• 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
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• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
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All posts tagged "Korea"

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  [BBC] S. Korea’s craft beer start-ups battle big brewers

    Considering that all of South Korea was, at least in beer terms, something of a barren landscape less than a decade ago it’s a remarkable scene. Then the market was over-run with offerings from South...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Sales of macadamia nuts soar in Korea after ‘nut rage’

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias....

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Civic groups call for inter-Korean co-hosting of PyeongChang Olympics

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean civic groups proposed Monday that the rival Koreas co-host the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, saying it could help pave the way for unification of the divided peninsula. The Dhangoon National Peace and...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Korean Air ex-VP likely to face trial for ‘nut rage’ incident

  By Jung Min-ho Former Korean Air Vice President Heather Cho is likely to be face trial for violating the country’s Aviation Safety Law, prosecutors said Monday. She will be summoned for questioning Wednesday over allegations that she...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Korean American resummoned over alleged pro-NK remarks

  SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Yonhap) — Police summoned again a Korean-American woman Monday for questioning over her alleged remarks sympathetic to the communist regime during a series of on-stage talk shows. Shin Eun-mi arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Pyeongchang says ‘no possibility’ of game sharing

  By Nam Hyun-woo The 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games chief organizer confirmed Friday “there is no possibility” events will be shared with cities outside of Korea. “Construction for all the venues for the PyeongChang Games has begun. At...

  • Posted December 12, 2014
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  K-pop meets K-football: SM and KFA team up

  The Korean Football Association (KFA) and SM Entertainment signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday signifying mutual support between the two organizations. Present at the event were Kai and Xiumin, two members of the popular K-pop group...

  • Posted December 12, 2014
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