Новости за 16.11.2018

YANGGU, South Korea, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean soldier died Friday after being found with a gunshot wound to his head at a toilet within a guard post (GP) on the eastern section of the border with North Korea, military officials said. The

(ATTN: UPDATES with debut of new models by Hyundai and Kia at motor show; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea's biggest carmaker by sales, said Friday that it has replaced the head of its Chinese operation in a shak

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea's biggest carmaker by sales, said Friday that it has replaced the head of its Chinese operation in a shake-up meant to boost sales in the world's largest automobile market. Executive Vice

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A Japanese right-wing lawmaker has claimed that a member of K-pop girl group TWICE is engaged in anti-Japanese activities, citing her T-shirt as an example. The politician, Onodera Masaru of the Liberal Democratic Party,

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with N. Korean official's address at peace forum; CHANGES headline and lead) GOYANG, South Korea, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- A senior North Korean official on Friday asked Asia-Pacific nations to actively support the two Koreas' pea

(ATTN: ADDS bond yields at bottom) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher for the second consecutive session on Friday as investor sentiment recovered on hopes of eased U.S.-China trade friction. The South Korean currency rose aga

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP) 1-year TB 1.849 1.847 +0.2 3-year TB 1.947 1.943 +0.4 10-year TB 2.220 2.231 -1.1 2-year

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended higher for the second consecutive session on Friday as investor sentiment recovered on hopes of eased U.S.-China trade friction. The South Korean currency rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchm

(ATTN: ADDS more info) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has decided to deport a U.S. citizen detained for illegally entering the country, its state media reported on Friday. The U.S. citizen, identified as Bruce Byron Lowrance, has been deta

(ATTN: UPDATES headline, throughout) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday proposed connecting international air routes along the western and eastern coasts of the Korean Peninsula during the first-ever inter-Korean meeting on aviation coo

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has decided to deport a U.S. citizen detained for illegally entering the country, its state media reported on Friday. kokobj@yna.co.kr (END)

(ATTN: ADDS info in last 6 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched a high-level dialogue channel on nuclear cooperation on Friday, in another sign of their expanding partnership. The two countries

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SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Friday confirmed the expulsion of a former president of a club from the baseball community following his conviction for embezzlement. The KBO Commissioner Chung Un-chan officially

(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS more info in last 6 paras) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a test of a newly developed high-tech weapon, the North's state media reported Friday amid stalemated denuclearizat

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's newly developed tactical weapon is thought to be a long-range artillery piece, a government source in Seoul said Friday, hours after Pyongyang's media reported on leader Kim Jong-un's supervision of its recent t

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korean hip-hop icon Drunken Tiger's new song featuring BTS leader RM debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes' hip-hop chart, its agency said Friday. "Timeless" from Drunken Tiger's 10th full-length album topped the hip-

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade volume exceeded US$1 trillion at the fastest pace ever Friday, led by brisk sales of memory chips and petrochemical products, the trade ministry said. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and th

SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Police on Friday referred to the prosecution a venture company chief accused of abetting online circulation of obscene videos and cruelly assaulting company employees. Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency recommended a

BRISBANE, Australia, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The venue of South Korea's international football friendly match against Uzbekistan has been changed due to pitch conditions, the national football governing body said Friday. South Korea were scheduled to t

(ATTN: UPDATES with departure, photo; CORRECTS dateline) SINGAPORE, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in left Singapore for Papua New Guinea on Friday for this year's summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and bilateral meet

(ATTN: ADDS more info at bottom, photo) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- The head of the EugeneBell Foundation Korea said Friday that the tuberculosis problem in North Korea is reaching a critical point that requires swift action and support from South Kore

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with details from 5th para; ADDS photo) SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Yonhap) -- Senior South Korean and U.S. diplomats will have talks next week on joint efforts to denuclearize North Korea, including the planned launch of a bilateral "wo