• 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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  South Korea’s gender wage gap widest among OECD nations

  (Yonhap) South Korea topped the list of wage gap between men and women among advanced countries with the gender pay gap hardly narrowing over the past decade, data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by the...

  • Posted August 4, 2014
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  The average Korean drinks 9.16 liters of alcohol each year

  The average Korean drinks 9.16 liters of pure alcohol per person each year, roughly the equivalent of 100 bottles of beer or 60 bottles of soju, the latest research says. The research, released Thursday by the Korea...

  • Posted June 20, 2014
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  Korea’s suicide rate triples OECD average

  Korea has by far the highest number of suicides among 34 members of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to its annual report. The OECD report for 2011 showed that the rate of suicide in Korea was 33.3...

  • Posted November 23, 2013
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  Korea’s alcohol consumption lower than OECD average

    The average Korean consumes 8.9 liters of alcohol annually – equivalent to 124 of the usual 360 ml bottles of soju (20% alcohol by volume), or 356 of the larger 500 ml cans of beer (5%...

  • Posted November 21, 2013
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