• 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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  [NYT] S. Korean and Chinese students complain about SAT cheating allegations’ effects

     BEIJING — The announcement by administrators of the SAT college entrance test that scores are being withheld for students from China and South Korea who took the exam earlier this month has infuriated...

  • Posted October 31, 2014
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  Opening of N. Korea-China bridge ‘indefinitely’ delayed

  BEIJING (Yonhap) — The opening of a major new bridge between North Korea and China has been “indefinitely” postponed, Chinese state media reported Friday, amid Beijing’s frosty attitude toward its troublesome neighbor Pyongyang. The report by the...

  • Posted October 31, 2014
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  Number of non-permanent employees in S. Korea hits all-time high

  The number of ‘non-permanent employees (비정규직)’ in South Korea grew to an all-time high in August, with much of the increase coming from those in their 60s and older, gove rnment data showed Tuesday. The number of workers...

  • Posted October 28, 2014
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  S. Korea spy agency says Kim Jong-un is recovering from ankle surgery

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 6-week public absence, which set off a frenzy of wild speculation around the world....

  • Posted October 28, 2014
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  S. Korean singer Shin Hae-chul dies aged 46 following heart attack

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Shin Hae-chul, who represented the Korean rock scene in the 1990s, was pronounced dead on Monday, five days after falling into a comma following a massive heart attack, hospital officials said. He was 46...

  • Posted October 27, 2014
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  S. Korea takes down Christmas tower as border tensions grow

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has pulled down a 43-year-old front-line Christmas tower that North Korea viewed as propaganda warfare, with officials saying last week the structure was unsafe. The massive steel tower was demolished...

  • Posted October 25, 2014
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  S. Korea divided on activist efforts, North calls leaflets a ‘declaration of war’

  North Korean defectors in South Korea are continuing to stage anti-Pyongyang demonstrations despite repercussions that are instigating border tensions. An activist at the Seoul-based non-profit group Fighters for Free North Korea told The Korea Times that the...

  • Posted October 24, 2014
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