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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 "south"

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  Powerful storm kills 3 in Virginia, raising death toll to 6

  WAVERLY, Va. (AP) — A powerful storm system swept across the East Coast on Wednesday, killing three people in Virginia and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in the region. A day...

  • Posted February 24, 2016
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  S. Korean Christians cancel plan for Christmas tree near N. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A local Christian group said Thursday it has dropped a plan to set up a giant Christmas tree-shaped tower near the tense border with North Korea. The announcement by the Christian Council of Korea...

  • Posted December 18, 2014
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  [WSJ] More Immigration Needed to Bolster Korean Workforce, Study Says

    South Korea might need as many as 15 million immigrants—equivalent to a third of its current population–by 2060 to make up for a shrinking workforce and sustain growth, according to a Seoul-based...

  • Posted December 16, 2014
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  [Hollywood Reporter] S. Korea Box Office: Homegrown Documentary Beats ‘Interstellar,’ ‘Exodus’

    South Korean documentary My Love, Don’t Cross That River topped the country’s box office over the weekend of Dec. 12-14, rising past Hollywood blockbusters Interstellar and Exodus: Gods and Kings. The tiny indie...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  [BBC] S. Korea’s craft beer start-ups battle big brewers

    Considering that all of South Korea was, at least in beer terms, something of a barren landscape less than a decade ago it’s a remarkable scene. Then the market was over-run with offerings from South...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Sales of macadamia nuts soar in Korea after ‘nut rage’

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nut rage imploded the career of a Korean Air Lines executive and embarrassed her family and country. Now South Korean retailers are experiencing the unexpected upside: a boom in sales of macadamias....

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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  Civic groups call for inter-Korean co-hosting of PyeongChang Olympics

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean civic groups proposed Monday that the rival Koreas co-host the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, saying it could help pave the way for unification of the divided peninsula. The Dhangoon National Peace and...

  • Posted December 15, 2014
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