Hyundai Motor Co. said Friday one of its plants in China resumed operations Friday following a three-day suspension after a German company refused to supply auto parts due to payment problems, the South Korean carmaker said.  On Tuesday, Hyundai's plant in Cangzhou, Hebei District, was brought to a halt as the supplier stopped delivering air intake components due to delayed payments."We persuaded the German company to resume supplying parts to the No. 4 plant (in China). We are in talks to resol

US President Donald Trump warned Thursday that it would be a "very sad day" for North Korea if he responded to its provocations with military action.Trump made the remark as tensions have soared over North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test over the weekend."Military action would certainly be an option," he said during a press conference with the emir of Kuwait at the White House. "Is it inevitable? Nothing is inevitable." US President Donald Trump (EPA-Yonhap)He added it would be "gre

KBS 2 TV's "Love in the Moonlight" received two awards from this year's Seoul International Drama Awards while the annual event was overshadowed by the on-going labor strike at the network. The popular drama, which aired Aug. 22-Oct. 18, 2016, and featured Park Bo-gum and Kim Yoo-jung, won best drama and best actor in the Korean Wave or, or hallyu, category.The awards ceremony took place at KBS Hall in Seoul's Yeouido on Thursday at 7 p.m. The show was planned to air live, but was forced to canc

The consumer price of US tech giant Apple Inc.'s new iPhone to be unveiled this month will depend on how much is paid to South Korean parts manufacturers, industry watchers said Friday.The outlook came as many high-end features to be applied in the upcoming iPhone, including OLED panels, NAND flash memory chips and dual-camera modules, are provided by South Korean companies. (AFP-Yonhap)Industry watchers said the next generation iPhone, which is set to be revealed next week, will likely come wit

A bipartisan group of American lawmakers Thursday urged President Donald Trump to keep the US free trade agreement with South Korea amid a deepening security crisis on the Korean Peninsula.In a letter addressed to the president, four co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Korea underscored the importance of a tight alliance in the wake of North Korean provocations, including its sixth nuclear test Sunday.Trump was earlier reported to be planning a withdrawal from the five-year-old trade pact.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured South Korea Thursday that it will not face the North Korean nuclear threat alone.Mattis was responding to Yonhap News Agency's question about reports the North could test another long-range missile on the anniversary of its founding day on Saturday."We, in this department, we assume everyday," he told Yonhap at the swearing-in ceremony at the Pentagon for Navy Secretary Richard Spencer. "I'll tell you this -- we are tied tightly together." (EPA-Yonhap)Reca

A Seoul court on Friday refused to issue arrest warrants for two retired officials of the state intelligence agency suspected of interfering in the 2012 presidential election.The Seoul Central District Court turned down the prosecution's request for writs for ex-National Intelligence Service (NIS) officials, only identified by their last names Roh and Park. It cited a lack of grounds to believe they are likely to destroy evidence or flee. Roh is accused of leading other members of an NIS retiree

The United States has tentatively concluded that North Korea detonated an H-bomb over the weekend, as the regime has claimed, a senior US administration official said Thursday.The remark underscores the gravity of the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as an H-bomb is far more destructive than the atomic weapons the regime has tested in the past. This photo taken on September 6, 2017 shows participants of a mass celebration in Pyongyang for scientists involved

President Moon Jae-in returned home Thursday after his two-day visit to Vladivostok for a regional economic summit and talks with other global leaders, including his Russian counterpart, on ways to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile developments.Moon's trip to the Russian city followed North Korea's latest nuclear test Sunday. (Yonhap)The South Korean leader sought to win international support for what he called the most powerful sanctions against the North so that the impoverished nation

A veteran film director best known for his melodrama hit "Barefooted Youth" in the 1960s died on Thursday after battling lung cancer. Kim Ki-duk, a former professor at Seoul Institute of the Arts, passed in the afternoon about four months after he was diagnosed with the terminal illness, according to sources familiar with the matter. He was 83.  This file photo shows late South Korean film director Kim Ki-duk on Sept. 7, 2017. (Yonhap)Born in Seoul, he directed some 60 films during his 16-year c

A delegation from the world-renowned Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome has visited South Korea's new administrative city of Sejong to discuss ways to establish a music school near the city's cultural facilities now under construction, a city official said Thursday. Launched in 1585, the Italian national conservatory is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, with its alumni including such prominent musicians as South Korean soprano Jo Sumi, Italian composer Ennio Morricone, Russian

South Korea will take steps to enhance the overall environment of poultry farms and ban sales of live chickens and ducks to prevent future outbreaks of avian influenza, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a joint statement that it will work with a number of different organizations to better prevent bird flu as the country has witnessed several serious outbreaks in recent years, including one that led to the culling of over 33 millio

US musician Andra Day and Hyundai Motor Co. were accused of falsely hiring unpaid South Korean volunteer musicians in what was known to be the singer's new music video shoot but was actually part of a promotion project for Hyundai, according to participants Thursday.Rockin' 1000, an Italy-based music event group, partnered with ad agency Innocean Worldwide Americas in recruiting volunteer musicians -- singers, guitarists, bass player and drummers -- to be part of "a new music video" for Day's so

The number of salaried people paying the maximum amount of national health insurance premiums has risen gradually over the past few years amid a steady increase in high income earners, government data showed Thursday.The figure for those paying 2.39 million won ($2,117) per month in premiums from a monthly income of at least 78.1 million won jumped to 3,471 as of the end of June from 2,508 in 2012, 2,522 in 2013, 2,893 in 2014, 3,017 in 2015 and 3,403 in 2016, statistics released by the National