Новости за 20.08.2018

(ATTN: ADDS photo; details from 4th para) By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Jan-di won a silver medal in the women's 67-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim lost to Julyana Al Sa

By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Jan-di won a silver medal in the women's 67-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim lost to Julyana Al Sadeq of Jordan 5-1 in the final to claim an

(ATTN: CORRECTS spelling of former U.S. airman's family name) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- A former U.S. senior airman is serving a 15-year jail sentence for sexually molesting two South Korean male orphans and possessing dozens of child pornography vid

(ATTN: ADDS photo; details from 4th para) By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Tae-hun won a gold medal in the men's 58-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim defeated Niyaz Pulatov o

By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean taekwondo fighter Kim Tae-hun won a gold medal in the men's 58-kilogram division at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Kim defeated Niyaz Pulatov of Uzbekistan 24-6 in the final to claim his

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout with background) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean construction firm SK Engineering & Construction Co. said Monday that it plans to complete the construction of temporary shelters by next month in southeastern Laos, whi

(ATTN: ADDS more info throughout; CLARIFIES 2nd para) By Koh Byung-joon MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 20 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Hundreds of South and North Koreans torn apart by the 1950-53 Korean War met for the first time in over six deca

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 2, 8-11; photo) JAKARTA, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korean weightlifter Ri Song-gum won her country's first gold at the 18th Asian Games on Monday. Ri became the first North Korean gold medalist at the Jakarta-Palemb

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout, REPLACES photos) By Koh Byung-joon MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 20 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Hundreds of South and North Koreans torn apart by the 1950-53 Korean War met for the first time in over six decades in a t

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- A public transportation agency said Monday it will closely look into the engine fires involving dozens of BMW vehicles with an aim to determine the exact cause by December. In a press conference held in Government Comple

MUNGYEONG, South Korea, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- A BMW sedan caught fire in South Korea on Monday in the latest in a series of similar cases that have sparked a police investigation the German carmaker's massive recall in Korea. The fire broke out in th

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- A wave of reform and opening is underway in Pyongyang, as the capital of North Korea has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade, a South Korean provincial governor said Monday. Gov. Choi Moon-soon of G

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Monday appealed a recent court decision to clear former South Chungcheong Province Governor An Hee-jung of sexual abuse charges, claiming the verdict is not in line with Supreme Court rulings in similar cases.

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in on Monday named the head of a newly created government commission designed to reveal the truth behind suspicious deaths in the military. Lee In-lam, a former military judge, was named to lead the com

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean experts on blockchain technology said Monday it will launch the Blockchain Law Society to speed up legal studies on the decentralized database system. "Blockchain Law Society was founded not only t

DAEGU, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors launched an investigation into three firms accused of importing North Korean coal in breach of U.N. sanctions, officials said Monday. The Korea Customs Service referred the three entities to the prosecution fo

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) on Monday defended the government's "income-driven" growth policy amid a dispute over its efficacy fanned by

(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares on Monday ended in positive territory after trimming earlier gains as foreigners offloaded local stocks amid growing worries over trade friction betwee

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- Hana Pharm Co., a South Korean pharmaceutical firm, said Monday it submitted an application to be listed on the country's main stock market. According to its regulatory filing, the bio company plans to raise 114.2 billion

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The special prosecutor's team looking into an opinion-rigging scandal plans to announce its decision later this week on whether to seek an extension of the investigation, a spokesman of the team said Monday. The team of s

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SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares on Monday ended in positive territory after trimming earlier gains as foreigners offloaded local stocks amid growing worries over trade friction between the United States and China. The South Korean won ro

SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- The survival rate of rare but deadly salivary gland cancer sharply decreases when it metastasizes to the lungs or bones, a research paper showed Monday. According to the research conducted by a team of medical doctors at

By Kim Eun-jung SEJONG, Aug. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry minister said Monday that restructuring in the shipbuilding and auto industry has affected the nation's job market, vowing support for the manufacturing sector's innovation efforts an

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