• 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

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  [Business Insider] This is THAAD

    — The most advanced missile system on the planet can hunt and blast incoming missiles right out of the sky with a 100% success rate — and it appears to be headed to North...

  • Posted February 8, 2016
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  [NEWSWEEK] Japan Gets Ready to Shoot Down North Korean Missile

  – South Korea and Japan have warned North Korea about the potential forthcoming rocket launch the country has said will occur later this month, and Japan’s Defense Ministry has deployed ballistic missile defense units in preparation for...

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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  [NYT] North Korea Launches Newest Offensive: Cigarette Butts

  — North Korea likes to call South Korea a land of “political filth” and its leaders, including President Park Geun-hye, “human trash.” Now, apparently to highlight its contempt, it has begun sending balloons into the South with an...

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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  [CNN] Multiracial identity: Study looks at role of money, gender and religion

    — For Kip Fulbeck, the son of an American father and Cantonese mother, identity is all about context. Growing up in Southern California, among his Taiwanese and Chinese relatives he was the white kid who...

  • Posted January 28, 2016
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  [LA Times] Roy Choi, Daniel Patterson cooking up a revolution in Watts with Locol

  —  With Locol, chefs Roy Choi, whose Kogi truck and Korean hot-pot place Pot regularly make it onto The Times’ list of L.A.’s 101 best restaurants, and Daniel Patterson, whose San Francisco restaurant Coi...

  • Posted January 26, 2016
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  [NPR] The Audacious Korean American Chef Who Mastered ‘Mission Chinese Food’

    — Danny Bowien, the founder of the Mission Chinese Food restaurants, didn’t grow up cooking Chinese cuisine. Born in Korea, then adopted by a family in Oklahoma, Bowien was already an adult living in San Francisco when...

  • Posted January 21, 2016
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  [BBC] N. Korea says it has invented hangover-free alcohol

  — North Korean scientists have invented a hangover-free alcohol, according to the Pyongyang Times. The state newspaper says the “suave” liquor will spare you wincing when you wake, despite boasting 30%-40% alcohol. The brew is reportedly...

  • Posted January 19, 2016
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