Новости за 11.06.2017

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- LG Uplus Corp., the country's smallest mobile carrier, said Sunday it has launched a spam-blocking application with its rival KT Corp. "Whowho-Uplus" was co-developed by LG Uplus and Whowho&company Corp., the biggest spam

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's parliament will again discuss this week whether to accept President Moon Jae-in's picks for chief justice and the head of the corporate watchdog, officials here said Sunday. On Monday, lawmakers plan to deci

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s second quarter operating profit is forecast to reach record high levels, with most estimates around the "low" 12 trillion won (US$10.6 billion) to upwards of over 13 trillion won, local brokerages sa

(ATTN: ADDS more details from 4th para) SEJONG, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports plunged 12.2 percent in the first 10 days of June from a year earlier, the latest customs data showed Sunday, after posting seventh straight months of growth.

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- Nearly half of South Korean households have suffered some kind of crisis, with financial difficulties cited as the prime culprit, a poll showed Sunday. According to the survey of 1,500 people aged 20-64 taken by the Korea

(ATTN: CORRECTS dateline; ADDS more info in para 8) SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- Exports of South Korean cultural content rose 9.7 percent on-year in 2016 despite an economic slowdown and China's restriction on imports of Korean pop culture over a diplo

SEJONG, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's exports plunged 12.2 percent in the first 10 days of June from a year earlier, the latest customs data showed Sunday, after posting seventh straight months of growth. Total outbound shipments reached US$12.

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- The diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of the U.S. anti-missile system in the country that hurt sales of South Korean cars in China has benefited Japanese automakers, data showed Sunday. Numbers

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's unification ministry is mulling over how to name President Moon Jae-in's inter-Korean policy to better present his vision for solving North Korea's nuclear problems and promoting economic cooperation, government

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- There have no battery problems reported in Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus smartphones since their launch in April, industry sources said Sunday. The company's new flagship went on sale o

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's power supply hovered above its demand for the past seven days after a temporary shutdown of eight old coal-fired power plants, government data showed Sunday, shaking off concerns over a possible shortage. St

SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) -- Exports of South Korean cultural content rose 9.7 percent on-year in 2016 despite an economic slowdown and China's restriction on imports of Korean pop culture over a diplomatic row, data showed Sunday. Overseas shipments

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's household debt grew at the third-fastest pace in the world in 2016 from a year ago, data showed Sunday, sparking concerns it may come as a time bomb for Asia's fourth-largest economy. The ratio of South Kore

SEOUL, June 11 (Yonhap) -- Sony Corp.'s resurgence in the premium TV market is starting to threaten the lead enjoyed by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., industry data showed Sunday. Data provided by the global market t

(ATTN: ADDS comments by U.S. government official in last three paras) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's official newspaper claimed Saturday that a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile is not far away. "The series of recent s

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- G-Dragon, the leader of the popular boy band BIGBANG, hit an unexpected snag when he returned as a soloist after four years: his band mate T.O.P's recent drug scandal. "It was mentally and physically hard to prepare for t