Новости за 14.11.2017

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with press briefing, other details) SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- An apparent North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom earlier this week drove a car to the area, the authorities said Tu

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- An apparent North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea via the truce village of Panmunjom earlier this week drove a car near the area, the authorities said. He "then exited the vehicle and continued fleeting south" a

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host the final qualification event for short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics this week. The fourth and final leg of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skatin

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group BTS takes the U.S. TV shows by storm this month. Its agency, Big Hit Entertainment, said Tuesday that the K-pop sensation will take part in the recording of CBS's "The Late Late Show With James Corden" We

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean national baseball team headed to Tokyo on Tuesday for an inaugural regional tournament this week. Manager Sun Dong-yol and his 25-man squad will compete at the Asia Professional Baseball Championship (APB

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- Rap Monster of K-pop boy group BTS has changed his stage name to RM, the group's agency said Tuesday. The leader of the popular seven-member act announced the news in a post to a fan page Monday, according to Big Hit Ente

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Status quo Leaders fail to find breakthrough on North Korea crisis Over the past week in East Asia, North Korea's nuclear and missile menace was one of the focal points of a flurry of top-level discussions involving leaders who have stakes in the

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Nov. 14. Korean-language dailies -- Kim Jang-kyom out as MBC president, normalization at broadcaster to get under way (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Chines

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called out President Donald Trump Monday for calling the North Korean leader "short and fat." In an interview on NBC, Biden, who served under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea vowed Monday to continue its pursuit of nuclear missiles in the wake of the United States' rare deployment of three aircraft carrier groups near the Korean Peninsula. In a letter addressed to U.N. Secreta

(ATTN: ADDS IOC president's comments at bottom) NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution calling for the peaceful running of the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea's PyeongChang. The res

(ATTN: UPDATES with remarks of ex-figure skating champion, official in paras 6-8, 11; ADDS photos) NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution calling for the peaceful running of the upcoming Winter

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution calling for the peaceful running of the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea's PyeongChang. The resolution, also known as the "Olympic Truce," is ad

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he will make a statement on North Korea and trade issues following his return to Washington from Asia this week. Speaking to reporters before a trilateral meeting with the Aust

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with additional details, more information in paras 11-12, 14-16) MANILA, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang reaffirmed their efforts Monday to quickly nor

MANILA, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of South Korea and the Philippines agreed Monday to further strengthen the countries' longstanding friendship and discussed measures to better protect their people in the other's country, Seoul's presidential off

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(ATTN: UPDATES with additional remarks from Moon in last para; ADDS photo) MANILA, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang reaffirmed their efforts Monday to quickly normalize the countries' ties so

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details, additional information, background in paras 4-6, 9-11) MANILA, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang reaffirmed their efforts Monday to quickly normalize the coun

MANILA, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang reaffirmed their efforts Monday to quickly normalize the countries' ties soured by the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.