• 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
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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  Actor Song Joong-ki returns from military duty

  Actor Song Joong-ki returned from mandatory Korean military service on Tuesday morning. Song, 30, left a military camp in Goseong-gun, Gangwon Province after completing his 21 months’ service. Reporters and fans from Korea, China and Japan were...

  • Posted May 26, 2015
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  Suspected arson attack at Samsung warehouse cost $25.5 mln, 1 dead

  SEOUL/GIMPO, South Korea, May 26 (Yonhap) — A fire which broke out at a Samsung-owned warehouse west of Seoul and killed a security guard is estimated to have inflicted some 28 billion won (US$25.5 million) worth of...

  • Posted May 26, 2015
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  Korea’s role crucial to fight climate change

  By Kang Hyun-kyung The risk of global warming is so serious that all countries, industrialized and developing, need to join hands in the global campaign to cut emissions, according to a French minister on Friday. Annick Girardin,...

  • Posted May 22, 2015
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  Ki Sung-yeung proud of ‘most impressive season’ of career

  INCHEON, May 22 (Yonhap) — Fresh off what he called “the most impressive season” of his football career, Ki Sung-yueng of Swansea City made a triumphant return home Friday. Ki scored eight goals for Swansea City to...

  • Posted May 22, 2015
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  S. Korea reports 3rd confirmed case of deadly virus

  SEJONG, May 21 (Yonhap) — South Korea confirmed a third case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Thursday, one day after it reported its first-ever case of the viral disease. The latest case was confirmed...

  • Posted May 21, 2015
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  Real value of Korean won hits over 7-year high: data

  SEJONG, May 21 (Yonhap) — The real value of the South Korean won against other key currencies hit an over seven-year high in April, data showed Thursday, in a negative development for the country’s exports. The real...

  • Posted May 20, 2015
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  [CNN] How one woman beat South Korea’s pay gap

    South Korean women suffer the worst pay gap in the developed world, and the discrimination doesn’t end there. That didn’t stop one budding entrepreneur. Romi Haan was scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees...

  • Posted May 20, 2015
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