• 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 "Korea"

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  Newspaper editor gets fined for defaming President Park

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Seoul court on Wednesday imposed fines on the chief editor of an Internet-based newspaper for reporting unfounded rumors about President Park Geun-hye and her brother ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Baek Eun-jong,...

  • Posted January 28, 2015
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  Chanel to host fashion show in Seoul

  By Park Si-soo French luxury fashion house Chanel will stage its first fashion show in Korea in May. Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion, said in an interview that the show will be held at the Dongdaemun...

  • Posted January 27, 2015
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  S. Korea’s first Ebola response team returns home

  SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) — The first batch of South Korean medical workers returned home Monday after treating patients in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone for about one month, officials at the foreign ministry said. The nine doctors and...

  • Posted January 26, 2015
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  Park nominates ruling party floor leader as new prime minister

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye nominated the ruling party’s floor leader as her new prime minister and named a group of special advisers, an official said Friday, in an apparent move to win back public trust....

  • Posted January 23, 2015
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  Daycare center teacher muffles toddler with tissues

  ULSAN (Yonhap) — A daycare center teacher in her 40s has been put under emergency arrest for allegedly shoving tissues into a toddler’s mouth to silence him, police said Tuesday. The woman, who owns the facility in...

  • Posted January 20, 2015
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  2 dead, 4 injured in gas leak at LG plant

  PAJU, South Korea (Yonhap) — Two workers died and four others were injured Monday after a nitrogen leak at an LG Display factory north of Seoul, police and firefighters said. The leak took place at around 12:50...

  • Posted January 12, 2015
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  Park So-youn wins Nationals, Kim Yuna presents awards

  By Kwon Ji-youn Fans saw a glimpse of legend Kim Yuna in Park So-youn when the 17-year-old skated her way to the top of the podium at the Mokdong Ice Rink, Friday. Park ended rival Kim Hae-jin’s...

  • Posted January 9, 2015
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