• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
• S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
• US joins with South Korea, Japan in bid to deter North Korea
• LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
• S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
• US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
• US back on track in qualifying with 4-0 win over Guatemala
• High-intensity workout injuries spawn cottage industry
• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
• Who knew? ‘The Walking Dead’ is helping families connect

All posts tagged "controversy"

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  Maxim US blasts Maxim Korea for lurid magazine cover

  By Bahk Eun-ji Maxim U.S. magazine has denounced Maxim Korea’s controversial September cover, which features a photo that strongly suggests a murder. A Maxim U.S. spokesperson said the cover was “deeply troubling,” and strongly condemned the cover...

  • Posted September 3, 2015
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  Donald Trump criticizes S. Korea as taking a ‘free ride’ from the US

  By Kang Seung-woo Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s remark that Korea is getting a free ride because it is protected by the U.S. military is triggering controversy. Critics of the free-speaking billionaire say that his views come...

  • Posted July 23, 2015
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  Korean American woman deported for allegedly pro-N. Korean comments arrives at LAX to chaos

  By James Goo Shin Eun-mi, the Korean American woman who was accused of holding a pro-North Korea lecture in South Korea, was deported from the country and returned to Los Angeles Saturday. Shin’s arrival at Tom Bradley...

  • Posted January 12, 2015
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  Controversy or not, IKEA opens in S. Korea to throngs of customers

  Swedish furniture maker IKEA opened the doors to its largest store ever in Gwangmyeong, South Korea on Dec. 18. Hundreds of customers waited patiently in the freezing cold despite Ikea’s mishaps with the South Korean public. One...

  • Posted December 19, 2014
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  Poll: Which is 2014′s biggest S. Korean sports controversy?

  By Brian Han The 2014 Winter Olympics judging controversy that arguably robbed South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna of her second gold medal topped Yonhap News Agency’s list of most notable South Korean sports stories for the...

  • Posted December 17, 2014
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  South Korea rejects idea of sharing Olympics with Japan

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean governor on Tuesday rejected an International Olympic Committee proposal to move the bobsled and luge events for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang to another country to save money....

  • Posted December 9, 2014
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  IKEA to stop selling “Sea of Japan” map, admits inflated prices

  By Lee Minji SEOUL (Yonhap) — IKEA Korea said Thursday it will stop selling a disputed map that had marked the water between South Korea and Japan only as “Sea of Japan” starting next year as it...

  • Posted December 4, 2014
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