Новости за 29.09.2018

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- A female flight attendant of an unidentified airline has been put in quarantine after developing possible symptoms of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), local health authorities said Saturday. The suspected patient

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday blasted Japan for trying to create tension on the Korean Peninsula, while also accusing the country of trying to rebuild its military. "The maritime 'Self-Defense Force' (MSDF) of Japan recently c

JAKARTA, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- One South Korean citizen has reportedly been out of contact after a strong tsunami triggered by a magnitude-7.5 earthquake hit a coastal Indonesian city, officials here said Saturday. According to the South Korean com

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- Los Angeles Dodgers' South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin has tossed another solid game to bring his club closer to the postseason. Ryu won his final regular season start over the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park in San Fr

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- With his major league club having locked down a postseason spot, Colorado Rockies' South Korean reliever Oh Seung-hwan is on the verge of making history. If the right-hander is named to the Rockies' playoff roster and pi

Sept. 30 1962 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Panama. 1981 -- The International Olympic Committee chooses Seoul as the host of the 1988 Summer Olympics. 1990 -- The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations

(ATTN: ADDS photos, comments in paras 12, 16) SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- He's back. Kang Jung-ho, a once-troubled infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, got a pinch-hit single in his first major league game in nearly two years against the Cincinna

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- Seoul and Barcelona have signed an agreement on strengthening the friendly relationship between the two cities that includes expanding cooperation in areas like urban renewal and public transportation, Seoul Metropolitan Gov

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- He's back. Kang Jung-ho, a once-troubled infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, got a pinch-hit single in his first major league game in nearly two years against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati on Friday (local time), d

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha met with the top diplomats of the Vatican and Latvia in New York to seek their support for the denuclearization of North Korea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. Kang, w

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) –– The top nuclear envoys from South Korea and the United States have convened three meetings during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York to discuss issues on North Korea, South Korean representatives to the

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares are expected to move within a narrow range next week as investors take to the sidelines ahead of earnings announcements, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI)

Collateral damage expected The trade war between the United States and China is dealing a blow to the friendship of the two countries' leaders. U.S. President Donald Trump recently said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping might not be friends anym

Businesses should guarantee labor rights Some of the country's conglomerates have a bad track record of suppressing labor unions. One of them is Samsung Group, Korea's largest family-run chaebol, which is infamous for preventing its workers from s

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Sept. 29. Korean-language dailies -- Neighborhood with many jobs also has big laughter from children (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Fruits from overseas

SEOUL, Sep. 29 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Temperature (C) Condition Possibility High/Low of Rain

By Seong Yeon-jae GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- Tourism gurus often say people can taste the true joy of travel when they discover surprises in an unexpected place. A trip to Haengju Fortress, a centuries-old fort on the western

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has yet to respond to South Korea's offer to hold foreign ministerial talks on the sidelines of this week's United Nations General Assembly in New York, a senior South Korean official said Friday. South Ko

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the United States Friday to respond to North Korea's efforts to dismantle its nuclear weapons program with "timely" and "positive" steps. Wang issued the call in a speech t

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