed regret for market confusion caused by a prior notice from financial authorities that Samsung Biologics Co. allegedly breached accounting rules. Choi

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung said Wednesday that he thinks Brazil will be one of the finalists at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Park will commentate World Cup matches next month

(ATTN: CHANGES photo) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Yonhap News Agency reached an arrangement with NCSOFT Corp., a game developer, to conduct joint research on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that could be applied to news services. Under th

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The tumultuous life of renowned Korean-born German composer Yun Isang has inspired a string of concerts at home and abroad. But it has never become the inspiration for a ballet. The Ballet Festival Korea will stage the Y

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- NC Dinos' All-Star closer Lim Chang-min has undergone successful elbow surgery, his Korea Baseball Organization club announced Wednesday. The Dinos said Lim had an operation on Monday to reconstruct his right elbow ligamen

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank said Wednesday that six errors have been found in the Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR), a reference rate in the financial market, over the past five years. The malfunctions were detected d

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By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- Former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung said Wednesday he is ready to entertain fans in his new job when football's showpiece event kicks off next month. Park played in three World Cups, and w

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea, May 16 (Yonhap) -- An annual festival celebrating a phenomenon described as the "Korean version of Moses' miracle" kicked off its four-day schedule Wednesday on Jindo Island in the south of the country. Around this time

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced Wednesday it will extend the annual All-Star break from four days to seven days starting in 2019. The KBO reached the decision during its third board meeting earlier in the d

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator said Wednesday it will introduce a new index tracking mid-cap shares from both the benchmark KOSPI and secondary KOSDAQ as part of efforts to draw in more investors. The new index, to be named

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's liberal government laid out a long-term cultural policy vision based on autonomy, diversity and creativity on Wednesday in a mode meant to differentiate the policy from that of predecessors it ac

(ATTN: ADDS updated info in 5th para) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed regret over North Korea's unilateral decision to cancel inter-Korean talks planned for Wednesday, calling on Pyongyang to return to dialogue as soon as possible.

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The office of Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon denied a Japanese newspaper report Wednesday that the six-nation forum on North Korea's nuclear issue should discuss economic aid to the communist nation if Pyongyang agrees to denuclea

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom, photo) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock market closed nearly flat Wednesday following the rising concerns over the inter-Korean relationship, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar.

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to set up a tree nursery on its eastern border city of Goseong as it seeks to promote cooperation with North Korea in the field of forestry, ruling party officials said Wednesday. The state-run Korea Fore

SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's stock market closed nearly flat Wednesday following the rising concerns over the inter-Korean relationship, analysts said. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pric

(ATTN: ADDS experts' analysis in last 6 paras) SEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean official warned Wednesday that Pyongyang will reconsider the agreed-upon summit talks with the United States if it comes under continued pressure to "unilat

BUSAN, May 16 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean scholar on Wednesday called for surveying North Korea's port facilities and pushing for the training of the North's port operators as the first step in the upcoming inter-Korean economic cooperation. Woo Su-

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