Новости за 26.08.2018

By Park Boram SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- As top K-pop stars BTS bring their "Love Yourself" album series to an end with their fourth and final record under the theme, the boy band wanted to send out the message of carpe diem through the festivities fe

By Joo Kyung-don JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will host the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships next year in its capital city. North Korea's sports minister Kim Il-guk signed the agreement with the Asian Weightlifting Fede

(ATTN: CHANGES slug, headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with men's medals) By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea picked up two silver medals along with a bronze medal in the men's and women's golf competitions at the 18th Asian Games

(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with men's results) By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will go for a complete sweep of the gold medals in compound archery at the 18th Asian Games after its men's and women's teams

PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- The coaches of the unified Korean canoeing team on Sunday cited athletes' grit and rigorous training for their success at the 18th Asian Games. The unified Korean canoeing team grabbed the gold medal in wo

(ATTN: CORRECTS info in paras 6-7) PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- The unified Korean canoeing team continued its historic run at the 18th Asian Games as it grabbed the gold medal in women's 500-meter dragon boat racing on Sunday. The 16

By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea took the silver medal in the women's golf team competition at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday. The trio of Ryu Hae-ran, Lim Hee-jeong and Jeong Yun-ji combined for 19-under to finish three stro

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in will likely seek to mediate a breakthrough in talks between the United States and North Korea when he visits Pyongyang for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a Seoul official sai

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in's chief policy adviser reaffirmed his commitment to the administration's "income-led growth" policy on Sunday, shrugging off growing criticism fanned by recent grim jobs data. "The recent employment

By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- After arriving in Jakarta in time for key knockout games, Park Ji-su, center for the unified Korean women's basketball team, said Sunday she's ready to hit the ground running. The 196-centimeter landed in

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 5-8) SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Sunday the government is discussing ways to have ruling and opposition party lawmakers join his trip to Pyongyang next month for his third summit with

By Yoo Jee-ho JAKARTA, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- The unified Korean women's basketball team reached the semifinals of the 18th Asian Games on Sunday with an easy victory over Thailand. Korea blew out Thailand 106-63 in the quarterfinals at GBK Basketbal

(ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 2, 6-7) GWANGJU, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- A district court is set to open the trial Monday of former President Chun Doo-hwan, who is accused of defaming a late Catholic priest over a military crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Sunday the government is discussing ways to have ruling and opposition party lawmakers join his trip to Pyongyang next month for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Moon made

MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 26 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Elderly South Koreans headed back home Sunday after brief, emotional meetings with their long-lost kin residing in North Korea in the second round of the latest family reunions. More

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade promotion agency said Sunday it will provide customized consulting services to beef up efforts to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) tap into overseas markets. The Korea Trade-Investment Pr

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in offered condolences Sunday on the death of U.S. Republican Sen. John McCain, calling him a "symbol of the American value of freedom." McCain, 81, died at his home in Arizona on Saturday (local time)

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- More than eight out of 10 restaurants and accommodations in South Korea go out of business within five years after opening, failing to overcome challenges in the early stages of operation, a state-run think tank said Sunday.

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, chairman's comments in paras 11-15, CHANGES photo) SEJONG, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's corporate watchdog said Sunday the number of conglomerate subsidiaries subject to inter-affiliate trading regulations is exp

MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea, Aug. 26 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- The two Koreas' Red Cross chiefs have agreed to hold another family reunions event as early as October. Park Kyung-seo, the head of the South Korean Red Cross, said Saturday that he

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- GS Group, a South Korean energy, retail and construction conglomerate, said Sunday it will invest 20 trillion won (US$17.8 billion) over the next five years to foster new growth businesses and expand its presence in overseas

SEJONG, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's corporate watchdog said Sunday the number of conglomerate subsidiaries subject to inter-affiliate trading regulations is expected to triple under a new tighter asset standard. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC

By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday that sales of its latest smartwatch will kick off in South Korea this week, with the company touting the new device will have several days of battery life on a single ch

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will start strengthened emission tests of diesel vehicles next month, a move that is expected to further dampen demand for diesel cars following dozens of engine fires involving BMW vehicles, industry officials sa

GWANGJU, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- A district court is set to open the trial Monday of former President Chun Doo-hwan, who is accused of defaming a late Catholic priest over a military crackdown on a 1980 pro-democracy revolt in Gwangju. Prosecutors in t