Новости за 20.01.2017

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party maintained its lead over the ruling Saenuri Party in an opinion poll this week despite a decline in its approval rating, a survey showed Friday. According to Gallup Korea, the Democrat

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(ATTN: UPDATES throughout) SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The parliament's education committee on Friday passed a bill to ban state-authored textbooks amid the boycott from conservative parties. The National Assembly Education, Culture, Sports & Touri

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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo told the group's top executives that overhauling core businesses and finding next-generation drivers of growth are the top priority for the nation's second-largest conglomerate. Koo made the

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Asiana Airlines said Friday it has no plans to list its low-cost carrier Air Busan Co. on the local bourse despite the airline currently suffering from financial difficulties. "We have no plans for an IPO for Air Busan,"

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The new chief of South Korea's largest flag carrier Korean Air said Friday that he will focus on continuing what has been working for his company rather than initiating changes. "I have no plan to overturn what we have no

SEJONG, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is set to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made aluminum plates for offset printing, the trade commission here said Friday, amid rising trade tensions between the two countries. After a preliminary exami

(ATTN: CORRECTS typo in slug) SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- A lower court ordered Deutsche Bank on Friday to compensate investors for damage it caused by manipulating stock prices, in the nation's first-ever ruling on a class action suit. The Seoul

(ATTN: CLARIFIES para 12, 14) By Park Boram SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- India will soon submit a report on its implementation of U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea, which include the suspension of an Indian space technology training program for Nor

Jan. 21 1919 -- Gojong, the 26th and last king of the Joseon Dynasty, dies. 1968 -- Thirty-one North Korean commandos infiltrate Seoul in an attempt to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. The North Koreans were stopped 300 meters from the pre

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Worries are growing that South Korean classical music might fall victim to the on-going diplomatic feud between Seoul and Beijing over a new anti-missile system called THAAD. According to the classical music industry Frid

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan on Friday kicked off a naval exercise aimed at countering North Korean missiles amid growing signs that Pyongyang is ready to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Fishery product processing companies in the Chinese border city of Hunchun are contracting their work out to North Korea as business is booming, a U.S. broadcaster reported Friday. Processing companies in Hunchun are bri

TOKYO/SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Tokyo has complained to Seoul about a reference to Dokdo as South Korean territory on the latter's Olympic website, a report said Friday. Citing multiple sources, Kyodo News said the Japanese foreign ministry has as

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will invite a veteran big league field expert to work the grounds at the site of the upcoming World Baseball Classic (WBC), officials said Friday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Murr

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday repeated its threat to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time and place ahead of the imminent launch of the Donald Trump administration. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's foreign ministry is pushing to hold high-level talks with the United States "as soon as possible" after Donald Trump takes office and the meetings could come as early as next month, a ministry official said Frid

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States thought in the early 1990s that economic sanctions would not make North Korea give up its nuclear weapons program even if such a step would significantly hurt the North's economy, a declassified report showe

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean court held a hearing on Friday to decide whether to issue warrants to arrest the country's culture minister and a former presidential chief of staff over their suspected involvement in the blacklisting of cultu

(ATTN: EXPANDS dateline; ADDS Seoul officials' comments in paras 7-8) By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States is prepared for any North Korean missile launch, including the possibility of shooting it down if it were

By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- Texas Rangers outfielder Choo Shin-soo has been dropped from the South Korean national team for this year's World Baseball Classic (WBC), with his big league club expressing injury concerns. The Korea Baseb

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The United States is prepared for any North Korean missile launch, including the possibility of shooting it down if it were coming toward the U.S. or allies, the Pentagon said Thursday. Pentagon pr

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is showing signs of preparing to restart its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor after finishing reprocessing spent fuel to extract plutonium, a U.S. website monitoring the North said. "Commercial satelli