- 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
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- CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
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All posts tagged "poverty"
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UN sets goal to end poverty, hunger in next 15 years
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 193 member states of the United Nations have reached agreement on a new development agenda for the next 15 years that calls for eradicating poverty and hunger, achieving gender equality, improving living...
- Posted August 3, 2015
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[NPR] Half of S. Korea’s elderly live in poverty
South Korea may be known for its high-tech advances, luxury skin care products and rapid economic rise, but these days, the generation largely responsible for all that growth isn’t faring so well. South Korea has the...
- Posted April 10, 2015
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No country for old: Korean elderly poverty highest among OECD nations
SEOUL (Yonhap) — The poverty rate of South Korea’s elderly was by far the highest among advanced countries, while the net pension replacement rate for the population was one of the lowest, a report showed Sunday. According...
- Posted March 16, 2015
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Korean American seniors’ income lowest of all Asian Americans
According to a report released by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Korean Americans 65 years and over had an income average of $21,382 — the lowest among all 27 documented Asian populations in America. This...
- Posted December 11, 2014