Новости за 08.11.2018

SUWON, South Korea, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Police said Thursday that they have sought an arrest warrant for the head of a local online storage service company over alleged assaults. The move came a day after police apprehended Yang Jin-ho, chief of bot

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- A 31-year-old Korean-American man faces a probe in South Korea for alleged unruly behavior on a flight bound for Seoul from Los Angeles, police said Thursday. The man caused a disturbance, including using abusive language,

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that South Korea will lay firm groundwork for trilateral economic cooperation with North Korea and Russia by bringing lasting peace to the Korean Peninsula. Moon made the remark during a

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Trailing in the South Korean baseball championship series by one game, the Doosan Bears got a bit of assistance from Mother Nature on Thursday, when the scheduled fourth game against the SK Wyverns got rained

JAKARTA/SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) -- Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), a South Korean defense firm, signed a contract worth 100 billion won (US$89.4 million) with Indonesia on Thursday, its officials said. The company inked the contr

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Lotte Shopping Co., the operator of South Korea's biggest department store and a leading discount store -- both under the Lotte name -- shifted to a net profit in the third quarter from a year earlier on robust sales in overse

(ATTN: UPDATES with minister's remarks at bottom) SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will make preparations to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the connection and the modernization of inter-Korean railways, as agreed earlier by the Koreas, regard

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Seventeen local governments in South Korea and nine local governments in Russia's Far East held an inaugural meeting of their cooperation forum and agreed to work together to move forward all-around cooperation between the two

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The head of the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) said Thursday he will propose three-way talks with GM Korea and its labor union amid a deepening spat over the carmaker's plan to spin off its research unit. Lee Dong-

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- After a pivotal game in the South Korean baseball championship series was rained out Thursday, the two managers in action maintained a business-as-usual mindset. The SK Wyverns are leading the Doosan Bears

(ATTN: ADDS details on starting pitchers in paras 14-18; FIXES game in para 19 By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The fourth game of the South Korean baseball championship series was rained out on Thursday. The Korea Baseball Organization

(ATTN: ADDS manager's comments at bottom) By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' slugger Kim Jae-hwan could miss the rest of South Korean baseball championship series with an oblique injury, his club announced Thursday. The Bears

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher Thursday as the conclusion of the midterm elections in the United States cleared up market uncertainties and the subsequent rallies on Wall St

JEONJU, South Korea, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- A renowned North Korea expert said on Thursday that peace should be the top priority in dealing with Korean Peninsula issues. Park Han-sik, an emeritus professor of international affairs at the University of

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; CHANGES photo) By Song Sang-ho PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Army Gen. Robert B. Abrams took office as the new commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Thursday, amid diplomatic efforts by Seoul and Washington

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Nikolay Kropachev, rector of Saint Petersburg State University in Russia, has been granted honorary citizenship by Seoul city in recognition of his contribution to promoting South Korea-Russia exchanges, the city government sa

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.844 1.841 +0.3 3-year TB 1.966 1.964 +0.2 10-year TB 2.257 2.259 -0.2

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Bears' slugger Kim Jae-hwan could miss the rest of South Korean baseball championship series with an oblique injury, his club announced Thursday. The Bears said Kim has been diagnosed with damage to

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Online gaming firm Nexon Co. said Thursday its net profit for the third quarter increased 14 percent on-year on the back of the continued popularity of global hits such as "Dungeon & Fighter" and "Maple Story." Net profit

(ATTN: ADDS details from para 10) By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The fourth game of the South Korean baseball championship series was rained out on Thursday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) decided to postpone Game 4 of the Korea

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher Thursday as the conclusion of the midterm elections in the United States cleared up market uncertainties and the subsequent rallies on Wall Street buoyed investor sentiment, analysts said. The

By Yoo Jee-ho INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The fourth game of the South Korean baseball championship series was rained out on Thursday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) decided to postpone Game 4 of the Korean Series between the home team SK W

(ATTN: UPDATES with minor edits) SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's biggest carmaker by sales, said Thursday it will ship the Genesis G90 flagship to the United States and other markets early next year, following its domestic l

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government and ruling party said Thursday they will submit a raised purchase price for harvested rice to the National Assembly. The ruling Democratic Party and the government said it set the target price at 1

(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Yonhap) -- The Koreas agreed Thursday to each retain one of the 11 border guard posts they have selected for "complete demolition" due to their historical symbolism, Seoul's defense ministry said.