Новости за 26.11.2017

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group EXO on Sunday thanked fellow Korean artists BTS and Wanna One for expanding the popularity of K-pop overseas, while also sharing anxieties of fan fatigue amid growing competition. "We're grateful for group

SANGJU, South Korea, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean military football club Sangju Sangmu have clinched first division survival after beating Busan IPark FC 5-4 on penalties on Sunday. Both sides went to a penalty shootout after they were tied 1-

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Sunday indicted four former National Intelligence Agency (NIS) officials and two former prosecutors for attempting to block a 2013 prosecution probe into the spy agency's alleged political interference, accordi

(ATTN: ADDS details in last 3 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government on Sunday promised to give more active consideration to growing public demand to permit artificial abortion. The presidential office released its position tow

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military is broadcasting towards North Korean servicemen the news of the young North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea through the heavily armed land border earlier this month, according to military off

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government on Sunday promised to give more active consideration to growing public demand to permit artificial abortion. The presidential office released its position toward a petition, posted on its homepage

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top negotiator on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will visit the United States next week to discuss diplomatic efforts to end the North's nuclear program, the foreign ministry said Sunday. Lee Do-hoon,

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean official said its nuclear weapons program targets nobody but the United States and the rest of the world does not need to feel threatened, its official newspaper reported Sunday. "Today's reality sho

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Woori Bank, South Korea's fourth-biggest lender by assets, said Sunday it is considering adopting a "one-strike" policy to prevent corruption. The bank came up with 100 things to be overhauled or improved after discussio

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Russia's top envoy on North Korea's nuclear issue arrived in Seoul on Sunday for discussions with South Korean officials. Vice Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov, Russia's top negotiator on North Korea's nuclear weapons progr

SEOUL, Nov 26 (Yonhap) -- The music video of Psy's "Gangnam Style" registered more than 3 billion views on YouTube at 8 a.m. Sunday, continuing to smash the video-sharing site's records, according to his agency YG Entertainment. The electro-dance s

Nov. 27 1598 -- A seven-year invasion of Korea by Japanese forces led by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi ends. The invasion seriously weakened Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). 1953 -- President Rhee Syng-man holds a summit with his Taiwanes

SEOUL, Nov 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice unification minister departed to the United States on Sunday for a six-day visit to discuss North Korea's nuclear issue, the ministry said. In Washington, D.C., Vice Minister Chun Hae-sung will meet wi

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Coveted free agent outfielder Son A-seop re-signed with his original South Korean club Sunday, putting his major league dreams on hold in the process. Son agreed to a four-year deal worth 9.8 billion won (US$9 million) to

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean peacekeeping troops in South Sudan have installed street lamps in Bor, the Jonglei State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff office said Sunday. The Hanbit Unit erected 30 lamps in a 1-kilometer section of the town's

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea dropped in talent competitiveness for the second consecutive year in 2016, falling especially behind in motivating its workers, a report from the Swiss-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korean skeleton slider Yun Sung-bin has captured his second World Cup title of the season in Canada. Yun won the third leg of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Whistler, Canada,

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- More than half of the tickets for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics have been sold, the local Olympics organizing committee said Sunday. "Around 555,000 tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as sport

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's financial regulator said Sunday it will require first-tier banks to implement a stricter rule for mortgage lending in the fourth quarter of next year, in a fresh bid to better manage growing household debt.

SEJONG, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Sunday that it has rejected a commitment agreement request by Hyundai Mobis Co., the country's largest auto parts maker, citing inadequate remedy proposals to make up for damage caused b

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Police began investigating bribery allegations involving Lee Hye-hoon, former chief of the minor conservative opposition party, they said Sunday. A businesswoman surnamed Ok filed a complaint in October against the three

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- The softening U.S. dollar has drawn big investments into dollar-based funds, with more than half of this year's total deposits received in the past one month, data showed Sunday. Some 210.7 billion won (US$193.83 million)

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co. Vice Chairman Chung Eui-sun has been re-elected as president of the World Archery Asia (WAA) for a fourth consecutive term, the company said Sunday. Chung, who has headed the WAA since 2005, was re-elect

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's toy imports from China rose 12 percent this year, largely under an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement, the customs office said Sunday. The figure was estimated at US$645 million in the first 1

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- HAZZYS, a local apparels brand, said Sunday it opened two stores simultaneously in Vietnam, becoming the first South Korean traditional casual wear label to land in the blooming market. Owned by LF, formerly LG Fashion, H