Новости за 19.08.2018

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional information from 4th para; RECASTS 2nd para to verify the ICAO officials may not be visiting missile launch sites) SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has agreed to an on-site inspection of its missile l

By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean fencer Kim Ji-yeon won bronze in the women's individual sabre event at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday. Kim fell to Qian Jiarui of China 15-13 in the semifinals at Jakarta Convention Center (J

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 2-5) PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea beat the Maldives 8-0 in their women's football match at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Sunday. Son Hwa-yeon scored a hat trick at Gelora Sriwija

JAKARTA, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea opened its women's volleyball title defense with a breezy victory over India on Sunday. World class attacker Kim Yeon-koung scored 11 points in South Korea's 3-0 (25-17, 25-11, 25-13) win at GOR Bulungan in

(ATTN: ADDS photos, comments at bottom; FIXES figure in para 4) PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean mixed pistol shooting team of Lee Dae-myung and Kim Min-jung captured a silver medal at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday. Lee

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 6 paras; photo) By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea collected two golds, one silver and one bronze in taekwondo poomsae competition at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Sunday. Poomsae, which r

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Former big leaguer Park Byung-ho, one of the most feared sluggers in South Korean baseball, said Sunday he feels zero pressure ahead of the Asian Games in Jakarta. After a largely unsuccessful two-year stint with the Minn

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball catcher Yang Eui-ji is widely regarded as the best two-way backstop in the top domestic competition, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). But when he competes at the Asian Games in Jakarta later this m

PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea beat the Maldives 8-0 in their women's football match at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on Sunday. Son Hwa-yeon scored a hat trick at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang, Indonesia, to lead

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has agreed to an on-site inspection of its missile launch site by international officials to ensure the safety of international flights, a report said Sunday. According to the report by Japan's Kyodo News, the

GWACHEON, South Korea, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Police are looking into a possible homicide after they retrieved a dismembered body of a man in a park complex just south of Seoul on Sunday. The Gwacheon Police Station said it received a call earlier i

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; CHANGES photo; UPDATES throughout with meeting result) SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ranking officials revealed a disparity in their views on economic policies in the wake of dismal job conditions, which crit

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- BMW's South Korean unit is set to launch a recall of 106,317 cars Monday after a recent series of engine fires. The carmaker said last month it will recall 42 different models after making emergency safety checks on all m

(ATTN: ADDS comments in paras 6-10; CORRECTS name in 2nd para) PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A unified Korean men's rowing team finished last in its qualification group in its Asian Games debut on Sunday. Kim Su-min and Park Tae-hyun f

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is bracing for the rapidly intensifying Typhoon Soulik, which threatens to hit this week and become the first typhoon to directly pass through the peninsula in six years, according to the state weather agency.

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday offered words of condolences on the death of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "We lost a dear friend who walked an exhausting path to peace," he said in a S

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is expected to be one of the countries most affected by the protracted trade war between the United States and China, though the impact is forecast to remain limited, a report said Sunday. According to the re

Aug. 20 1901 -- Construction begins on a railroad connecting Seoul and Busan. 1907 -- A modern barber shop opens at the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). 1971 -- Red Cross officials from the two Koreas meet for the firs

PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A unified Korean men's rowing team finished last in its qualification group in its Asian Games debut on Sunday. Kim Su-min and Park Tae-hyun from South Korea and Yun Chol-jin and Hong Hun from North Korea f

By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korean wushu practitioner Lee Ha-sung crashed out in his Asian Games title defense in Indonesia on Sunday, finishing 12th in the men's changquan event. Lee earned a total of 9.31 points in the me

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Sales of eco-friendly cars in South Korea jumped 31.2 percent on-year in the first six months of this year on the back of the introduction of new models, industry data showed Sunday. A total of 53,778 eco-friendly vehicle

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of consumer complaints against financial firms rose 7.7 percent on year in the first-half of this year, mainly due to deceptive insurance products and fraudulent peer-to-peer lenders, official data showed Sunday.

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lambasted international sanctions on his country for the second time in a week during his visit to construction sites in a northern town, the North's state media reported Sunday. Accompanie

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A group of 89 elderly South Koreans gathered at a resort in a northeastern coastal town on Sunday to travel to the North for a temporary reunion with their war-separated families. The Koreas will hold two rounds of meetin

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's four largest business groups have seen their market capitalization fall 8.6 percent this year amid a slumping stock market, data showed Sunday. The combined market value of 57 listed affiliates of the Samsun