Новости за 04.06.2018

LEOGANG, Austria, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's World Cup squad numbers have been confirmed, the national football governing body said Monday, ahead of the team's first training in Austria. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said it confirmed

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks from the two leaders, additional information in paras 10-13, 18-19; ADDS photo) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Filipino counterpart Rodrigo Duterte agreed Monday to enhance their countr

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional information in paras 3-5) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Opposition parties on Monday selected two candidates for the special counsel to lead a probe into allegations that a blogger tied to ruling party official

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to join a global forum to be held in Vladivostok in September, a Russian news outlet reported Monday. The invitation was made via Putin's letter

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Filipino counterpart Rodrigo Duterte agreed Monday to enhance their countries' bilateral relations and expand their economic cooperation. In a bilateral summit held at Moon's pres

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Ahn Cheol-soo, a Seoul mayoral candidate, said Monday that the United States should maintain its troops in South Korea "for a considerable period of time" even if a peace treaty to en

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Popular boy band EXO will stage three days of concerts at a Seoul stadium next month, an encore to their previous performance in November, its agency said on Monday. The concerts "EXO PLANET #4-The EℓyXiOn [dot]" schedule

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's three mobile carriers on Monday applied for the country's first auction for high-end fifth-generation network frequencies, the ICT ministry said. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the three companies -- SK

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Monday it has launched an inspection into the Seoul branch of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. over settlement failure of short selling transactions. A short selling transaction was made by

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- Senior N.K. official departs for Pyongyang from China after high-stakes visit to U.S. BEIJING -- A senior North Korean official d

(ATTN: CLARIFIES info in para 2; ADDS more info in last 2 paras) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Opposition parties on Monday selected two candidates for the special counsel to lead a probe into allegations that a blogger tied to ruling party officials rigg

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The son of a South Korean taxi driver who gained fame last year after being portrayed in a movie on the Gwangju Democratic Movement in 1980 asked prosecutors on Monday to investigate a conservative commentator who insisted Nor

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- A K-pop concert will take place in Moscow this week as part of cultural exchange programs between South Korea and Central Asia, organizers said Monday. K-pop stars including Sunmi, KARD and Imfact will perform at the sold-

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- BGF Co., the investment unit of South Korea's largest convenience store chain CU, said Monday that it has joined forces with a SK Group affiliate to better tap into the fast growing online grocery sector. The convenience s

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom, photo) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended higher Monday as an upbeat U.S. jobs report and revived hopes for a U.S.-North Korea summit boosted investor sentiment, analysts said. The Korean won rose a

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and Vietnam held talks in Hanoi on Monday to discuss security on the Korean Peninsula and cooperation in the defense industry, Seoul officials said. Defense Minister Song Young-moo met his

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(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments in last 4 paras) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Wanna One is set to release a new record on Monday, the latest in its arithmetic-themed album series. "We promised with our last album that we would make

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas will discuss expanding cultural exchanges after resolving pending sports issues during high-level talks slated for later this month, the South Korean culture ministry said Monday. On Friday, high-ranking off

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Myanmar will hold talks this week to discuss cooperation on studying and preserving biological diversity in the Southeast Asian country, the environment ministry said Monday. Vice Environment Minister Ahn B

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares ended higher Monday as an upbeat U.S. jobs report and revived hopes for a U.S.-North Korea summit boosted investor sentiment, analysts said. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Ko

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- The number of non-Korean nationals eligible to vote in the June 13 local elections surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time, the election watchdog said Monday. The number reached 106,205, more than double the 48,428 r

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 3 paras; RECASTS headline) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstars BTS kicked off an annual celebration Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of the septet's debut by releasing a remix of its 2017 song "Sprin

(ATTN: ADDS latest world ranking position at bottom) SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean An Byeong-hun has lost a PGA Tour event in a sudden-death playoff, coming up just shy of his first win on the U.S. circuit. An fell to Bryson DeChambeau on

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last five paras) By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- Filmmaker Lee Joon-ik, best known for his critically and commercially successful Joseon-set drama "King and the Clown" (2005), has established himself as a