Новости за 11.10.2018

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Philip Morris Korea Inc. said Thursday that it will begin selling its tobacco sticks, called Heets, produced at its factory in South Korea later this month. To this point, Philip Morris Korea imported Heets for sale in So

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Uruguay football captain Diego Godin said Thursday his side needs to be well-prepared to play South Korea in an upcoming friendly match. Godin, who is also captain of Spanish La Liga giants Atletico Madrid, is one of th

(ATTN: UPDATES with edits; ADDS photos) SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday showcased its Galaxy A9 smartphone packed with four rear cameras, which will reach the global market in November. The South Korean tech giant sh

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Uruguay football coach Oscar Tabarez said Thursday he is happy to meet his old pupil Paulo Bento, who is now leading the South Korean national football team. Tabarez's Uruguay brought 22 players for a friendly match against

By Park Boram BUSAN, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- A bronze statue of a Korean girl in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea stands today as the most salient symbol of a thorny diplomatic issue between the two countries: Japan's wartime sexual enslavemen

By Joo Kyung-don PAJU, South Korea, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean midfielder Lee Jae-sung missed another training session Thursday, raising questions about whether he will play in an upcoming football friendly match against Uruguay. South Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday showcased its Galaxy A9 smartphone packed with four rear cameras, which will reach the global market in November. The South Korean tech giant showcased the device in Malaysia. It comes

(ATTN: UPDATES with minister's comments on electricity price in paras 7-9) SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry minister said Thursday the government's renewable energy initiative is in line with inevitable global trends, stressing its ro

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Golf is a notoriously fickle game. Today's stars may not be stars tomorrow. Some will burn out and others will fade away. It may be harsh to call Lydia Ko, still just 21, a has-been on the LPGA Tour, thou

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan joined South Korea's once-in-a-decade international fleet review in waters off the southern island of Jeju on Thursday. The 103,600-ton Nimitz-class aircraft carrier

By Joo Kyung-don PAJU, South Korea, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean football forward Hwang Hee-chan said Thursday he is determined to score goals against Uruguay in an upcoming friendly match. Hwang is one of the 25 players selected for South Ko

(ATTN: UPDATES with minister's remarks on Japanese seafood in last five paras) SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's oceans ministry said Thursday it will support the building of over 200 ships in the next three years via a state-run agency to reju

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- The truth committee under the Ministry of Justice confirmed Thursday the prosecution covered up the police torture of two pro-democracy activists in the 1980s, one of whom died in the process. Park Jong-chul, a Seoul Nat

By Joo Kyung-don PAJU, South Korea, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean men's national football team head coach Paulo Bento said Thursday he believes a friendly match against Uruguay can take his team to the next level. South Korea, No. 55 in the la

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Park Sung-hyun, world No. 1 in women's golf, was enjoying a strong opening round at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship on Thursday, when she ran into trouble at the penultimate hole. The scenic par-three

(ATTN: ADDS remarks, photo) SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is not considering lifting its unilateral sanctions on North Korea which were imposed after the North's deadly attack on a South Korean warship in 2010, Seoul's unification minister sa

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. ---------------- Japanese teen takes 1st round lead at LPGA in S. Korea; Park Sung-hyun in hunt INCHEON -- Japanese teenage sensation Nasa Hataoka t

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- Japanese teenage sensation Nasa Hataoka took the first round lead at an LPGA tournament in South Korea on Thursday, with world No. 1 Park Sung-hyun lurking. Hataoka carded a seven-under 65 to start the LP

(ATTN: UPDATES with N. Korea's talks with China, Russia in last 6 paras; ADDS photo) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- A controversy has erupted in South Korea over U.S. President Donald Trump's choice of words in a comment regarding South K

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top financial regulator on Thursday rejected calls for the government to allow initial coin offerings, saying raising money through virtual coins is too risky. Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman C

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry minister said Thursday the government's renewable energy initiative is in line with inevitable global trends, stressing its role as a "new growth engine" for the national economy. Rejecting lawmaker

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom; CORRECTS typo in lead; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks dived more than 4 percent to an 18-month low on Thursday amid a selling spree across the globe. The local currency also plunged to

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SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to have altered part of a launch pad at a key missile test site on the country's west coast that it has pledged to dismantle as part of its denuclearization commitment, 38 North, a U.S. website monitoring

By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- A controversy has erupted in South Korea over U.S. President Donald Trump's choice of words in a comment regarding South Korea's sanctions on North Korea. Trump was responding to a reporter's question abo