• 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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  Korean golfers near top at Tour Championship, Stenson leads

  By Brian Han It’s the PGA Tour’s final event of the year, and the field has been wittled down to the top-30 players in the FedEx Cup standings. Despite there being a very limited representation of players...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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  Korean sex workers demand decriminalization of their trade

  By Bahk Eun-ji A sex workers’ group wants the law banning prostitution abolished. Around 1,000 members of the Hanteo National Union, the Korean sex workers’ organization, rallied in Jongno, Seoul, Wednesday to condemn the law for threatening...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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  Pope Francis urges US Congress to embrace immigrants

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing before a rapt Congress, Pope Francis issued a ringing call to action on behalf of immigrants Thursday, urging lawmakers to embrace “the stranger in our midst” as he became the first pontiff in...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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  Watch out for Chicago Mothers Choir!

  By The Korea Times Chicago staff The 60 mothers who show up to Chicago church for choir practice two hours every Tuesday don’t want to be called ahjummas. Call them the Singing Mothers of the Chicago Mothers...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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  5 things to know from World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

  NEW YORK (AP) — World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says growing up as an economic migrant himself shaped his views on many of the major issues he’s tackling now as head of one of the leading...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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  Virginia Korean society regains non-profit status

  By The Korea Times Washington DC staff The Korean American Society of Virginia announced Wednesday it has regained non-profit status. The organization lost its non-profit status last year on charges of failure to file taxes and was...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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  Samsung’s next virtual reality headset will be 22% lighter, half the price

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samsung says a new virtual reality headset will be 22 percent lighter and, at $99, half the price of its previous model. The Gear VR also comes without a central strap that goes...

  • Posted September 24, 2015
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