• 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 "NYT"

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  [NYT] Korean man charged for attacking Chinese women in Queens

  — A Queens man who said he disliked Chinese people has been charged with hate crimes after robbing and assaulting two Chinese women, prosecutors said on Thursday. The man, Key S. Lee, who...

  • Posted February 12, 2016
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  [NYT] North Korea Launches Newest Offensive: Cigarette Butts

  — North Korea likes to call South Korea a land of “political filth” and its leaders, including President Park Geun-hye, “human trash.” Now, apparently to highlight its contempt, it has begun sending balloons into the South with an...

  • Posted February 4, 2016
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  [NYT] Chinese soccer teams raid South Korean clubs for talent

  — The South Korean soccer league is the most successful in Asia, with its clubs winning a combined total of 10 continental championships, five more than any other country. But the last title came in...

  • Posted December 28, 2015
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  [NYT] Greta Lee On Hollywood Stereotypes and Playing the ‘Lovable Weirdo’

  — Greta Lee is a familiar face to fans of “Girls,” where she played an entitled gallerist; “High Maintenance,” where she was Heidi; and “Inside Amy Schumer,” a gig Ms. Lee landed after...

  • Posted December 22, 2015
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  [NYT Op-ed] South Korea targets dissent

    South Koreans can be as proud of their country’s emergence from dictatorship into a vibrant democracy as they are of the rags-to-riches development that made their country a global industrial powerhouse. So it...

  • Posted November 20, 2015
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  [NY Times] Why are Asian Americans such loyal Democrats?

    In just two decades, Asian American support for the Democratic presidential candidate more than doubled, from the 31 percent Bill Clinton got in 1992 to the 73 percent cast for President Obama in...

  • Posted November 4, 2015
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  [NY Times] Lonely end for S. Koreans who can’t afford to live, or die

    SEOUL, South Korea — In a culture in which funerals are often lavish three-day affairs with hundreds of guests, the recent funeral for Song In-sik was modest at best. It had only one...

  • Posted November 3, 2015
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