Новости за 17.10.2018

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Wednesday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange. ori Bank 16 350 UP 25 0 ANAFINANCIALGR 4 3600 U P3 50 ARMSCO 8 580 U P1 3

By Kim Kwang-tae SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Unionized workers at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. staged a partial strike Wednesday to protest a possible pay cut ahead a crucial decision by a labor relations commission, company and union officials said.

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Express Corp. said Wednesday it successfully issued US$300 million in foreign bonds this week for an annual rate of 3.625 percent. The demand for the three-year maturity debt notes totaled $3.8 billion, nearly 1

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By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Jason Day, former world No. 1 in men's golf, likes playing in South Korea so much that he made sure he'd start his 2018-2019 PGA Tour season here this week. Day is back at the PGA Tour's CJ

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's official newspaper on Wednesday called for concerted national efforts to achieve success in the economic field. In its front-page editorial, the Rodong Sinmun said that the year 2018 is gravely significant i

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in paras 6-8; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it will extend the mission of two military jets in Indonesia hit by a powerful earthquake and ensuing tsunami. The C-130 Hercules planes we

(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; ADDS more details throughout) SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the confirmation motions for three Constitutional Court justice nominees following the nine-member panel's monthlong vac

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is welcome to join the World Bank (WB) as a member when it meets the international community's expectations for "peace and stability," one of the financial institution's senior officials said Wedn

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The office of President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that South Korea is working closely with the United States as it seeks to reconnect roads and railways across the border with North Korea. Presidential spokesman Kim Eui-

Oct. 18 1979 -- Martial law is declared in Busan and Masan after a series of violent anti-government protests in the southern coastal region. The tension spread nationwide, and eight days later on Oct. 26, then President Park Chung-hee was assa

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's pro football league said Wednesday it gave a financial reward to a football player who rejected a match-fixing offer. The K League Commissioner Kwon Oh-gap handed 70 million won (US$62,200) to Lee Han-saem o

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Brooks Koepka, the reigning PGA Tour Player of the Year, took one look at the course for this week's tour stop in South Korea and decided he has as good a chance of winning as anyone. The th

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly on Wednesday adopted confirmation hearing reports on three nominees to be Constitutional Court justices ahead of a vote on their nominations. Rival parties agreed Tuesday to vote on the confirmation

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- PGA Tour star Justin Thomas battled through windy conditions to win a tournament in South Korea last year. And he doesn't think Mother Nature will be any different this time around. Thomas i

(ATTN: UPDATES with details, background) JEJU/SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Wednesday to give 339 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, the justice ministry said.

JEJU/SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- The immigration office on the southern island of Jeju decided Wednesday to give 339 Yemeni asylum seekers humanitarian stay permits in South Korea, the justice ministry said. The office also rejected refuge applicati

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification minister is considering meeting with a group of North Korean defectors, a ministry official said Wednesday, amid a backlash from his controversial decision to exclude a defector-turned-journalist fro

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it will extend the mission of two military jets in Indonesia hit by a powerful earthquake and ensuing tsunami. The cargo planes were dispatched to the central island of Sulawesi on Sept. 28 to s

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NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations is expected to seek to adopt a resolution on the human rights situation in North Korea next month for the 14th straight year, diplomatic sources in New York said Tuesday. The Third Committee of the U

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok will visit the Demilitarized Zone on the border with North Korea on Wednesday to take a first-hand look at demining operations the two Koreas have been undertaking, officials said.

ROME, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- A Korean archive has opened at the library of the Asian Studies Department of Sapienza University of Rome, a prestigious university in the Italian capital. The opening ceremony for the archive, "Window on Korea," was held