Новости за 29.07.2018

[https://youtu.be/YTAqbfLlc9E] SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Actor Ji Sung said during a recent promotional press conference for his new TV series that he would have been a baseball player if he hadn't been an actor. "If I hadn't been an actor, I

[https://youtu.be/nq0WfWrVYFw] SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Mixed-gender group KARD has had a world tour even before its official debut in its home country. The group has collected more than 1 million subscribers on its official YouTube channel, and the

[https://youtu.be/nq0WfWrVYFw] SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Mixed-gender group KARD has had a world tour even before its official debut in its home country. The group has collected more than 1 million subscribers on its official YouTube channel, and

(ATTN: ADDS details, background throughout; CHANGES 2nd photo) INCHEON, July 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean athletes to compete in the upcoming Asian Games arrived here on Sunday for joint training with South Koreans. The delegation of 34 athletes an

(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 2 paras) SEOUL, July 29 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- A South Korean medical team left for Laos on Sunday to assist with recovery from the deadly flooding that resulted from the collapse of a dam that was under constru

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" surpassed an audience of 3 million on its fifth day at the South Korean box office on Sunday, according to a provisional tally from the film's local distributor. Released Wedne

INCHEON, July 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean athletes to compete in the upcoming Asian Games arrived here on Sunday for joint training with South Koreans. The delegation of 34 athletes and coaches landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing. T

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The first passenger terminal at Incheon International Airport will undergo extensive remodeling to better accommodate travelers and enhance security, the operator of the South Korea's main transportation hub said Sunday.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Former Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae received a large amount of "special activity funds" amid allegations that he used trials as bargaining chips in the top court's dealings with the presidential office, a civic group said Sund

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The average annual wage for a bank employee working at South Korea's top four lenders is nearing the 100 million won (US$89,700) mark, market data showed Sunday. Assessment of quarterly reports by KB Kookmin Bank, Shinhan

(ATTN: CLARIFIES dateline; ADDS more details in last 2 paras) SEOUL, July 29 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- A South Korean medical team left for Laos on Sunday to assist with recovery from the deadly flooding that resulted from the collapse of a dam th

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Nearly 120,000 requests were made during the first half of this year to take measures against Internet websites containing illegal or obscene information, South Korea's communications watchdog said Sunday. The Korea Commu

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The government should refrain from setting detailed production targets for eco-friendly cars and instead focus on establishing firm goals to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions, a state-run think tank said Sunday. The

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The newly launched Korea Ocean Business Corporation said Sunday that it will offer support to 10 small and medium shipping lines as part of its effort to revive the country's maritime transportation sector. The state-run

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in plans to spend most of his summer holiday at a military installation this week without outside activities, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday. Moon, whose holiday will run from Monday

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it will start sales of its second super-premium smartphone with a zirconium ceramic back. The South Korean tech giant said the LG Signature Edition smartphone will hit store shelves on Aug.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- No South Korean casualties have been reported in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake in Indonesia's tourist destination of Lombok Island, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday. A 6.4-magnitude quake hit the Indonesia's

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The future consumer sentiment index (CSI) for South Korea's self-employed entrepreneurs declined at a fast clip, a clear sign of the worries faced by small-scale business owners, data by the central bank showed Sunday. Th

July 30 1953 -- The U.S. Senate passes a bill to spend US$200 million to rehabilitate war-ravaged South Korea. The Korean War, which began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded the South, ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, three days

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Local bond funds attracted sizable fresh investment in the past month as people seek "safer" places to inject their money amid growing economic uncertainties, a financial market tracker said Sunday. According to FnGuide I

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Public prices strictly controlled by the government played a role in allowing protracted low consumer price trends in South Korea, a report by the Bank of Korea (BOK) said Sunday. Asia's fourth-largest economy has experie

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's human rights watchdog said Sunday it plans to conduct a probe into a group defection by North Korean restaurant workers in 2016 amid allegations that some of them were duped into coming to the South. The Nat

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The Vatican's top envoy in South Korea has delivered Pope Francis's donation of 10,000 euros (US$11,626) to a local bishop who has advocated for the rights of Yemeni asylum seekers on the southern resort island of Jeju, his o

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The former chief of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) said Sunday that suicide should not be treated as something that deserves respect, an apparent reference to late lawmaker Roh Hoe-chan, who jumped to his death

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean washer parts to the United States effectively filled their annual export quota and will be subject to 50 percent tariffs for the rest of 2018, official data showed Sunday. According to the U.S. Customs and Bo