Новости за 24.08.2018

(ATTN: UPDATES with latest info; ADDS photo) By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kim Han-sol captured a silver medal in artistic gymnastics at the 18th Asian Games after finishing second in the vault competition with a penalty

By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea won silver in the women's team epee fencing at the 18th Asian Games on Friday. World No. 3 South Korea fell to fifth-ranked China 29-28 in extra time at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) Cendraw

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 11-16) MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 24 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Tears streamed down the wrinkled face of Cho Jeong-gi as the 67-year-old South Korean met the North Korean father he has never seen. "I am your

(ATTN: CORRECTS info in 4th para; UPDATES throught) By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Kim Han-sol captured a silver medal in artistic gymnastics at the 18th Asian Games after finishing second in the vault competition with a

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout; UPDATES with new info) SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- The special prosecutor's team investigating an opinion-rigging scandal indicted a power blogger and a provincial governor on Friday, a day before the two-month probe comes to

PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea beat Hong Kong 5-0 to reach the women's football semifinals at the 18th Asian Games on Friday. Jeon Ga-eul grabbed a brace at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium in Palembang, Indonesia, to help South Kore

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. diplomats held talks over Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy on Friday, drawing fresh attention to whether Seoul will join the new geopolitical initiative seen as targeting an assertive China. Seoul'

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info) MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 24 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Tears streamed down the wrinkled face of Cho Jeong-gi as the 67-year-old South Korean met the North Korean father he has never seen. "I am your first

By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea continued to rally in weightlifting at the 18th Asian Games on Friday as Kim Hyo-sim delivered the country's fifth gold medal in the sport. Kim won the women's 63-kilogram division weightli

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- The special prosecutor's team investigating an opinion-rigging scandal indicted a power blogger and his accomplices on Friday, a day before the two-month probe comes to an end, officials said. The team also plans to indic

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Students at prestigious universities of South and North Korea have exchanged letters pledging to join hands to help implement the Panmunjom Declaration, an inter-Korean summit agreement adopted in April to promote peace on th

(ATTN: MOVES UP photo; ADDS sales data in China and background in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea's biggest automotive conglomerate, said Friday it has created a new executive post to improve lackluster sales

MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 24 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Tears and screams of joy drowned out the trembling voices of elderly Koreans as they were reunited with their long-lost kin at North Korea's eastern resort of Mount Kumgang on Friday.

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's biggest carmaker by sales, said Friday it has created a new executive post to improve lackluster sales in China, the world's biggest automobile market. Hyundai Motor named Vice Chairman K

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- A high court acquitted Interior Minister Kim Boo-kyum in a retrial on Friday, 40 years after he was imprisoned for campaigning, as a student activist, against the military dictatorship led by Park Chung-hee. In 1977, Kim

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares on Friday ended higher as foreigners and institutions bought local stocks even though U.S.-China trade talks ended without any tangible results. The won rose against the dollar

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SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares on Friday ended higher as foreigners and institutions bought local stocks even though U.S.-China trade talks ended without any tangible results. The won rose against the dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite

(ATTN: ADDS info in paras 13-14) WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday named Ford Vice President Stephen Biegun as U.S. special representative for North Korea. The appointment comes at a critical tim

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JEJU, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- An Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin released into the wild off South Korea's largest island of Jeju three years ago was confirmed this week to have given birth, a team of South Korean and Japanese researchers said Friday.

SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will propose to North Korea the withdrawal of guard posts in certain designated areas of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), rather than committing to reducing by an equal number of border facilities, its defense chief

(ATTN: REWRITES throughout with updates) SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Yonhap) -- Typhoon Soulik exited South Korea on Friday, leaving one person missing and two others injured in addition to fallen trees, damaged buildings and power outages in southern parts of th