• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
• S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
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• 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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All posts tagged "Korea"

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  S. Korea takes down Christmas tower as border tensions grow

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has pulled down a 43-year-old front-line Christmas tower that North Korea viewed as propaganda warfare, with officials saying last week the structure was unsafe. The massive steel tower was demolished...

  • Posted October 25, 2014
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  S. Korea divided on activist efforts, North calls leaflets a ‘declaration of war’

  North Korean defectors in South Korea are continuing to stage anti-Pyongyang demonstrations despite repercussions that are instigating border tensions. An activist at the Seoul-based non-profit group Fighters for Free North Korea told The Korea Times that the...

  • Posted October 24, 2014
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  S. Korean aid workers in West Africa exposed to Ebola

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean aid workers in West Africa have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus due to a lack of protective wear and medical equipment, a lawmaker claimed Tuesday. A total of 102 South...

  • Posted October 21, 2014
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  Baek Kyu-jung is the latest S. Korean to win LPGA event

  INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Baek Kyu-jung of South Korea won a three-way playoff Sunday to claim the LPGA’s KEB-HanaBank Championship. Baek, making the first LPGA start of her career, shot a final-round 67 to finish tied...

  • Posted October 20, 2014
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  How the iPhone’s success will boost Samsung & LG stocks

  By Kim Yoo-chul With Apple’s large screen iPhone 6 Plus now being available in China, Korean parts suppliers to the U.S. company are expected to be beneficiaries of the so-called Apple effect, analysts said Monday. SK hynix,...

  • Posted October 20, 2014
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  Koreans fall off lead at LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship

  INCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Karine Icher of France shot a 4-under 68 in the second round to take a one-stroke lead at the top of the European-dominated leaderboard at the KEB-HanaBank Championship on Friday. Icher birdied...

  • Posted October 17, 2014
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  Singing your way to Korean citizenship

  By Kim Se-jeong Any foreigner seeking Korean citizenship must be able to sing Korea’s national anthem during a naturalization interview. The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of the Ministry of Justice, which declined to grant a...

  • Posted October 16, 2014
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