Новости за 12.07.2018

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has won the right to host the world's premier youth baseball tournament next year, the national baseball governing body said Thursday. The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) said Gijang County, Busan,

(ATTN: CHANGE headline, lead; UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has reportedly proposed holding general-level military talks with the United Nations Command (UNC) over the repatriation of remains of American troops killed dur

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-joon has been allowed to keep his honorary post in the international football governing body regardless of his suspension record, Seoul's football association said Thursday. The Korea

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States' pro baseball operators have agreed to revise protocols for the posting system shared by the leagues, officials in Seoul said Thursday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it has

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks, additional information, background in paras 6-10; ADDS photos) SINGAPORE, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions are on the right track despite possible difficulties down the road, South K

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- The United States and North Korea are still in talks to set a date for working-level dialogue over the repatriation of remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, a diplomatic source here said Thursday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with PM to use presidential jet) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will make a weeklong visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Oman later this month to bolster economic and other cooperation with the countries, his office said

MOSCOW, July 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Vice Premier Ri Ryong-nam on Thursday left Pyongyang for Moscow to attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 World Cup finals slated for July 15, according to the North's embassy in the Russian capital. The e

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 6-7, details in para 10, last 2 paras) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- The financial regulator said Thursday it has concluded that a 2015 accounting breach by Samsung BioLogics Co. was intentional and the biopharmaceutical co

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. achieved 28 percent of its annual order target of $10.17 billion in the first half of the year due to sharp declines in offshore facility projects, the company said Thursday. In the January-Ju

SINGAPORE, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for efforts to further expand economic cooperation between his country and Singapore, also calling for joint efforts to promote free trade in the region and the world. "The fo

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- After SBS' reality-travel show "Law of Jungle" explored the Antarctic, one of the harshest living environments on earth, in April, cable channel tvN is taking its cast members to an even more extreme, unknown

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will make a weeklong visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Oman later this month to bolster economic and other cooperation with the countries, his office said Thursday. The July 19-21 visit to Kenya incl

(ATTN: UPDATES with more remarks, additional information, background from 5th para) SINGAPORE, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions are on the right track despite possible difficulties down the road, South Korean Preside

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ----------------- Moon says N. Korea denuclearization talks on right track SINGAPORE -- Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions are on th

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry on Thursday approved a plan by five members of a local civic group to visit North Korea next week, Seoul officials said. The members of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperat

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo's latest film "Hotel by the River" will compete in this year's Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, organizers said Thursday. The festival announced a line-up of 15 feature

SINGAPORE, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions are on the right track despite possible difficulties down the road, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday, according to his top press secretary. "Negotiations

(ATTN: ADDS stock reaction in last 2 paras) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- The financial regulator said Thursday it has concluded that a 2015 accounting breach by Samsung BioLogics Co. was intentional and the biopharmaceutical company clearly violated ac

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(ATTN: ADDS photo, bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher Thursday after tumbling the previous session over the trade dispute between the United States and China. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 3 paras, new photo) SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- The financial regulator said Thursday it has concluded that a 2015 accounting breach by Samsung BioLogics Co. was intentional and the biopharmaceutical company clearly violated

SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Group, a South Korean shipping-to-tourism conglomerate, said Thursday it has received initial approval from the government to hold a memorial service for its late Chairman Chung Mong-hun in North Korea next month.

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SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean expert on national security said Thursday that China, as well as the United States, should be a co-signatory to a peace treaty on the Korean Peninsula. Cho Seong-ryeol, chief of research for the state-run I