• 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 "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
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