• California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
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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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• CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
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All posts tagged "Los Angeles Times"

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  [LA Times] A textbook war divides South Korea

  For years, the South Korean government and private Korean organizations have objected to Japanese textbooks that convey a rather sunny version of Japan’s imperial and colonial history. Now a textbook controversy is turning Koreans...

  • Posted October 22, 2015
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  [LA Times] Who gets into elite American universities, and why

    In May, 60 groups filed a complaint with the Justice and Education departments claiming that Asian Americans are held to a different standard — a higher standard — than other students applying for...

  • Posted June 10, 2015
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  [LA Times] Recent election gains show Asian American voters’ power surge

    From his new perch in Washington, Ted Lieu has suffered through an East Coast winter and other confounding indignities of life as a freshman member of the House from the party out of...

  • Posted March 30, 2015
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  [LA TIMES] Six Koreatown restaurants with great banchan

    – Love Korean barbecue? Choose your restaurant for the meat, but also the banchan. The little side dishes that come out at every Korean restaurant are called mit banchan(which loosely translates to “bottom” or...

  • Posted January 7, 2015
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  [LA TIMES] Why South Korean filmmakers would never make movie like ‘The Interview’

  – Even with South Korea’s robust film industry, there have been no notable cases of the North’s leadership being depicted in a film. The bloody scene in Sony Pictures Entertainment’s movie “The Interview,” in which...

  • Posted December 26, 2014
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  [LA Times] Asian Americans make new push for L.A. council seats

    Nearly 30 years ago, legislative aide Mike Woo shattered a barrier, becoming the first Asian American to win a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.The milestone was hailed as a sign that...

  • Posted December 16, 2014
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  [LA TIMES] The 5 most beguiling-weird-curious works at LACMA’s new Korean show

   Depictions of torture in hell, a graceful screen of mountains that feels contemporary and a snarling lion holding a mirror that reflects your misdeeds. The L.A. County Museum of Art’s exhibition ”Treasures From Korea: Arts...

  • Posted July 16, 2014
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