Новости за 12.11.2018

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ruling party is pushing for a trip by about 100 businesspeople to North Korea, apparently to foster inter-Korean economic cooperation, a party official said Monday. The Democratic Party's committee on peace

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's women's football body said Monday it failed to reach an agreement with North Korea on holding a women's football league All-Star Game. The Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF), which governs the WK League

(ATTN: ADDS unification minister's remarks in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea held a second meeting of their joint road research group Monday but failed to fix the dates for any additional field examinations necessary fo

By Joo Kyung-don INCHEON, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea football coach Paulo Bento said Monday that the upcoming friendly matches will be a good opportunity for his team to grow. South Korea, led by head coach Paulo Bento, will play against Austr

By Joo Kyung-don INCHEON, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean national football team departed for Australia on Monday for two upcoming friendly matches. South Korea, led by head coach Paulo Bento, will play against Australia on Saturday and take

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea held a second meeting of their joint road research group Monday but failed to fix the dates for any additional field examinations necessary for their reconnection, the unifica

By Joo Kyung-don INCHEON, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean midfielder Ju Se-jong said Monday he is ready to fill the void left by key players on the national football team in the side's upcoming friendly matches. Ju is one of the 25 players who

By Joo Kyung-don INCHEON, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean striker Hwang Ui-jo said Monday he is ready to take his red-hot club form onto the international stage. Hwang is one of the 25 players who will be in Brisbane, Australia, to play in South

By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors Co., on Monday refused to meet with its union to narrow their differences over its decision to build a separate research and development (R&D) company, w

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks on budget, U.S. stance in paras 9-12) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has removed 636 land mines from the truce village of Panmunjom straddling the border with South Korea, Seoul's defense chief said Monday. Defe

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- With the 2018 Korean Series nearing the end, the Doosan Bears find themselves in a position that many pundits didn't think they'd be in -- trailing the SK Wyverns 3-2 and one loss away from their second straigh

(ATTN: UPDATES with details in 2nd para, expert's view in last 4 paras; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is in talks with the United States over its pursuit of developing solid-fuel space vehicles for non-military purposes, Seoul's f

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Monday as individual buyers went on a heavy selling spree targeting large-cap bio shares. The South Korean won lost ground against the U.S. dollar. The

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly is expected to hold a confirmation hearing for Hong Nam-ki, the finance minister nominee, early next month after handling the government's 2019 budget proposal. On Friday, President Moon Jae-in named

By Shim Sun-ah SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- Jennie, a member of the leading K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, will drop her first solo venture, "Solo," on Monday. She is the first member of the four-piece group to release a solo track, but the remaining m

(ATTN: CORRECTS 2-year MSB) Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.836 1.841 -0.5 3-year TB 1.945 1.960 -1.5 10-year TB 2.210 2.233

SEJONG, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's economy is believed to have peaked around the second quarter of last year, but it is still too early to declare that Asia's fourth-largest economy has entered a downward path, the head of the country's statisti

By Woo Jae-yeon SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- An exorcist and a doctor, who, by nature, seem completely incompatible, join forces together for one goal -- to protect the ones that they care about. "Priest" is the cable movie channel OCN's upcoming te

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band BTS has brought home four awards from the People's Choice Awards 2018, the awards' organizer said on its website Monday. The septet won in the categories of "Group of 2018," "Song of 2018," "Music Video of

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is in talks with the United States over its pursuit of developing solid-fuel space vehicles for non-military purposes, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday. Last year, the allies agreed to eliminate restrictio

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.836 1.841 -0.5 3-year TB 1.945 1.960 -1.5 10-year TB 2.210 2.233 -2.3 2-year MSB

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed lower Monday as individual buyers went on a heavy selling spree targeting large-cap bio shares. The South Korean won lost ground against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Pric

SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- The Air Force's first aerial refueling tanker arrived in South Korea on Monday, military officials said, raising hope that it will drastically increase the operational radius of fighters. "The first tanker arrived at an a

(ATTN: CHANGES photo) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's big three rechargeable battery makers have agreed to create a fund to jointly develop next-generation battery technologies and foster related industries, the industry ministry said Monday.

(ATTN: ADDS details in paras 7-8) SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industry minister vowed to cut red tape to ease the excessive burden felt by businesses and expand support for the slumping manufacturing industry. Sung Yun-mo, minister of