Новости за 04.11.2018

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has blasted a report by a U.S. human rights watchdog criticizing widespread sexual violence against women in the North, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday. The response come

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of South Korean civic leaders and North Korean officials on Sunday renewed calls for the resumption of inter-Korean exchanges as they met at a scenic mountain resort on the North's east coast for the first time in a d

(ATTN: ADDS details at bottom) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The SK Wyverns defeated the Doosan Bears 7-3 on the road to open the Korean Series on Sunday, flexing their muscles with two home runs. Former Korean Series MVP Park Jung-kwon

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- SK Wyverns' veteran designated hitter, Park Jung-kwon, is swinging the bat like this is 2010 again. Park's go-ahead two-run home run lifted the Wyverns over the Doosan Bears 7-3 in Game 1 of the Korean Serie

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The regular season wins leader will try to even the South Korean baseball championship series for his club on Monday. The Doosan Bears will start right-hander Seth Frankoff against the SK Wyverns in Game 2 o

(ATTN: ADDS details, comments from para 11, photos) By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The SK Wyverns defeated the Doosan Bears 7-3 on the road to open the Korean Series on Sunday, flexing their muscles with two home runs. Former Korean Seri

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The two starting pitchers in the opening game of the Korean Series submitted so-so outings on Sunday, with neither making much of an impact from the mound. The SK Wyverns beat the Doosan Bears 7-3 in Game 1

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The SK Wyverns defeated the Doosan Bears 7-3 on the road to open the Korean Series on Sunday, flexing their muscles with two home runs. Former Korean Series MVP Park Jung-kwon blasted a go-ahead two-run shot

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea raised yellow flags at 11 guard posts each along their heavily fortified border on Sunday in a first step toward dismantling the posts under a military agreement reached as part of September's summit.

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A senior Goldman Sachs economist was named head of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation, the presidential office said Sunday. Kwon Goo-hoon, 56, will replace Rep. Song Young-gil of the ruling Democra

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to hold his first regular policy consultation meeting with the floor leaders of five political parties on Monday. They agreed in August to establish a regular dialogue channel to discuss

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The Army has allowed several Surion helicopters to resume maintenance and training flights after grounding all aircraft of the same model following the crash of a Marine Corps chopper in July, officials said Sunday. A tota

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea will together launch a waterway inspection Monday as part of an agreement to jointly take advantage of the estuaries of the Han and Imjin rivers along their western border, officials said Sunday. Unde

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The price gap between South Korea's most expensive apartments and its cheapest ones widened to a more-than-seven-year high last month amid an overheated urban real estate market, industry data showed Sunday. According to t

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band BTS has topped 1 billion streams on Apple Music, becoming the first Korean artist to do so, its management agency said Sunday. Apple Music announced the feat on Friday, local time, according to Big Hit Entert

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band BTS has topped 1 billion streams on Apple Music, becoming the first Korean artist to do so, its management agency said Sunday. Apple Music announced the feat on Friday, local time, according to Big Hit Enter

Nov. 5 1958 -- President Rhee Syng-man visits Vietnam. 1986 -- Opposition leader Kim Dae-jung vows to give up his presidential candidacy if a direct presidential election is held. 2002 -- Rep. Chung Mong-joon, head of the National Integrati

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel was due in North Korea on Sunday on a visit that underlines the "invincible friendship and unity and comradely friendship" between the two countries, the North's main state-run newspaper Rodon

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will this week resume battalion-level marine exercises that have been suspended as part of efforts to help facilitate a detente with North Korea, Seoul military officials said Sunday. The

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Trey Hillman, American manager for the South Korean baseball club SK Wyverns, said Sunday he will relish the opportunity to play for the championship in the Korean Series. The Wyverns will face the Doosan Be

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Police have arrested 89 foreign nationals on charges including violence, narcotics offenses and illegal gambling during a 100-day intensive crackdown that started mid-July. The National Police Agency on Sunday announced

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The number of low-paid people hired by South Korea's public and governmental organizations rose at the fastest pace in five years in the first half of this year amid sluggish employment conditions, government data showed Sunda

(ATTN: ADDS ruling party official's remarks, photo) SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean official in charge of exchanges with South Korea ridiculed a lawmaker of the South's ruling party about his pot belly during an inter-Korean event in P

(ATTN: ADDS background) SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Actor Shin Sung-il, the most popular heartthrob of South Korea's movie industry in the 1960s-70s, died of lung cancer on Sunday. He was 81. Shin, who also served as a national legislator in the ear

SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The amount of non-mortgage loans extended by local banks increased at a sharp pace last month as a new set of loan guidelines on mortgages took effect, industry data showed Sunday. According to the data, the outstanding ba