Новости за 21.10.2018

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Despite the possible suspension of the upcoming joint air defense exercise with the United States, South Korea will carry out its own air drill as scheduled in December, an official of the defense ministry here said Sunday.

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- A dozen victories in seven countries later, Brooks Koepka can finally call himself world No. 1 in men's golf. The American star captured the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges in South Korea -- the only

(ATTN: ADDS comments, photo) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Brooks Koepka locked down the No. 1 spot in the men's world golf rankings with his first PGA Tour win of the season in South Korea on Sunday, aided by a thrilling c

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- If there's one thing that South Korean PGA Tour rookie Im Sung-jae learned in his latest event, it's that he has to improve his play around the green. Im played at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Officials from the presidential office, the government and the ruling Democratic Party (DP) held a meeting Sunday to discuss ways to tackle irregularities at private kindergartens. The closed-door meeting came amid growin

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Two-time winner Kim Si-woo led all South Korean players at a PGA Tour event that concluded on their home soil on Sunday. Kim finished the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges at seven-under 281, which tied

DAEGU, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- The only remaining resident on Dokdo, South Korea's easternmost islets, died on Sunday. Kim Sung-do, 79, passed away at a Seoul hospital having suffered from liver cancer since September, according to the North Gyeongsang

(ATTN: ADDS comments in para 4, details from para 11) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Brooks Koepka locked down the No. 1 spot in the men's world golf rankings with his first PGA Tour win of the season in South Korea on Sunda

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- Brooks Koepka locked down the No. 1 spot in the men's world golf rankings with his first PGA Tour win of the season in South Korea on Sunday, aided by a thrilling chip-in birdie down the stretch

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- A consortium involving Samsung Engineering Co. has won an order worth about US$4 billion from Thai Oil PCL to upgrade a plant belonging to the Thai oil refiner, the South Korean firm said Sunday. The project will renovat

(ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 11-13) SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea are likely to start their joint on-site inspection as early as this week for a project to modernize and re-link railways across their border, government official

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstars BTS will present seven different tourist themes in Seoul in a series of videos to be released this week, the Seoul city government said Sunday. The videos, titled "My Seoul Playlist" and bearing the slogan

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstars BTS will present seven different tourist themes in Seoul in a series of videos to be released this week, the Seoul city government said Sunday. The videos, titled "My Seoul Playlist" and bearing the sloga

Oct. 22 1950 -- American-led U.N. forces advance to Korea's border with China a little more than a month after the Incheon landing, which turned the tide of the Korean War. The U.N. forces were later forced to retreat by Chinese soldiers who cr

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in returned home Sunday after a high-stakes trip to Europe that sought to rally international support for his efforts to denuclearize North Korea and establish peace. Moon's European tour began last Sat

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(ATTN: RECASTS lead; UPDATES with more info, photo throughout) SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for the United States on Sunday to coordinate North Korea policy with Washington, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Lee Do-

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- A majority of South Korean companies operating in China are less optimistic about business conditions in the fourth-quarter of this year, as the Chinese economy is cooling amid a trade spat with the United States, a survey sh

INCHEON, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean city of Incheon said Sunday it will consider retrieving land that it offered to General Motors Co.'s local unit for use as a test track as the company pushes ahead with a plan to spin off its research divis

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea are likely to start their joint on-site inspection as early as this week for a project to modernize and re-link railways across their border, government officials said Sunday. At high-level talks las

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's agricultural exports to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) topped US$680 million in the first half of this year, making the bloc the biggest importer of South Korean farm goods, data sh

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top nuclear envoy is set to leave for the United States on Sunday to coordinate North Korea policy with Washington, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Lee Do-hoon, the country's representative for Korean Peninsu

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain (

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed home Saturday, wrapping up a five-nation European tour that was apparently more successful than anticipated, heralding the possibility of a trip by Pope Francis to North Korea.

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen agreed to further expand their countries' economic and trade relations Saturday, also pledging joint efforts to fight global protectionism